The Fall Of The Airbus A310
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- Опубликовано: 3 июл 2021
- A decade after the Airbus A300 hit the skies for the first time, the A310 conducted its first flight. This widebody was smaller than its older sibling and was created to meet particular market demands at the time. However, despite the initial prospects, the aircraft’s production program ended within 17 years. Let’s take a look at the decline of the type.
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Correction @1:20: "shorter -200 and longer -300" should be "shorter-range -200 and longer range -300". Both variants are the same size. Also, @1:34 should be 255 orders and not 225.
They should convert the A310s into freighters
@@sebastianfloyd372 there are ULS cargo has 3
A couple of serious mistakes in this video:
-the A310-200 and A310-300 are exactly the same size. The difference in in their maximum takeoff weight and range. The -300 also introduced the wingtip fences, AND was the first Airbus, and I believe the first passenger aircraft to be equipped with a tailfin made of composite materials: CFRP (carbon fibre reinforced plastic).
-Airbus didn't build 225 A310 as claimed here, they built 255.
Thanks for that mate
I wouldn't call those serious but yeah 🤣
I always though the A310 looks like a baby A330. It is after all the smallest wide-body jet ever manufactured.
I've never seen an A310 in real life before.
I’ve not either but it’s in essence a baby A300 with a similar exit layout to what you’d find with 737-700 (4 standard sized doors and 2 smaller ones near the centre)
There doesn't seem to be an explanation why this plane wasn't more successful.
Right now, it's exactly what Boeing needs to fit between the 737 and the 787. It could maybe even replace the aging 737 covering most of the smaller aircraft segment. If only Boeing had bought Bombardier's CS100 (A220) they could cover the entire market. But Boeing has been ruined by bean counters.
@@bluebox2000 the market for the A310 was pretty small, almost a niche at that point, add that to fact that it already had a competitor (767-200), it becomes clear why I didn't sell extremely well. It should be noted however that both the A310 and 767-200 sold in very similar amounts (the 767-200 sold 120 units, the 767-200ER sold 126 units totaling 246 units) meaning that both aircraft had each corner for themselves.
I've flown with it on multiple occasions. They were almost like average Airbus wide body airplanes, except that they were really short
I saw one once of a private a310 while plane spotting at jfk it was just when I was setting up and never got to see what it’s number was
Edit the livery kinda looks like the same livery on hiflys a330neo
The -200 and -300 had the same length, the only differences where and increased MTOW and range as well as other slight modifications!
I flew the old 310 from Munich to JFK on PanAm back in the day. Interesting situation, PanAm were basically broke and got very advantageous terms from Airbus. The old Munich airport was very close to the city and had a fairly short single runway. Most other long range aircraft weren‘t suitable and the 310 could just barely make it to New York. So for a while only PanAm, not even Lufthansa, could offer nonstop transatlantic services from Munich. The flight on the brand new plane was comfortable and pleasant enough.
The A310 was an aircraft too ahead of its time in my opinion. When introduced, many airlines followed the hub and spoke model, and there weren't many direct routes available. Nowadays planes like the 787-8 perfectly fit many lower demand direct routes and are efficient in doing so. The A310 managed to keep the route Bucharest LROP - New York JFK profitable for a while. Real sad to see these planes go, I love them very much :(
Yep... flew in Singapore Airlines Bangkok (Don Mueang back then) to Singapore, Emirates from Singapore to Dubai, and Yemenia from Asmara to Sana'a... a beautiful jet with so much power at take off!
I’ve been on a A310 twice with Air Transat from YYZ - LGW and back. It was a nice aircraft from what I experienced.
Yes. I flew Pan Am's A310 from MIA to JFK back in October 1988
Me who hasn't even flown on a wide body to begin with:
BRUH
same tho
Please do. It's a whole different experience.
@@SourishBanik mate I don’t have a choice at the moment, just flew on a Delta A321 earlier today though
@@EvanAviator I just flew on 737's and A320/321's only till now
Bad luck I guess
The A310 is such a cute little widebody. It would seem that Airbus could quickly modernize it and have it flying in a few years with minimal investment. I’ve always felt that this little hidden gem should’ve gotten more traction than it did, but the airline industry was in turmoil around the time of introduction and the uncertainty let most airlines to pass on the A310.
I flew on the A-310 with KLM, great aircraft!
What was amazing? That you landed and survived?
For all you flight sim fans out there, inibuilds A310 has made this my favorite aircraft.
