Mon, Sep 01, 2008
Grupo Marsans, Spain's largest
tourism and transport group, has taken delivery of its first
directly purchased Airbus A330-200 aircraft for its subsidiary Air
Comet. The aircraft was formally handed over to Gonzalo Pascual,
President of Grupo Marsans and Ignacio Pascual, CEO of Air Comet,
in a ceremony held in Toulouse attended by Rafael Alonso, Senior
Vice President Latin America, Carribean & Spain, Customer
Affairs.
The delivery is the first aircraft from an agreement for a total
of 17 A330-200 ordered in December 2006. The aircraft, powered by
Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines, has 283 seats in a two-class
configuration, offering business-class lie-flat and highly
comfortable economy class seats.
The A330-200 will become Air Comet's backbone aircraft offering
daily services to main destinations from Spain to Latin
America.
"Our customers' decisions prove again that the A330-200 is the
leading aircraft in its category. It is a fantastically efficient
aircraft with superior standards of passenger comfort", said John
Leahy, Airbus Chief Operating Officer, Customers. "Its flexibility
in terms of seat capacity and range also made it the preferred
choice for leading operators around the world like Grupo Marsans,
and we are honoured with their choice."
Airbus claims that the 'true wide-body fuselage' allows
very high comfort standards, making the A330-200 able to
accommodate seat and class configurations to suit diverse
customer requirements. It has a range of up to 6,750 nm with a
full passenger load. Its large under-floor cargo holds can also
carry standard pallets and containers side-by-side.
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