The Tupolev Tu-330 was a proposed Russian medium-size
transport aircraft developed by
Tupolev since the early 1990s. The project was stopped around 2000s due to lack of funding and difficult economic situation of the
Russian aircraft industry at the time.
Design
The Tu-330 was to have a swept high-mounted wing design with two
high-bypass ratio
PS-90A engines mounted below the wings. An optional powerplant system has also been proposed, using
NK-93 engines that can operate on
LNG (liquefied natural gas) fuel. The aircraft was also designed for commonality with the
Tu-204/Tu-214 civilian airliner series, in order to simplify production and minimize costs of manufacturing, maintenance and parts.
Variants
In addition to Tu-330, the following variants were proposed:[1]