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Qatar Airways has permanently grounded its remaining Airbus A330 passenger jets as jet fuel costs near double pre-war levels, and is now seconding a group of surplus A330 pilots to partner carrier RwandAir.
Qantas began selling Economy Plus on its A330s from September 18, with up to 40% more legroom, priority boarding and fares from Japan starting at ¥10,610.
Virgin Atlantic flight VS127, an Airbus A330-300 bound for New York JFK, declared an emergency and turned back to Manchester on September 18 after an engine failure shortly after takeoff, landing safely 41 minutes later.
Malaysia Airlines flight MH156, an Airbus A330-200 flying Kuala Lumpur to Jeddah, made an emergency landing at Chennai on September 7 after its right-hand engine developed a mid-flight fault; all 186 people aboard were unhurt and DGCA has opened an investigation.