The Airbus A.330 is the medium range version of the Airbus family of jet airliners. A longer range version, the A.330-200, began entering service in the late 1990s and was popular with airlines around the world.

The A.330-200 is one of a family of airliners that uses common wings and fuselages but with different engines to economise on production and operation.

The first A.330 flew in 1992 but the shorter -200 version did not fly until 1997 and entered service a year later. It competed with Boeing 767 airliners.

It proved very competitive and popular on domestic and international routes and over 660 had been delivered by 2020.

This model represents VH-EBA that inagurated the Qantas ‘Cityflyer’ service in December 2002,

Data: long range high capacity airliner. Engines two Pratt & Whitney PW4168, two Rolls-Royce Trent 700 or two CFM International CFM6-80 turbofan engines of 600.6kN thrust each. Wing span 59.06m. Length 59.06m. Maximum take-off weight 229,970kg. Cruising speed 850km/h. Range 11,850km. Maximum payload 46,715kg or between 253 and 380 passengers depending on seating layout. Flight crew 2.

Revell 1/144 kit with Hawkeye decals completed by Leigh Edmonds in September 2023.