Yep im gonna buy it soon
Umm the -200 and the -300 are quite the same in length, basically they are dimensionally identical. But the -300 has an increased MTOW (so increased range) and wingtips.
I did flew once on TG. It was quite a funny look airplane, short but fat lol. The interior was exactly the same to A300. Nice plane.
Exactly! Additionally it’s important to say that a few late A310-200s also had winglets
I worked for Wardair Canada for 10 years from 1980-1989. Our fleet consisted of 747, DC10, A300 and A310 aircraft. The A310 was the favourite of mine to travel on. Very comfortable.
I was fortunate enough to fly Wardair 747 and A310 in 1980 and 1988, shame they are no longer around.
When I flew transatlantic with Air Transat, the plane used would always have been an A310 or an A330, 2019 was the last year I flew the route on an A310 and A330, after that in 2020 both directions of the trip I took the A321LR. I am going to miss taking the A310 with Air Transat. Although they didn't update the cabin, I liked that. It would remind me of a different era of flying.
Flew in it and loved it!
I flew thje 310 by 5 times between Lisbon and Azores with SATA. What I remember is the fantastic space and height of cabin, really very comfortable.
Flew on one with Air Transat in 2004, from Toronto to Puerto Plata, DR. It was a decent experience, though the planes were fairly old at that point.
I travelled from London to Karachi on A310 with PIA
I flew on the 300 model once with Air Jamaica. It was a short 20 min trip from (MKJP) Kingston to (MKJS) Momtego Bay then jumping on an A320. I loved it. The A300 and A310 aircrafts made me fall on love with aviation. Would love to go the cargo rout one day and get a chance to fly one of those birds. Till then I'll continue building these flight hours.
Flew on an A310 operated buy Air Transat in Feb 2020! One of the last flights for Her out of Canada. It was a great ride from Samana.
I’ve actually flowed in the A310 from Montreal to Mexico back in 2010 or 2011
I flew it by Sata from Lisbon to São Miguel island in Azores. It was an amazing flight, the A310 is very comfortable and espacious, I was so excited about flying it!❤
I flew the A310-300 once only, between Toronto Pearson and Barcelona back in 2016 with Air Transat. It was a confortable trip but there was a medical emergency onboard and they had to evacuate a passenger upon the arrival in Barcelona.
Many times on SQ A310. It was a superb aircraft!
1:20 The A310-200 and A310-300 were exactly the same length. All the differences between the 200 and 300 were internal except for the addition of wingtip fences as standard on the 300.
I flew with Cyprus Airways BHX-LCA-BHX on the A310
Great flights as I remember,with lots of legroom
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Over the years flown the A310 with Air Transat & Sata (Azores). Found them as comfortable as any other wide body except the A380. Would be happy to fly in any revamped version of the model.
I flew the A310 from Frankfurt to Athens on Lufthansa, great trip and aircraft.
I loved flying on Air Transat's A310's 😍.
I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks the takeoff in those things are unreal!! Such a high nose up attitude during the initial climb.
Thanks for the video!!
Thanks for the feedback! - TB
I flew in this aircraft for 16 years,every year from toronto to lisbon and back ,very good plane ,
Flew in a KLM A310 from London Heathrow to Amsterdam in 1990. Nice ride
Why does this channel always use the title "The Fall of"? For example the recent videos on the 757/767. They were both incredibly successful aircraft even to this day that are now being replaced by newer generation aircraft.
In this case the A310 was always a niche aircraft and never saw the popularity of other aircraft in this series. So did the A310 really have "The Fall of"? All that can be said for the A310 is it like the A300 both were the beginning of what has become a very successful line of aircraft from Airbus.
if you don't like the title, how about you make your own.
I would like to see what you come up with.
But they're falling from the radar! Airlines barely uses this plane nowadays and that's why it's called the fall of. The title didn't mean it wasn't successful. It was very successful but after time it will eventually go away because of age. Same applies to the 757 and 767!
Yeah, this is a good point. It bothered me on the 757 article. The B757 was probably the most highly-regarded plane of its generation for pilots to fly, it provided a powerful mid-market platform that could operate rapidly from either hubs or smaller airports and had a lot of utility. Many airlines wish they had a successor. Every airplane type ever made will have a production start date and production end date eventually. It doesn't mean it "fell" or failed.
The fall of makes it seem like the A310 fell. We wouldn't want that. :/
Great engine thrust at take-off. First time I travel in one was back in 2008. Great seat space too... things we don't see much these days... and if you want to see, got to pay for it.
