Airbus A330-200F
The factory-built freighter with the tell-tale nose bulge · First flight 2009 · In service 2010
The A330-200F is the new-build freighter version of the A330-200, sharing its 58.82 m fuselage but with no passenger windows and a large main-deck cargo door. It flew for the first time on 5 November 2009 and was first delivered in July 2010 to Etihad Cargo, the cargo arm of Etihad Airways.
Because the passenger A330 sits slightly nose-down on the ground, the freighter has a modified nose landing gear housed in a distinctive blister fairing under the nose, which raises the front of the aircraft so that the cargo deck is level during loading. Passenger-to-freighter conversions (A330P2F) lack this bulge.
It carries up to about 68.6 t and was offered in two modes — around 7,400 km with 65 t or 5,900 km with 70 t. Only Pratt & Whitney PW4000 and Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines were offered, with no General Electric option. Operators include Qatar Airways Cargo, Turkish Cargo and DHL.
