** Updated October 20, 2020 **
It seems OO-SFN is no more. The Airbus A330-300 was retired in November, 2018, sent to scrap at Marana Pinal Airpark in Arizona…
OO-SFN is an Airbus A330-300 belonging to Belgium’s top airline, Brussels Airlines. This aircraft was photographed on July 20, 2017 while plane spotting at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) in Mississauga, Ontario.
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OO-SFN
OO-SFN made its first flight on October 20, 1993 and was delivered to Air Inter on December 30, 1993 as F-GMDB. Air Inter commenced operations in 1958 and merged with Air France on April 1, 1997. Air France didn’t want the airplane and it was delivered to Sabena on July 30, 1997, taking on its current registration number. Sabena was founded in 1923 and ceased operations on November 7, 2001 after claiming bankruptcy and being acquired by SN Brussels.
Starting April 19, 2002, OO-SFN was flown for SN Brussels by Birdy Airlines. Birdy was founded in 2002 and ceased operations just two years later. The airline had a fleet of just three Airbus A330-300 and performed flights exclusively for SN Brussels until merging with the larger airline. SN Brussels was founded in 2002 and ceased in 2006 after merging with Virgin Express to form Brussels Airlines.
On March 25, 2007, this airliner was transferred to the Brussels Airlines fleet. The airplane is configured for a maximum total of 288 passengers with 30 seats in business class, 39 more in economy privilege and 219 more in economy class. This is one of six Airbus A330-300 models in the fleet.
On April 27, 2014, four passengers and four cabin crew received minor injuries when the airplane experienced severe clear air turbulence while flying from Brussels, Belgium to Luanda, Angola. The flight continued and OO-SFN landed safely in Luanda. However, after landing it was revealed that was damage to the nose cone.
Later that year, on December 19, 2014, OO-SFN was flying from Brussels to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso when there was a loss of one of the three hydraulic systems over Toulouse, France. An emergency was not declared but it was decided to return to Brussels. The aircraft entered a holding pattern for 1.5 hours in order to burn off fuel for landing. After 4.5 hours, the Airbus A330-300 was back at its point of departure.
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Airbus A330-300
The initial variant of the Airbus A330 Family, the Airbus A330-300 took its maiden flight in November, 1992. The first A333 was introduced with launch customer Air Inter in January, 1994. Air Inter was a French airline that commenced operations in 1958 and ceased ops in 1997 when it was merged into Air France.
The Airbus A330-300 is 64 metres or 209 feet in length with a wingspan of 60 metres or 198 feet. At the tail, the airliner stands 17 metres or 55 feet in height. The flight range is 11,750 kilometres.
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.