Airbus A310
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Emirates SkyCargo A310-300
Type	Airliner
Manufacturer	Airbus
Maiden flight	April 3, 1982
Introduced	April 1983
Primary users	FedEx Express Air India Air Transat Pakistan International
Produced	1983-2007
Number built	255
Developed from	Airbus A300
Variants	A310 MRTT CC-150 Polaris

The Airbus A310 is a medium to long-range widebody airliner. Launched in 1978, it was the second aircraft created by the Airbus consortium of European aerospace companies, which is now fully owned by EADS. The A310 is a shortened derivative of the A300, the first twin-engined widebody airliner. The A310 (along with the A300) ceased production in July 2007. Freighter sales for which the A310 competed are to be fulfilled by a new A330-200F derivative. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Emirates SkyCargo is a cargo airline subsidiary of Emirates, based in the United Arab Emirates. ... An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, and/or spacecraft. ... Airbus S.A.S. (pronounced in English, in French, and in German) is an aircraft manufacturing subsidiary of EADS, a European aerospace concern. ... The Maiden flight of an aircraft is the first occasion on which an aircraft leaves the ground of its own accord. ... is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... FedEx Express is a cargo airline based in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. It is the worlds largest airline in terms of aircraft, operating 671 planes. ... Air India (Hindi: ) is the national flag carrier of India with a worldwide network of passenger and cargo services. ... Air Transat is an airline based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, operating scheduled and charter flights and serving 90 destinations in 25 countries. ... Pakistan International Airlines Corporation, more commonly known as Pakistan International Airlines or PIA (Urdu: پی آئی اے يا پاکستان انٹرنیشنل ایرلاینز), is the flag carrier airline of Pakistan, based in Karachi. ... The Airbus A300 is a short to medium range widebody aircraft. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... CC-150 is the designation for the civilian Airbus A310-300s which have been converted for use as the primary long distance transport airplane for the Canadian Armed Forces. ... The European Airbus A380 is the worlds largest and broadest passenger aircraft A wide-body aircraft is a large airliner with a fuselage diameter of 5 to 6 metres (16 to 20 ft). ... An Airbus A340 airliner operated by Air Jamaica An airliner is a large fixed-wing aircraft with the primary function of transporting paying passengers. ... The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS N.V. (EADS) is a large European aerospace corporation, formed by the merger on July 10, 2000 of Aérospatiale-Matra of France, Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) of Spain, and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA) of Germany. ... The Airbus A300 is a short to medium range, wide-body family of aircraft manufactured by Airbus Industries between 1972 and the present. ...

History

The A310's range exceeds that of all the A300 models, except for the A300-600, which surpasses the A310-200. This feature has led to the aircraft being used extensively on transatlantic routes. The A300 and A310 introduced the concept of commonality: A300-600 and A310 pilots can qualify for the other aircraft with one day of training. For other uses, see Transatlantic (disambiguation). ...

Like its sister aircraft, the A300, the A310 has reached the end of its market life as a passenger and cargo aircraft. There have been no new A310 passenger orders since the late 1990s, and only a few freighter orders remain. The A310 (along with the A300) ceased production in July of 2007, though five orders from Iraqi Airways remain on the books. The remaining freighter sales are to be fulfilled by the new A330-200F derivative.^[1] The Airbus A330 is a large-capacity, wide-body, medium-to-long-range commercial passenger airliner. ...

The aircraft was formally launched in July 1978 for Lufthansa and Swissair. A further development of the A300, the aircraft was initially designated the A300 B10. Essentially a "baby" A300, the main differences in the two aircraft are Deutsche Lufthansa AG (ISIN: DE0008232125) (pronounced ) is the largest airline in Europe in terms of overall passengers carried (second is Air France - KLM), and the flag carrier of Germany. ... Swissair (Swiss Air Transport Company Limited) was the former national airline of Switzerland. ...

• Shortened fuselage - same cross section, providing capacity of about 200.
• Redesigned wing - designed by British Aerospace who rejoined Airbus consortium
• Smaller vertical fin

The A310 was marketed as an introduction to widebody operations for developing airlines. The A310 was replaced in Airbus' lineup by the highly successful A330-200, which shares its fuselage cross-section. Between 1983 and the very last aircraft produced 1998, 255 A310s were delivered by Airbus. , BAE Systems plc (BAE) is a British defence and aerospace company headquartered at Farnborough, England, UK, that has worldwide interests, particularly in North America through its subsidiary BAE Systems Inc. ... Air Canada Airbus A330 The Airbus A330 is a large_capacity medium_to_long_range commercial passenger airplane manufactured by Airbus. ...