Have great memories flying on the A310 from KWI to DEL and back through Kuwait Airways
Used to fly regularly every few months on Swissair A310s ZRH to Abu Dhabi via Saudi Arabia (RUH) -- very nice comfortable aircraft although pilots told me it wallowed like a dolphin and made some a little queasy. Have also flown with TAP, EK, SQ & PIA on A310s. Also I have flown on almost all of the Airbus fleet namely ........ A300B4/A300-600/A310-300/A320-100/A320-200/A330-200/A330-300/A340-300/A340-500/A340-600/A350-900/A350-1000 and the majestic A380
I flew on an Air New Guinea A310 ( not certain of variant) in 1993 from Sydney to Port Moresby in New Guinea.....very nice aircraft. Even got into the flight deck and chatted with the flight crew. Pre 911 of course!
I flew an a310 from Air transat, maybe the one on the thumbnail, that was in December 2006 and the plane was already on the older side as far as cabin equipment, but it was still a smooth transatlantic Paris-Montreal flight. The width didn't feel that different from that of a A330, basically the same fuselage.
I made several flight on A310s back in the mid 90s with Lapsa/Saeta out of South America to Miami. Very comfortable ride, even in coach. That was the last non-FBW Airbus airplane. I could have sworn I saw one in UPS livery a few month back.
UPS don't operate the A310. They do however operate a large fleet of A300s, the A310's bigger brother.
I flew with the A310 a few times to PMI. Allways with Hapag Lloyd...
Iran Air has several A300 and A310.. It's amazing to fly them
A310 NEO would be great for low cost airlines.
Yeah A310 Neo XLR
@@G-546 the A310 is smaller than the A338 and could fill the gap between the A321 and A338 pretty good
Edit: also the failure of the A338 isn’t necessarily due to its size
@@G-546 that’s true, a newly developed aircraft would always be the better way, I was just playing mind games and must agree an A310neo would be more than unlikely!
I think if Airbus want to play safe, it would provides another aircraft against theBoeing NMA, not just A322 or A321 XLR
With the appeal of the a321xlr then not so likely
Loved flying the A310 with PanAm on its Frankfurt Berlin route prior to 1990
I flew them a lot when I was younger from 2004 until 2014 with Iran Air from Frankfurt to Tehran. Sometimes we also flew with the a300
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First time I flew was in one of this. Quite an experience.
I flew the a310 on TAP portugal it was great from lisbon to boston
I’m fascinated by this aircraft. I think Boeing could garner some inspiration from this plane and incorporate it into its Dreamliner family (e.g. “787-700”). It could be seen as a modern day example of the old 767-200 in terms of specifications and fill a Middle of the Market gap with a smaller longer range wide body.
My first flight to Europe back in 1997 was on a CSA Czech Airlines Airbus A300 from Newark to Praha.
Many years ago I flew the 310 from Heathrow to Madrid, nice flight
What airline flew A310s between Heathrow and Madrid?
Flew with KLM A310 from LHR to AMS in 1994. Very windy landing indeed.
Many flights on SATA A310’s YYZ - PDL/TER flying to the Azores. Miss the wide body on these flights. The A310’s were replaced with single aisle A321 neo’s
Yes , I flew them with LH (CDG-FRA) , SR(ZHR -IST) and TG (ORY-IST) within Europe . I also flew it with Royal Air (CDG to Montréal Mirabel) back in 1997 . I think their day has gone in the light of newer technology .
Was lucky to fly with Kuwait airways in 2004 between Kuwait City and Cochin ( India), was really smooth and cosy.
I did fly the A310 on routes to Amsterdam, London Heathrow, Kai Tak Hong Kong with RJ.
My last flight in a -310 was ages ago, in 1998 or 1999 maybe, a CDG-BKO flight, you could tell it was an oooooold bird already.
I flew on an a-310 on Southwest Airlines last summer and it was amazing
Im not from the us so i may be wrong but i though southwest only operated boeing aircraft
@@qwertyasdf2971 Southwest is all 737 so the guy somehow got muddled
You lyin
Airbus started the wide-body twinjet market while only 3 and 4 engine widebodies around. Good job.
I flew old a310 betwen Bucharest and Amsterdam when Tarom was still operating a310.i was very nice
Air Jamaica had the A310 loved it as a passenger
I have flown the A310 with PIA, it was a good comfortable aircraft, but nothing exceptional to where I would like to see a modernized version
I've flown on Air Jamaica a310 to New York from Kingston Jamaica in may 2001.
flew on the A310 from the UK to Pakistan with PIA and it was a comfortable flight
Great plane
I LOVE and MISS THE A310..👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻A Workhorse of the TIME..
