10 Most Commonly Sold Commercial Jets to Airlines

5.Airbus A330

Delivered: 1,224; On firm order: 185/A330neo:145; Total sales: 1,554

With total sales of 1,554 commercial jets worldwide, Airbus A330 is fifth on our list of 10 most commonly sold commercial jets to airlines. Airbus A330 had its maiden flight in 1992. It’s wide-body twin-engine commercial jet, featuring fly-by-wire controls and glass cockpit, previously introduced by Airbus on their A320 model. It can carry up to 335 passengers or 70 tons of cargo in a freighter variant. It went through several variants, the most expensive being A330-300 at $253.7 million. The latest itineration is A330neo (new engine option), scheduled for delivery in late 2017, costs $284.6 million for A330-900neo model. Currently, there are 92 airlines that operate A330 variants, with Turkish Airlines being the largest operator with 53 jets in its fleet, followed by China Eastern Airlines with 51 planes, and Air China with 50.