The A300 and A310 established Airbus as a competitor to Boeing and allowed it to go ahead with the more ambitious A320 and A330/A340 families. Boeing Commercial Airplanes is a unit of The Boeing Company, based in Renton, Washington consisting of the Seattle-based former Boeing Airplane Company (the civil airliner division), as well as the Long Beach-based Douglas Aircraft division of the former McDonnell Douglas Corporation. ... The Airbus A320 family of short-to-medium range commercial passenger aircraft are manufactured by Airbus S.A.S.. Family members include the A318, A319, A320, and A321, as well as the ACJ business jet. ...

Variants

Biman Bangladesh Airlines Airbus A310-300 landing

Czech Airlines A310-300 during boarding

Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 541 pixelsFull resolution (2040 × 1380 pixel, file size: 287 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Biman Bangladesh Airlines Airbus A310-300 (S2-ADH) lands at London Heathrow Airport, England. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 541 pixelsFull resolution (2040 × 1380 pixel, file size: 287 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Biman Bangladesh Airlines Airbus A310-300 (S2-ADH) lands at London Heathrow Airport, England. ...

A310-200

The first A310, the 162nd Airbus off the production line, made its maiden flight in April 1982 powered by Pratt & Whitney JT9D engines. The -200 entered service with Swissair and Lufthansa a year later. Also the late series -200 also featured winglets just like the -300. This is a test The Pratt & Whitney JT9D engine was the first high-bypass-ratio engine to power a wide-bodied aircraft. ...

A310-200C A convertible version, the seats can be removed and cargo placed on the main deck.

A310-300

First flown in July 1985, the -300 has an increased MTOW and an increase in range, provided by additional centre and horizontal stabilizer (trim-tank) fuel tanks. This model also introduced wingtip fences to improve aerodynamic efficiency, a feature that has since been retrofitted to some -200s. The aircraft entered service in 1986, again with Swissair. No production freighters of the A310 were produced. Operators such as FedEx instead adapt ex-airline A310s into freighters. Most have been the -300 version. In aviation, the Maximum Take-Off Weight (or MTOW) is the maximum weight with which an aircraft is allowed to try to achieve flight. ... Rutan VariEze, the first aircraft to use winglets in 1975 Learjet 28/29, the first production jet aircraft to use winglets in 1977 McDonnell Douglas MD-11, one of the first airliners to benefit from winglet research Wingtip devices are usually intended to improve the efficiency of fixed-wing aircraft. ... Swissair (Swiss Air Transport Company Limited) was the former national airline of Switzerland. ... FedEx Express is a cargo airline based in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. It is the worlds largest airline in terms of aircraft, operating 671 planes. ...

• A310-300C

A convertible passenger/cargo version, the seats can be removed and cargo placed on the main deck.

• A310-300F

An all-cargo version.

A310 MRTT

A310 MRTT of the German Luftwaffe

A310 MRTT:The A310 has been operated by many of the world's airforces as a pure transport, however some are now being converted to the "Multi Role Tanker Transport" configuration by EADS, providing an aerial refueling capability. Six have been ordered; four by the German Luftwaffe and two by the Canadian Forces. Deliveries began in 2004. Three are being converted at EADS' Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) in Dresden, Germany; the other three at Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg, Germany. The Chilean Air Force has recently purchased two second-hand A310s to replace its ageing 707-320 'Aguila' tanker and transports. The first was received in October 2007. Download high resolution version (1024x681, 318 KB) Source: German Air Force Public Information Office File links The following pages link to this file: MEDEVAC ... Download high resolution version (1024x681, 318 KB) Source: German Air Force Public Information Office File links The following pages link to this file: MEDEVAC ... While operated for some time as a pure transport aircraft the Airbus A310 is now being offered as the Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) through the addition of an aerial refueling capability. ...   (German IPA: ) is a generic German term for an air force. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...   (German IPA: ) is a generic German term for an air force. ... The Canadian Forces (CF) (French: Forces canadiennes (FC)) are the unified armed forces of Canada, governed by the National Defence Act, which states: The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces. ...

