AI overview
The Airbus A310 is a mid-size commercial airplane that Airbus developed in the 1980s to carry passengers on medium-range flights. It represents an important part of Airbus's early aircraft lineup during a period when the company was establishing itself as a major competitor to other airplane manufacturers.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Key facts
- Role
- Wide-body aircraft
- National origin
- Multi-national
- Manufacturer
- Airbus
- Status
- In limited service
- Primary users
- Mahan Air ULS Airlines Cargo Iran Air Ariana Afghan Airlines
- Manufactured
- 1981–1998
- Introduction date
- April 1983 with Swissair
- First flight
- 3 April 1982 ; 44 years ago ( 1982-04-03 )
- Developed from
- Airbus A300
- Variants
- Airbus A310 MRTT Airbus CC-150 Polaris
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
The Airbus A310 is a wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Airbus Industrie GIE, then a consortium of European aerospace manufacturers.
Airbus had identified a demand for an aircraft smaller than the A300, the first twin-jet wide-body. On 7 July 1978, the A310 (initially the A300B10) was launched with orders from Swissair and Lufthansa. On 3 April 1982, the first prototype conducted its maiden flight, and the A310 received its type certificate on 11 March 1983.