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The Airbus A300 is a wide-body medium-to-long range airliner; it has the distinction of being the first twin-engine wide-body aircraft in the world. [8] [9]: 34 [12]: 57, 60 [19] In 1977, the A300 became the first Extended Range Twin Operations (ETOPS)-compliant aircraft, due to its high performance and safety standards.
First U.S. operator Easy Charter 1 1 1 Egyptair: 10 12 Egyptair Cargo: 2 2 Emirates: 1 6 A300B4 leased from Pakistan International Airlines: Etihad Airways: 3 Leased from Air Atlanta Icelandic: European Air Transport: 19 1 Merged into European Air Transport Leipzig in 2010 European Air Transport Leipzig: 24 24 FedEx Express: 71 65 Largest A300 ...
F-WUAB when being constructed in 1972. The aircraft was assembled at Airbus's Aérospatiale facility based in Toulouse, Occitania, France as the first Airbus A300 aircraft ever built, the prototype aircraft took its first flight on October 28th, 1972.
Thai Airways received its first A330 during the second half of the year, operating it on routes to Taipei and Seoul from Bangkok on 19 December 1994. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] MAS received its A330 on 1 February 1995 then rescheduled deliveries of the 10 other aircraft on order. [ 6 ]
The airline took delivery of its first Airbus A300 in 1997, and its first Airbus A320 in February 1999. In 2001, Qatar Airways ordered two Airbus A380 aircraft, becoming the ninth operator of the type. The first A380 was delivered in 2014. The airline also added Airbus A321s, Airbus A330s, and Airbus A340s from 2004 to 2006.
Philippine Airlines introduced their first Airbus A330-300 on July 30, 1997, with the delivery of the first aircraft, F-OHZM. It later acquired eight Airbus A330-300s as a replacement for their aging Airbus A300B4 fleet.
Riyadh Air announced an order for 60 A321neo jets from Airbus on Wednesday. The order from the airline, which is set to start flying next year, comes after months of speculation as to which ...
It was the launch of the A320 in 1987 that guaranteed the status of Airbus as a major player in the aircraft market [26] – the aircraft had over 400 orders before it first flew, compared to 15 for the A300 in 1972. Airbus A320, the first model in the A318, A319, A320 and A321 family, introduced in 1988