Nearly 17 years old, this Airbus A330-200 that now belongs to Brussels Airlines has bounced around quite a bit over its lifetime. OO-SFU has belonged to the fleet of five other airlines since 2000. Brussels Airlines is the national carrier of Belgium and has been since 2006 as a result of a merger between two other airlines.
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OO-SFU
This Airbus A330-223, registered OO-SFU, took its first flight in January, 2000. The airliner was delivered to Sabena in May of that same year. Sabena was formerly the national carrier of Belgium before bankruptcy forced changes. Sabena is a predecessor of the current Brussels Airlines.
Along the way, it has belonged to Lufthansa (D-AIME), Swiss International Airlines (HB-IQR), Strategic Airlines (VH-SSA) and Air Australia (VH-SSA). Air Australia ceased operations in February, 2012 and the plane was in storage for over a year before being delivered to Brussels Airlines in June, 2013.
While belonging to Strategic Airlines in Australia, the airliner (registered VH-SSA) was traveling from Brisbane to Phuket in Thailand on June 16, 2011. The plane was diverted to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia due to a generator failure. The plane landed safely but did not carry on to Phuket for nearly five days.
On November 7, 2014, the Airbus A330-200 was enroute from Brussels to Bujumbura, Burundi. The airliner experienced a hydraulic failure and returned to Brussels. Before landing, OO-SFU had to fly around for four hours to burn off fuel before arriving safely.
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Airbus A330-223
The Airbus A330-200 followed the Airbus A330-300 and is a shortened version of that variant. The first A332 entered service with Korean Air in 1998. The aircraft is 59 metres or 193 feet in length, 16 feet shorter than the A333. The wingspan is 60 metres or 198 feet and the airline stands 17 metres or 57 feet in height at the tail. The flight range is 13,450 kilometres, over 1,500 KM more than the Airbus A330-300.
Brussels Airlines
Brussels Airlines was founded in 2006 and commenced operations in March, 2007 following the merger between SN Brussels Airlines and Virgin Express. The airline is a member of the Star Alliance and is under the Lufthansa Group ownership. Brussels Airlines has roots with Sabena, a Belgian airline that was founded in 1923 and ceased operations in 2001.
Headquartered in Diegem, Machelen, Belgium, Brussels Airlines has a fleet of over 50 aircraft flying to nearly 125 destinations around the world. The fleet is now made up entirely of airliners manufactured by Airbus. The largest is the Airbus A340-300 while the smallest is the Airbus A319-100.
Previous Ownership
As mentioned, OO-SFU was originally delivered to Sabena, the former national carrier of Belgium. It has also belonged to Swiss International Air Lines, Lufthansa, Strategic Airlines Australia and Air Australia.
Swiss International Air Lines was founded in 2002 when Swissair ceased operations. The airline is a subsidiary of Lufthansa Group and has a fleet of 68 airplanes. Currently Swiss International travels to 106 destinations in 48 countries.
Strategic Airlines Australia and Air Australia are one in the same. Strategic was founded in 2008 and changed to Air Australia in November, 2011. Air Australia ceased operations in February, 2012. The airline was headquartered in Brisbane, Australia and had a fleet of three Airbus A320-200’s and two Airbus A330-200’s.