{"id":69833,"date":"2025-02-05T15:31:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T15:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/airline\/fewer-than-25-in-service-the-airbus-a310-in-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T15:31:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T15:31:40","slug":"fewer-than-25-in-service-the-airbus-a310-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=69833","title":{"rendered":"Fewer Than 25 in Service: The Airbus A310 in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The Airbus A310 was the shortened variant of the A300 \u2013 the original widebody twin-jet developed by the European manufacturer in the 1970s.<\/p>\n

Taking flight for the first time on 3rd<\/sup> April 1982, the A310 saw service with major airlines around the world including Air France, Lufthansa, Swissair, SABENA, Delta Air Lines, Pan Am, Emirates and KLM.<\/p>\n

With later twin-jet aircraft developed by Airbus, including the A330 and A350, older types like the A310 were left to decline in numbers.<\/p>\n

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In its latter days, the A310 has found favour as a freighter, allowing some airframes to carry on after their passenger careers were over.<\/p>\n

Today, incredibly, fewer than 25 Airbus A310s remain in service around the world, out of the 255 examples built.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Where Can I Fly on an A310 in 2025?<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Yazd Airlines Airbus A310. Photo (c) Martyn Cartledge<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sergey Kustov, CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

If you want to fly on an Airbus A310, the only airlines flying passengers are based in the Middle East and Asia.<\/p>\n

Carriers like Ariana Afghan Airlines<\/strong> (3), Yazd Air<\/strong> of Iran (2), Iran Air Tour<\/strong> (2) and AVA Airlines<\/strong> (1) have examples flying passengers regularly.<\/p>\n

Sadly, these are the only ways to fly on an A310 as a regular passenger today.<\/p>\n

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Which Cargo Airlines Fly the A310?<\/span><\/h2>\n
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ULS Cargo A310. Copyright Dmitri Popov, aircraft.photography<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

US giant FedEx retired their A310 freighter fleet recently, sending many more examples of this aircraft to the boneyards.<\/p>\n

Today, the only other airlines flying A310s as freighters is ULS Cargo Airlines<\/strong> of Turkey, with 3 examples.<\/p>\n

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Who Else Flies the A310?\"\"<\/span><\/h2>\n

Aside from these passenger and cargo operators, there are still some military and government operators of the jet, including the Spanish Air Force<\/strong> (2), Pakistan Government<\/strong> (1) and Royal Canadian Air Force<\/strong> (4).<\/p>\n

The latter will shortly be retiring the aircraft in favour of A330s.<\/p>\n

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A Special A310 Still Flying<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Photo (c) Erik Ritterbach<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Perhaps the most unusual Airbus A310 still flying is the example operated by Novespace for zero gravity parabolic flights.<\/p>\n

This aircraft, F-WNOV, is based at Bordeaux in France and regularly takes those training for space trips on rollercoaster flights.<\/p>\n

Aside from those listed above, only two other A310s remain active. One is used by Airbus, and the other is a VIP aircraft operated by Al-Atheer Aviation in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

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Did you ever fly on an A310? Which airline? Leave a comment below!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Last Chance to Fly\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

If you\u2019d like to find out more about which airlines are still flying rare and historic airliners, download our guide Last Chance To Fly.<\/p>\n

Updated regularly, this details all the known operators of classic types like the Douglas DC-3, Boeing 737-200, Airbus A310 and Ilyushin Il-62 (plus many more!).<\/p>\n

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