Turkish Airlines has placed an order for an additional A330-200 aircraft from Airbus.

The aircraft will add to an existing order for ten A330-300s, two A330-200 freighters and 24 A320 family aircraft placed by the carrier in 2009.

The new A330-200 will be powered by Rolls Royce engines and will be delivered in 2011.

The wide-body aircraft has seating for up to 293 passengers, a range of 7,250nm and a maximum speed of Mach 0.86.