ahw01
Well-Known Member
I've been reading up on this plane and it has a long life (first delivered 1972, last delivered 2007 = 35 years). It seems most are now involved in cargo ops - no US scheduled pax ops anymore?
With Fedex the A310 is being phased out before the A300 and there are no A300 retirement plans yet - Airbus will support it until around 2030 I think? Can't remember the exact lifetime.
Also, early models (B4) required a flight engineer - some have been converted for 2 pilot operation - are there any with 3 person crews still in use?
Alex.
With Fedex the A310 is being phased out before the A300 and there are no A300 retirement plans yet - Airbus will support it until around 2030 I think? Can't remember the exact lifetime.
Also, early models (B4) required a flight engineer - some have been converted for 2 pilot operation - are there any with 3 person crews still in use?
Alex.