Gallery: RwandAir's First A330 Delivery-Inside & Out

RwandAir´s first Airbus A330 awaits delivery in Toulouse, France. The name "Ubumwe" means “unity.“

RwandAir CEO John Mirenge said the carrier's first widebody aircraft brings it to the next level of expansion.

The RwandAir A330-200 offers 21 seats in premium-economy class.

The RwandAir A330 business-class section has 20 full flatbed seats. The aircraft offers Wi-Fi and the latest IFE system from Zodiac.

Hospitality of the people from Rwanda is well known in East Africa.

The RwandAir A330-200 offers 203 economy-class seats; each one features a personal IFE system.

An Airbus instructor pilot checks the next flight sector to Kigali during the stop in Entebbe.

At the moment, RwandAir has only one A330 captain. More pilots will complete the type rating for this aircraft shortly.

After a nonstop 8-hour from Toulouse, the A330 touched down for a short visit in Entebbe, Uganda.

At Entebbe International Airport.

Short flight crossing Lake Victoria, then a very warm welcome at Kigali International Airport.

Rwanda welcomes its first widebody aircraft in style.

Rwandair also operates two Boeing 737-700s and two 737-800s. A third 737-800 will be delivered from Seattle in November.

RwandAir's new flagship at Kigali undergoes after-flight checks.

ATW correspondent Kurt Hofmann and Girma Wake, former Ethiopian Airlines CEO and now chairman at RwandAir.