Delta Air Lines operates the largest fleet of Airbus A330neos (all A330-900neos) and uses them to fly to five continents from its major hubs around the country. The A330neo comes with new engines, new wings, and various other improvements, making it a generational leap over its A330ceo counterpart. The data below for Delta A330neo routes in November are per Cirium, an aviation analytics company.

Like the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the A330neo fills the mid-sized widebody market serving long-haul but thinner routes that lack the traffic to service larger widebody aircraft like the A350 or Boeing 777. Delta is a giant airline, but it operates around half a dozen dispersed hubs. This results in thinner routes compared with major hubs like London Heathrow and Dubai. Mid-sized widebody aircraft or larger widebody aircraft like the A350, but not extra-large aircraft like the A380 or 777X, are well-suited to Delta’s model.

Delta’s Fleet Of Airbus A330neos

Delta Air Lines is the largest operator of the Airbus A330neo. According to data from ch-aviation, the giant currently operates a fleet of 39 Airbus A330-900s, with 37 currently active and two parked, likely for routine maintenance. According to Planespotters.net, this fleet is on average 5.4 years old. In all, Delta has a fleet of 81 A330s, of which eleven are previous-generation A330-200s, and 31 are A330-300s.

The Airbus A330neo family comprises two variants: the shorter A330-800neo and the stretched A330-900neo. The A330-800 has a smaller passenger capacity but a longer advertised range of 8,100 nautical miles compared with the A330-900neo’s advertised range of 7,350 nautical miles. In practice, the A330neo is one step removed from being a single-variant aircraft, as the A330-800neo hasn’t sold. Airlines have favored the greater seat capacity of the A330-900 over the longer range of the A330-800.

Virtually all A330neo orders have been for the A330-900neo, with most of the few A330-800 orders canceled. For example, Hawaiian Airlines ordered the A330-800. Still, they got cold feet after seeing no one else was ordering it and eventually switched to the 787-9, although those are now operated by Alaska Airlines. Of the over 430 A330 orders, only about eight have been for the A330-800. All Delta A330neos are -900s.

How Delta’s A330neos are configured

According to information provided by aeroLOPA, Delta’s A330neos are configured with 29 Delta One business class seats staggered 1-2-1. These are Thompson Aero Vantage seats that come with a seat width of 22 inches and an 18.5-inch touch screen. They also have 28 Delta Premium Select premium economy seats. These are Collins MiQ seats configured as 2-3-2 with a seat width of 18.5 inches and a row pitch of 38 inches.

The seat recline is seven inches, and the touch screen is 13.3 inches. The aircraft are fitted with 224 economy class seats, of which 56 are Delta Comfort+ seats. All economy seats are Collins Pinnacle seats arranged 2-4-2 with seat widths of 18 inches. Comfort+ come with a row pitch of 34 inches and a recline of seven inches, while regular economy comes with 32 inches of seat pitch and a four-inch recline.

Power outlets and WiFi are available on Delta’s A330-900s for all classes in addition to inflight entertainment. In total, these aircraft carry 281 seats. According to Airbus, the A330-900 has a maximum seating capacity of 465 passengers, although that would be exceptionally squishy. No airline is likely to cram that many people into the aircraft.

Most Frequent Delta A330neo routes

Most of Delta’s A330neo routes are served daily. The only route that is served twice a day is between New York-JFK and Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport in Italy. That route is twice daily (two flights a day each way) and carries around 16,800 seats a month in each direction. The average distance between New York and Rome is 4,277 miles.

The second most frequent route is from Delta’s massive hub at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport. This route is scheduled to have 46 direct flights with the A330neo in November. The distance from Georgia is longer than from New York, with flights averaging 5,035 miles. A330neos are scheduled to carry around 12,900 seats from Atlanta to Rome in the month.

Delta Air Lines has around 15 routes that are scheduled to see daily A330 flights in November. Destinations include Amsterdam, Tel Aviv, Shanghai, Barcelona, London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, and others. Most flights are from Delta’s hubs in Atlanta and JFK, though some are from Seattle and Boston. All of Delta’s most frequent A330neo routes are intercontinental.

