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Grupo Marsans,
one of Spain's largest tourism and transport groups, has taken delivery of its first directly purchased Airbus A330-200 aircraft for
its subsidiary Air Comet. The aircraft was formally handed over to Gonzalo Pascual, President of Grupo Marsans and Ignacio Pascual, CEO of Air
Comet, in a ceremony held in Toulouse attended by Rafael Alonso, Senior Vice President Latin America, Carribean & Spain, Customer Affairs.
The delivery is the first aircraft from an agreement for a total of 17 A330-200 ordered in December 2006. The aircraft, powered by Pratt & Whitney
PW4000 engines, has 283 seats in a two-class configuration. In addition
to economy class, the plane will feature lie-flat business-class seats.
The A330-200 will become Air Comet's backbone aircraft offering daily services to main destinations from Spain to Latin America.
With a true wide-body fuselage allowing
high comfort standards, the A330-200 is able to accommodate seat and class configurations to suit
the diverse customer requirements. It has a range of up to 6,750 nm / 12,500 km with a full passenger load. Its large under-floor cargo holds can
also carry standard pallets and containers side-by-side.
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