HONG Kong Dragon Airlines (Dragonair) has become the first airline in Asia with an all-Airbus Industrie fleet, taking delivery at the weekend of its third wide-body A330 and retiring its last Lockheed L1011 TriStar.
In addition to the three A330s, the airline has seven single-aisle A320 aircraft.
The new twin-engine jet is the last of three A330s the airline was due to receive this year, with all being used on routes to Beijing and Shanghai.
The first A330, which like the third was leased from Los Angeles-based International Lease Finance Corp (ILFC), arrived in May.
The second aircraft was purchased by Dragonair from sister airline Cathay Pacific Airways and arrived in July.
The delivery of the final A330 marks the completion of the regional carrier's fleet renewal programme, which has seen the phasing out of its two TriStars which were leased from Cathay.