An A310 Neo would actually be very successful in todays market though the spiritual successor is probably the A321 XLR with a similar philosophy of small size long-haul airliner.
I flew A300-B4 with Cruzeiro linhas aéreas in Brazil, it was a great ACFT.
Someone told me either Cruzeiro or VARIG flew the 300 from Congonhas, is it true?
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Yes I last flew an Airbus A310 with Biman Bangladesh Airlines in 2004 from Singapore to Dhaka. The seating was comfortable for me not gonna lie.
Yes flew many an Air India A310 during the early 90s between BOM and SIN
I flew in a a310-300 a few years ago with AirTransat from Toulouse to Montreal. I think they are now retired.
My first flight ever was on an A310 of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on a domestic route
I am waiting for the Inibuilds A310 addon for MSFS 🔥🔥
I've flown on the Air Transat A310s back in 2017. For an old bird the cabin was spacious and comfortable. I have the flight experience video on my page
A310 is a good comfortable aircraft 👍🏻
Flew on the Bangladesh airline A310 from UK to Sylhet in the 2000s.
I flew it on Pakistan International Airlines from Karachi to Kuwait and I liked it. It was spacious. But maybe because the plane was only about 65% full. If this plane is renewed it would need newer engines & sharklets. But I think the Airbus 321neo has more or less replaced it.
So an updated a310 would in effect be a a330~100 or an a330~700 neo.
The 800 isn't selling so well so I can't imagine a shortened 700 variant doing any better.
Flying it in my childhood a lot of times with PanAm.
I flew on the A300/310 aircraft with Eastern and didn't like it as much as the L-1011. Like many European aircraft, it felt cramped and not because I'm one of those over-sized American countrymen. It does have beautiful lines, however. We (KMSN) have a A310 which flies for FedEx Between Appleton and Louisville (I think). There's a photo on Flight Aware.
What I like in both the A310 and B757 is that they were massively overpowered.
The A310 was never used by any operator in Australasia/Oceania. However TAA (Trans Australia Airlines [Melbourne based]) were launch customers of the A300(B4) and used them on internal routes across the Australian continent.[-> Ansett Airlines of Australia added the B767 [Melbourne Based] until both airlines met their end at the hand of Sydney interests. However, Virgin Australia A330s are very popular on the main &/or longer haul routes & the B787 Dreamliner does the same on Low Cost Carrier JETSTAR (QF affiliated Melb Based).]
I have flown on the 300, 310, 318, 319, 320, 321, 330, 340, and 380-variants. Just need a 350 trip.
Thanks to the popularity of the A350, you should have plenty of opportunities to get that. Good luck!
And A220 too😊🌹🌹🙏🙏
Well done
I flew both the A300 and A310 with Lufthansa..👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻💜💜💜💜🍷🌺
Middle. Market widebody if with new RR 787 engines can make it good plane. Remember this plane had the advance wings thin and small that could lift and fly up to 41000 ft
My favorite Airbus
My country's national carrier (Sudan airways) had one that sadly crashed in 2008 at khartoum airport
Flew on the A310 from Montreal to Rome with Air Transat. Was a more than decent flight. Although the plane was a little dated.
A310 is the best aircraft in my opinion I ve in one spacious, comfortable and luxurious. Shame they didn't continue building more.
If it could be modernised it would be useful , especially with Cargo & more spacious cabin vs A320’s etc
That doesn't make sense for a few of reasons:
1: It would compete with their own A321neo
2: A shrink of the A330neo would work better because it is more modern (it has fly-by-wire and high commonality with other Airbus aircraft) and the A310 is in a similar situation as the Boeing 757 - it hasn't been produced for a very long time and so restarting production would be very costly
3: It would burn much more fuel per seat than the A321neo and 737 MAX 10 as it is a widebody, making it heavier and less aerodynamically efficient
My strongest recollection of the A310 is the way the central overhead lockers swayed from side to side during take off and landing. Decent enough aircraft, but an update wouldn’t approach the economics of the A321neo.
Hello, you forgot to introduce Iran Air Tour and Toos Airlines, because these companies also own this Airbus in Iran.
I flew on A310s belonging to Swissair and Wardair (just after the latter became part of Canadian)
Naauurrr they need to put this back into production!
i love this airliner im sad this is happening
Few more weeks back on the A330!!!