The Airbus A310 was essentially a shrunken version of its predecessor, and maintaining a high level of design commonality ultimately helped manufacturer Airbus save on the jet’s development costs.

Airbus is to close its A300 and A310 production line next year, ... First flight of the A310 followed in 1982 and the type entered service the following year with Lufthansa and Swissair.

Swissair has 15 Airbus A330s and suspended service with 11 of them. The other four were unaffected. In Brussels, Sabena grounded six of its 10 A330s following the Airbus request. A seventh had already ...

From the A300 the manufacturer subsequently developed the A310, which first flew in 1982 and began service with Lufthansa and Swissair a year later. Airbus received orders for 260 A310s, all but ...

Fact File: Airbus A310 . Fact File: Airbus A310 . Last updated: July 23, 2019 | 13:12. By Adam Flinter, Web Editor. 1 MIN READ. The Airbus A310 is a long haul jet which was first flown back in 1978.

Swissair has given the all-clear to nine Airbus A330's ordered grounded by France's civil aviation authority on safety grounds. Swissair spokesman, Urs Peter Näf, said on Saturday that the nine ...

The crisis-torn flag carrier, Swissair, yesterday axed 9,000 jobs and halved its flight schedule, while Airbus Industrie added to the gloom in the aviation industry by sharply cutting back on its ...

Airbus will be converting a secondhand A330 into a technology testbed for its Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) product. The OEM took delivery in May of the early-model A330-200 which has been in ...

The Luftwaffe has retired its Airbus A310 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft, with the final example being withdrawn from service ahead of ILA Berlin Air Show.