Airbus A310

The Airbus A310 is a medium- to long-range widebody airliner developed from the Airbus A300 and manufactured by Airbus SAS.

Perhaps the greatest attribute of the A310 is that of range. The A310-300's range exceeds all A300 models and the -200 exceeds all A300 models in range except the A300-600. This quality has led to the aircraft being used extensively on transatlantic routes. The A300 and A310 introduced the concept of commonality which has become one of the Airbus family's greatest marketing points: A300-600 and A310 pilots can qualify for the other aircraft with only one day of training.

Like its sister aircraft, the Airbus A300, the A310 is reaching 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) will cease production in July of 2007. Freighter sales are to be fulfilled by a new A330-200F derivative.
*Hull-loss Accidents: 6 with a total of 518 fatalities
*Hijackings: 10 with a total of 5 fatalities
*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. Latest reports say 70 of the 204 on board survived, with 12 still missing [1]. 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. (10 July 2006 02:15 UTC) [2] The airline has set up a website with information for relatives and a passenger list at www.bort778.info.
*Other Incidents: Rudder partially fell off an Air Transat flight

Operators

Civil

Military

* Belgium
* Canada designation CC-150 Polaris
* France
* Germany
* Thailand

Specifications (A310)