Hi Fly conducts first Airbus A330 landing at Antarctica's Wolf's Fang blue-ice runway

Portuguese wet-lease operator Hi Fly landed an Airbus A330-302 (9H‑HFI) on Wolf’s Fang blue-ice runway in Antarctica on Dec. 1 at 23:59 local time — the first A330 touchdown on the continent. The Cape Town–Wolf’s Fang flight was operated for White Desert Antarctica, extending Hi Fly’s five-year polar programme.

Discovered 2025-12-03T01:56:17.130470-08:00 | 2025-12-03T01:56:17.130470-08:00

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  • First A330 landing on a blue-ice Antarctic runway: an A330‑302 (9H‑HFI) touched down at Wolf’s Fang on Dec. 1 (Cape Town–Wolf’s Fang flight operated for White Desert Antarctica), marking a new widebody polar capability. See prior Cape Town–Wolf’s Fang operations for context (ACASS inaugural flight) — https://hype.aero/?story=476e931c-76b3-4330-9c7c-650051828762
  • Operational and commercial implications: demonstrates an operator-level capability to place a commercial widebody on Antarctic blue-ice runways, with potential impacts on wet-lease demand, logistics planning and seasonal polar operations; this follows Hi Fly’s recent A330 leasing activity in the region (wet-lease to South African Airways) — https://hype.aero/?story=35eded78-fe4d-447e-ad62-cedc4382e0a0

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