Operators

Main article: List of Airbus A310 operators

List of Airbus A310 orders, deliveries and operators: (March 31, 2007)[1] ^ Orders and Deliveries March 2007 (.xls). ...

Military operators

The A310 has been used by the armed forces of the following countries:

•  Belgium - Belgian Air Force
•  Canada - Canadian Forces Air Command - designated CC-150 Polaris
•  Chile - Chilean Air Force
•  France - French Air Force
•  Germany - German Air Force
•  Spain - Spanish Air Force
•  Thailand - Royal Thai Air Force
•  Pakistan - Pakistan Air Force

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Accident and incidents

• Hull-loss Accidents: 6 with a total of 518 fatalities
• Hijackings: 10 with a total of 5 fatalities

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Passenger plane crashes in Russia

• S7 Airlines Flight 778, an Airbus A310-324 jet from Moscow carrying 196 passengers and eight crew, overshot the runway at Irkutsk in Siberia, plowed through a concrete barrier and caught fire as it crashed into buildings. Reports said that 70 of the 204 on board survived, with 12 still missing.^[2] Since the accident, casualty figures have fluctuated, in part due to three people boarding the aircraft that were not on the passenger manifest, and some survivors having walked home and assumed to be trapped in the wreckage.^[3]
• Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed in Siberia after the pilot let his son sit at the controls and the autopilot silently disconnected.
• Tarom Flight 371 crashed in Baloteşti next to Otopeni International Airport near Bucharest on 31 March 1995 after a jamming of the throttle on the starboard engine followed by a lack of reaction by pilots.
• Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashed in the Atlantic Ocean shortly after takeoff from Abidjan on 31 January 2000.
• Hapag-Lloyd Flight 3378 - July 12, 2000
• Biman Bangladesh Airlines Flight BG006, an A310-325 carrying 236 passengers and crew, suffered a collapsed nose gear while accelerating down the runway.^[4] Fourteen people suffered minor injuries in the accident at Dubai International Airport on 12 March 2007.^[5] The aircraft came to rest at the end of the runway and was evacuated, but blocked the only active runway and forced the airport to close for nearly eight hours. The aircraft was written off. ^[6]
• A Sudan Airways A310 operating Sudan Airways Flight 109 from Amman, Jordan crashed on June 10th 2008 while landing at Khartoum International Airport in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, amidst sandstorms and bad weather. At least 30 people perished in the disaster.

Image File history File links WikiNews-Logo. ... Wikinews is a free-content news source and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. ... S7 Airlines Flight 778 (RU778 or SBI778) was an Airbus A310-300 passenger flight en route from Moscow to Irkutsk when it crashed upon landing at Irkutsk International Airport at 07:44 local time on July 9, 2006 (July 8, 22:44 UTC). ... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ... Irkutsk (Russian: ) is one of the largest cities in Siberia and the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, situated 5,185 kilometers (3,222 mi) by rail from Moscow. ... This article is about Siberia as a whole. ... Aeroflot Flight 593 was an accident on March 23, 1994 in which a RAL Russian Air Lines Airbus A310-304 passenger airliner, registration F-OGQS, operating on behalf of Aeroflot, crashed into a hillside in Siberia. ... Airbus A310 crash near BaloteÅŸti in Romania on 31 March 1995. ... BaloteÅŸti is a commune in the north-west of Ilfov county, Romania. ... Henri Coandă International Airport (Aeroportul Internaţional Henri Coandă in Romanian, IATA Airport Code: OTP) is the largest airport in Romania, as well as one of two major airports serving Bucharest. ... Nickname: Motto: Patria si Dreptul Meu (My Country and My Right) Location of Bucharest within Romania (in red) Coordinates: , Country County Founded 1459 (first official record) Government  - Mayor Adriean Videanu Area  - City 228 km² (88 sq mi)  - Metro 238 km² (91. ... is the 90th day of the year (91st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Kenya Airways Flight 431 on January 30, 2000 crashed into the sea at 21:09:24 GMT, shortly after takeoff from Abidjan. ... is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Hapag-Lloyd Flight 3378, registered as D-AHLB, was a commercial Hapag-Lloyd Airlines Airbus A310-304, carrying 142 passengers amd 8 crew members from Khania, Greece to Hannover, Germany. ... Biman Bangladesh Airlines (Bangla:বিমান বাংলাদেশ) is an airline based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. ... Interior view of Dubai International Airport Dubai International Airport (IATA: DXB, ICAO: OMDB) (Arabic: مطار دبي الدولي) is the international airport serving Dubai, the largest city of the United Arab Emirates. ... is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... Sudan Airways is the national airline of Sudan and is a member of the Arab Air Carriers Organization. ... Location of Amman Amman (Arabic عمان ʿAmmān), the capital of the Kingdom of Jordan, is a city of more than 1. ... For other uses, see June (disambiguation). ... (Redirected from 10th) 10 (ten) is the natural number following 9 and preceding 11. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... Khartoum International Airport (IATA: KRT, ICAO: HSSS) is an airport in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. ... Nickname: Khartoums location in Sudan Coordinates: , Government  - Governor Abdul Halim al Mutafi Population (2005)  - Urban 2. ... Sandstorm can refer to: Sandstorms, a term used for dust storms in the desert. ...

