Editing Airbus A330 (section)

===A330-200 ===
[[File:Airbus A330-222, Airbus Industrie AN0062031.jpg|thumb|The A330-200 first flew on 13 August 1997.]]
In response to a decline in A330-300 sales, increased market penetration by the [[Boeing 767-300ER]], and airline requests for increased range and smaller aircraft, Airbus developed the A330-200.{{sfn|Norris|Wagner|2001|p=91}} Known as the A329 and A330M10 during development, the A330-200 would offer nine per cent lower operating costs than the Boeing 767-300ER.{{sfn|Norris|Wagner|2001|pp=92–93}} The plane was aimed at the {{cvt|11900|km|nmi mi|adj=on|sigfig=3|lk=out}} sector, where Airbus predicted demand for 800 aircraft between 1995 and 2015.{{sfn|Norris|Wagner|2001|pp=92–93}} The project, with US$450&nbsp;million in expected development costs, was approved by the Airbus Industrie Supervisory Board on 24 November 1995.{{sfn|Norris|Wagner|2001|pp=92–93}}

[[File:Airbus A330-202, Canada 3000 AN0170340.jpg|thumb|left|[[Canada 3000]] was the A330-200's launch operator in April 1998.]]
The A330-200 first flew on 13 August 1997.{{sfn|Norris|Wagner|2001|p=95}} The sixteen-month certification process involved logging 630 hours of test flights.{{sfn|Norris|Wagner|2001|p=95}} The A330-200's first customer was ILFC; these aircraft were leased by [[Canada 3000]], who became the type's first operator.{{sfn|Norris|Wagner|2001|p=99}}

As Airbus worked on its A330-200, [[hydraulic pump]] problems were reported by both A330 and A340 operators. This issue was the suspected cause of a fire that destroyed an [[Air France]] A340-200 in January 1994.{{sfn|Norris|Wagner|2001|p=96}} On 4 January of that year, a Malaysia Airlines A330-300, while undergoing regular maintenance at [[Singapore Changi Airport]], was consumed by a fire that started in the right-hand main undercarriage well. The incident caused US$30&nbsp;million in damage, and the aircraft took six months to repair.{{sfn|Norris|Wagner|2001|p=96}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Airbus issues hydraulic pump warning after A330/340 fires |magazine=Flight International |issue=4557 |volume=151 |page=5 |date=15 January 1997 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1997/1997%20-%200111.html?search=Airbus%20issues%20hydraulic%20pump%20warning%20after%20A330/340%20fires |access-date=6 October 2013 |issn=0161-7370}}</ref> Consequently, operators were advised to disable electrical pumps in January 1997.{{sfn|Norris|Wagner|2001|p=96}}