The A300 would be produced in a range of models, and sold relatively well to airlines across the world, eventually reaching a total of 816 delivered aircraft during its production life. The design was relatively revolutionary for its time, and featured a number of industry firsts, making the first use of composite materials on a commercial aircraft during 1977, the A300 became the first ETOPS-compliant aircraft, which was made possible due to its high performance and safety standards. The A300 was a wide-body medium-to-long range passenger airliner it holds the distinction of being the first twin-engine wide-body aircraft in the world. This collaborative effort resulted in the production of the consortium's first airliner, known as the Airbus A300. On 26 September 1967, the British, French, and West German governments signed a memorandum of understanding to commence the joint development of the 300-seat Airbus A300. The A310 (background) is a shrunken version of the Airbus A300 (foreground) It was available as a cargo aircraft version, and was also developed into a military variant, the A310 MRTT multi-role transport, then tanker. Until the last delivery in June 1998, 255 aircraft were produced, as it was succeeded by the larger Airbus A330-200. Its longer range and ETOPS regulations allowed it to be operated on transatlantic flights. In April 1983, the aircraft entered revenue service with Swissair, and competed with the Boeing 767-200, introduced six months before. It has overwing exits between the two main front and rear door pairs. It can seat 220 passengers in two classes, or 240 in all-economy, and has a flying range up to 5,150 nmi (9,540 km). It was powered by the same General Electric CF6-80 or Pratt & Whitney JT9D then PW4000 turbofan jet engines.
The A310 introduced a two-crew glass cockpit, later adopted for the A300-600 with a common type rating. Keeping the same eight-abreast cross-section, the A310 is 6.95 m (22.8 ft) shorter than the initial A300 variants, and has a smaller wing, down from 260 to 219 m 2 (2,800 to 2,360 sq ft). On 3 April 1982, the first prototype conducted its maiden flight, and the A310 received its type certificate on 11 March 1983. On 7 July 1978, the A310 (initially the A300B10) was launched with orders from Swissair and Lufthansa. The Airbus A310 is a wide-body aircraft, designed and manufactured by Airbus Industrie, then a consortium of European aerospace manufacturers.Īirbus had identified a demand for an aircraft smaller than the A300, the first twin-jet wide-body.
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