The Airbus A330-800 is among the world's rarest commercial aircraft in service. Only eight have been made. While Airbus has one aircraft, three carriers fly just seven examples: Air Greenland (one aircraft), Kuwait Airways (four), and Uganda Airlines (two).
In late 2024, Garuda Indonesia canceled its original order for four aircraft. The A330-800: a summary The variant's first flight was on November 6, 2018, with the first two aircraft delivered to launch customer Kuwait Airways amid the pandemic in October 2020. The initial revenue-generating service was from Kuwait to Dubai in late November 2020.
The A330-800 is all about range. Its brochure or theoretical maximum range is 8,150 nautical miles (15,099 km). Like any aircraft manufacturer stating range, this is the best-case scenario.
It will be based on a brand-new frame, and everything will be as light as possible and optimized to show an impressive range. It is a case of one-upmanship. It is pretty different for real-world operations.
The A330-800's maximum range is notably longer than that of the much more popular A330-900, allowing it to be deployed on much longer sectors. However, Cirium Diio data shows that the average stage length since late 2020 has been just 1,823 nautical miles (3,376 km), against 3,386 nautical miles (6,226 km) for the -900. A330-800 routes include Air Greenland's brand-new Nuuk to Copenhagen service , while Kuwait Airways will soon resume Kuala Lumpur flights.
However, Kuwait-Jeddah has had more .
