The A330neo is designed with lengthened and optimized wings to overcome limitations from the older Airbus A330 wing designs.

The Early Days Of The Original Airbus A330 Series In the early 1970s, Airbus was seeing success with its A300, the world's first twin-engine widebody airliner.

Reuters reported in June that Airbus was poised to launch the A330neo with Rolls-Royce as sole engine supplier, subject to approval from the Franco-German company's board.

Airbus is intending to introduce a further take-off weight hike to the A330neo, providing an enhancement to payload-range capability for the twinjet type.