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The Airbus A310 was the shortened variant of the A300 – the original widebody twin-jet developed by the European manufacturer in the 1970s.
Taking flight for the first time on 3rd 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.
With later twin-jet aircraft developed by Airbus, including the A330 and A350, older types like the A310 were left to decline in numbers.
In its latter days, the A310 has found favour as a freighter, allowing some airframes to carry on after their passenger careers were over.
Today, incredibly, fewer than 25 Airbus A310s remain in service around the world, out of the 255 examples built.
Where Can I Fly on an A310 in 2025?
Yazd Airlines Airbus A310. Photo (c) Martyn Cartledge
Sergey Kustov, CC BY-SA 3.0 GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons
If you want to fly on an Airbus A310, the only airlines flying passengers are based in the Middle East and Asia.
Carriers like Ariana Afghan Airlines (3), Yazd Air of Iran (2), Iran Air Tour (2) and AVA Airlines (1) have examples flying passengers regularly.
Sadly, these are the only ways to fly on an A310 as a regular passenger today.
Which Cargo Airlines Fly the A310?
ULS Cargo A310. Copyright Dmitri Popov, aircraft.photography.
US giant FedEx retired their A310 freighter fleet recently, sending many more examples of this aircraft to the boneyards.
Today, the only other airlines flying A310s as freighters is ULS Cargo Airlines of Turkey, with 3 examples.
Who Else Flies the A310?
Aside from these passenger and cargo operators, there are still some military and government operators of the jet, including the Spanish Air Force (2), Pakistan Government (1) and Royal Canadian Air Force (4).
The latter will shortly be retiring the aircraft in favour of A330s.
A Special A310 Still Flying
Photo (c) Erik Ritterbach
Perhaps the most unusual Airbus A310 still flying is the example operated by Novespace for zero gravity parabolic flights.
This aircraft, F-WNOV, is based at Bordeaux in France and regularly takes those training for space trips on rollercoaster flights.
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.
Did you ever fly on an A310? Which airline? Leave a comment below!
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