Air Inter became the first operator of the Airbus A330-300 in 1994.
The French domestic airline began using the A330-300 on passenger services in January 1994. Air Inter was closely associated with Airbus and operated the new twin-engine wide-body aircraft on high-volume European routes.
The A330-300 was the longer-fuselage member of Airbus’s original A330 family. It was designed to carry more passengers than the shorter A330-200, while retaining the family’s common cockpit and systems philosophy.
This fact is sometimes confused with the A330-200’s debut. The A330-200 entered service later, with Canada 3000 in 1998. Air Inter also merged into Air France in 1997, so later references may describe the aircraft’s history through Air France, but the launch operator was Air Inter.