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Korean Air A330-300 HL7550 stored at ICN/RKSI by Jaws300 (Mk II)

A380-861 HL7615 one of the many A380s still mothballed at Incheon

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Korean Gimpo... by Ben Cavers

One region that has been extremely popular for the original Airbus A330 family has been the Asian continent, a region that Airbus purposely designed the Airbus A330 to operate short and medium-haul flights alongside the Airbus A340 family designed for long-range flying in the days before extended ETOPS-certified flights.
Korean Air operates an eclectic fleet of Airbus A330s, ranging from some of the oldest Airbus A330-200/300s still operating in service to some of the youngest Airbus A330-200/300s in service. For Korean Air, the Airbus A330-200s ranges from short, medium and long-haul flights whilst the Airbus A330-300s typically on short and medium-haul flights.
Korean Air alongside Asiana Airlines, All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines provides direct flights from Tokyo-Haneda to Seoul-Gimpo, the city's secondary airport behind the much newer Seoul-Incheon. Seoul-Gimpo up until 2001 was the main airport serving the Seoul metropolitan area, however capacity constraints meant a brand new international airport was built at Seoul-Incheon; relieving capacity at Seoul-Gimpo which acts as a regional hub for short and medium-haul flights whilst Seoul-Incheon better caters for long-haul international flights as well as being a major hub for low-cost airlines.
Since late-2003, Seoul-Gimpo has benefitted from flights serving Tokyo-Haneda, with All Nippon Airways, Asiana Airlines, Japan Airlines and Korean Airlines all operating direct flights between the 2 cities; however both Asiana Airlines and Korean Air also provide flights to Tokyo-Haneda from their other major hub at Seoul-Incheon.
Korean Air operates thrice-daily flights between Tokyo-Haneda and Seoul-Gimpo, which sees KE2101/2102 and KE2103/2104 utilising Airbus A330-300s, whilst KE2105/2106 utilises Airbus A321neos having previously operated Boeing 737 MAX 8s up until the S23 schedule.
Currently, Korean Air operates 27 Airbus A330s, which includes 7 Airbus A330-200s and 20 Airbus A330-300s.
Hotel Lima Seven Five Two Four is one of 20 Airbus A330-300s operated by Korean Air, delivered new to the flag-carrier as HL7552 on 19th June 1998 before being re-registered to HL7524 on 24th January 1999 and she is powered by 2 Pratt & Whitney PW4168 engines.
Airbus A330-322 HL7524 taxis away from Tokyo-Haneda (HND) Terminal 3 towards Runway 16L on KE2102 to Seoul-Gimpo (GMP).

DHL - ASL Ireland A330-300PF EI-HEB departing LEJ/EDDP by Jaws300

banking overhead

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An A330's Second Life... by Ben Cavers

The late-2010s and the COVID-19 pandemic has seen growth in freight and cargo travelling by air... Whilst there is an increase in orders for new freighters in the form of Boeing 767Fs and Boeing 777Fs, to the newly launched Airbus A350F and Boeing 777-8F. Having said that, there is a noticeable increase in converted freighters; from the Boeing 737-700/800s and Boeing 777-300ERSFs alongside the existing Boeing 757-200 and Boeing 767 conversion programmes, to the Airbus A321P2F and Airbus A330P2F.
The Airbus A330P2F programme was launched back in 2012, with co-operation between Airbus, Elbe Flugzeugwerke based in Dresden and Singaporean-based ST Aerospace. The conversion programme would encompass both the existing Airbus A330-200/300s which are nearing the end of passenger service as new airliners are introduced.
The P2F (Passenger 2 Freighter) conversion programme sees the airframe undergo major remodelling; there are two production lines with one in Dresden and the other in Shanghai. Cabin windows are plugged and retains the same cabin dimensions as their passenger counterpart; however unlike the dedicated Airbus A330-200F, the Airbus A330P2Fs do not feature the bulge located on the undercarriage of both the main and nose landing gears, instead opting for a powered loading system to enable pallets of cargo to be loaded towards the back to plane, due to the Airbus A330s slightly nose down profile.
DHL has been a major beneficiary of the Airbus A330P2F programme and were the first to take delivery of the first converted example in late-2017... Amongst the first were the oldest Airbus A330-300s; ASL Airlines Ireland who operate the Airbus A330-300P2Fs on behalf of DHL are well over 26 years, either starting their carriers operating Asia-Pacific short-haul flights or operating European charter flights.
As more Airbus A330s continue to be phased out from passenger service, expect more examples to find new homes as dedicated freighters...
Currently, ASL Airlines Ireland operates 3 Airbus A330s, all of which are Airbus A330-300s.
Hotel Echo Bravo is one of 3 Airbus A330-300s operated by ASL Airlines Ireland, delivered new to LTU as D-AERQ on 27th February 1996, transferring over to Air Berlin on 9th February 2008 prior to withdrawal on 1st October 2012, later being acquired by Portuguese charter carrier, Hi Fly on lease from Apollo Aviation in March 2013, being wet-leased to a number of carriers before withdrawal on 8th June 2017 and stored in Dresden for conversion into a freighter as part of the Passenger 2 Freighter programme, acquired by ASL Airlines Ireland on 1st March 2018 operating on behalf of DHL. She is powered by 2 Pratt & Whitney PW4168 engines.
Airbus A330-322(P2F) EI-HEB on final approach into Runway 27R at London Heathrow (LHR) on QY271 from Leipzig-Halle (LEJ).