Specifications

FedEx Express A310-200F

Hapagfly A310-304

TAROM A310-325ET

* 157,000 kg is standard for the -300, 164,000 kg is an option. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2668x1840, 707 KB) Federal Express Airbus A310-200 (N420FE) taxis for takeoff at the Royal International Air Tattoo, Fairford, Gloucestershire, England. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2668x1840, 707 KB) Federal Express Airbus A310-200 (N420FE) taxis for takeoff at the Royal International Air Tattoo, Fairford, Gloucestershire, England. ... FedEx Express is a cargo airline based in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. It is the worlds largest airline in terms of aircraft, operating 671 planes. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1200x800, 475 KB) Hapagfly Airbus A310 selbst fotografiert am 5. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1200x800, 475 KB) Hapagfly Airbus A310 selbst fotografiert am 5. ... Hapagfly (former name: Hapag-Lloyd Flug) is an airline based in Hanover, Germany. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 568 pixelsFull resolution (2129 × 1511 pixel, file size: 210 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Tarom Airbus A310-300 (YR-LCA) taking off from London Heathrow Airport. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 568 pixelsFull resolution (2129 × 1511 pixel, file size: 210 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Tarom Airbus A310-300 (YR-LCA) taking off from London Heathrow Airport. ... TAROM is the flag carrier airline of Romania. ... This article is about the metric tonne. ... This article is about the metric tonne. ... In aviation, the Maximum Take-Off Weight (or MTOW) is the maximum weight with which an aircraft is allowed to try to achieve flight. ... The litre or liter (see spelling differences) is a unit of volume. ... The gallon (abbreviation: gal) is a unit of volume. ... An F/A-18 Hornet at transonic speed and displaying the Prandtl-Glauert singularity just before reaching the speed of sound Mach number (Ma) (generally pronounced , sometimes or ) is the speed of an object moving through air, or any fluid substance, divided by the speed of sound through that substance... This is a test The Pratt & Whitney JT9D engine was the first high-bypass-ratio engine to power a wide-bodied aircraft. ... CF6 turbofan at the KLM engine shop The General Electric TF39 and CF6 family of high-bypass turbofan engines are the most popular large aircraft turbines in the world, powering civil and military widebodies from a variety of manufacturers. ... The Pratt & Whitney PW4000 is a family of high-bypass turbofan aircraft engines with certified thrust ranging from 52,000 to 99,040 lbf (230 to 441 kN). ...

A310 deliveries

By the end of March 2007 a total of 260 A310s had been ordered and 255 delivered.

See also

Related development

• Airbus A300
• Airbus A310 MRTT
• CC-150 Polaris
  

Comparable aircraft The Airbus A300 is a short to medium range widebody aircraft. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... CC-150 is the designation for the civilian Airbus A310-300s which have been converted for use as the primary long distance transport airplane for the Canadian Armed Forces. ...

• Boeing 767
• Ilyushin Il-86
  

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• List of Airbus A310 operators
  

List of Airbus A310 orders, deliveries and operators: (March 31, 2007)[1] ^ Orders and Deliveries March 2007 (.xls). ...

References

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