Longest Delta A330neo Routes

As stated, all of the most frequent A330neo flights are intercontinental. Of these, the longest is from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Shanghai Pudong at an average of 5,722 miles. This is closely followed by a route flying from the opposite side of the United States, the opposite way around the world. The flight from JFK to Israel’s Tel Aviv averages 5,677 miles. The third-longest flight is to a third continent, with JFK’s flight to Argentina’s Buenos Aires averaging 5,281 miles.

The only other two routes to exceed 5,000 miles are New York-JFK to Accra and Atlanta to Rome, at 5,111 and 5,035 miles, respectively. Accra is the capital of Ghana, a West African country, and a primary gateway to the region. As Israel is geographically in Asia, the top five longest Delta A330neo flights are to five separate continents, with Australia missing.

Other long-haul destinations over 4,000 miles include Buenos Aires (from Atlanta), Athens (from New York), Amsterdam (from Seattle), São Paulo (from Atlanta), Amsterdam (from Atlanta), Rome (from New York), London Heathrow (from Atlanta), Amsterdam (from Minneapolis-St. Paul), and London Heathrow (from Minneapolis-St. Paul). The shortest frequent A330neo flight is the domestic route between Atlanta and Las Vegas, at 1,747 miles, with 20 flights a month.

Delta Air Lines May Not Always Have The Largest A330neo Fleet

Delta may have the world’s largest fleet of A330neos, but it might not remain that way forever. Malaysia Airlines and VietJet have both ordered a slightly larger number (40) of A330neos, although none have yet been delivered to VietJet, and only a couple have been handed over to Malaysia Airlines. The lessor company, CIT Group, has also ordered 37 examples, while Cathay Pacific has ordered 35.

Other major customers include Air Lease Corporation, Avolon, IAG (which includes British Airways and Iberia), Mab Leasing, Cebu Pacific, AirAsia, and Flynas. 2025 has been a good year for A330neo orders, with Airbus receiving 82 new orders and no cancellations. In 2023, it received 43 new orders and three cancellations, which helped recover from 2022, which saw Airbus receive only 19 orders but some 65 cancellations.

It’s unclear if Delta will order any more A330neos. In 2018, it increased its order by 10 aircraft from 25 to 35 aircraft. Now, the company is receiving its A350 airliners as it phases out its aging Boeing 767 aircraft, starting with the -300ERs before the -400ERs retire later. Delta is acquiring a fleet of 39 A350-900s in service and one more on order, and currently has 20 A350-1000s on order, with the first expected to arrive in 2026.

Delta’s All Airbus Widebody Fleet

Delta Air Lines is following the opposite strategy to American Airlines when it comes to widebody aircraft, well, sort of. All US-based long-haul carriers are content to operate mid- and upper-mid-size widebody aircraft, but not extra-large aircraft like the A380 or the Boeing 777X. No US-based carrier has ordered the upcoming 777X, with US carriers saying it is too big for their dispersed hub models.

However, whereas American Airlines has transitioned to an all-Boeing widebody fleet made up exclusively of Boeing 787 and 777 widebody aircraft, Delta is transitioning to an all-Airbus widebody fleet. In recent years, it has only ordered Airbus A330s and A350s. It is a rare example of a giant airline not ordering the Boeing 787 Dreamliner at all. Delta went so far as to cancel the Northwest Airlines orders for the 787 Dreamliners that it inherited after the merger in 2008.

The only Boeing widebody aircraft Delta operates are Boeing 767s, which the 787 was built to replace. Delta has 38 Boeing 767-300ERs remaining in service, and these average 29 years old. It still has all of its 21 -400ERs in service. These average 25 years old. That said, it is unclear if Delta will continue to be a Dreamliner holdout. In July 2025, Simple Flying reported rumors that Delta was finalizing an order for Boeing 787-10s with the potential deal to be announced in late 2025 or early 2026. As of late November, no announcement has taken place.