Spike From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2004, 1170 posts, RR: 5 Reply 1, posted (8 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 4281 times:
I'd guess Lufthansa or Air France probably got the last A300 pax aircraft. They really rise up at the back as you get to the rear galley. They look big inside yet they feel cramped. I sort of miss them but not much.
RedDragon From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2004, 1135 posts, RR: 7 Reply 7, posted (8 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 4004 times:
Given that the pre-600 models haven't been produced for ages, the last passenger A300 was bound to be a -600...
Re. UPS' 50-strong A300F4 order, what's the status of that order? Are they trying to defer and/or cancel some (if not all) of them? Or am I mixing them up with another carrier and talking bollocks as a result?
Widebody From Ireland, joined Aug 2000, 1150 posts, RR: 9 Reply 9, posted (8 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 3915 times:
Difficult to call last A300 delivery, as so many of them have been re-delivered. Think the last one was built in 1987 and delivered to Tunisair, now flying with MNB Cargo (converted). 2nd last was also delivered to Tunisair. About aircraft 300 or so.
Gigneil From United States of America, joined Nov 2002, 16215 posts, RR: 88 Reply 11, posted (8 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 3844 times:
Scorpio, knowone said the A300-600, the question was about the A300.
Scorpio From Belgium, joined Oct 2001, 4934 posts, RR: 46 Reply 12, posted (8 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 3816 times:
Scorpio, knowone said the A300-600, the question was about the A300.
Yes... and what exactly is an A300-600 then? Exactly, an A300. Notice how everybody else who responded to this topic assumed that?
Just curious, but what exactly is a knowone?
RedDragon,
Re. UPS' 50-strong A300F4 order, what's the status of that order? Are they trying to defer and/or cancel some (if not all) of them? Or am I mixing them up with another carrier and talking bollocks as a result?
There were rumors about 6 months ago that they wanted to get rid of at least part of that order, but it's been very silent in that department since then. Mean time, the deliveries are continuing as planned.
Scorpio From Belgium, joined Oct 2001, 4934 posts, RR: 46 Reply 14, posted (8 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 3771 times:
Do the present-day Airbus factory A300s use the same engines as the A310?
More powerful versions of them, yes.
BTW, the last 'classic' A300B was delivered in 1987 to China Airlines, the 248th to be delivered to an airline, out of 250 built. (of the other two, the original A300B1 prototype was broken up at the end of the 70s, and the first A300B2 is still fluing as the 'Zero G' A300 for Esa).
FLY2LIM From United States of America, joined May 2004, 1183 posts, RR: 11 Reply 16, posted (8 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 3718 times:
If the person who asked the original question meant an A300 that was not the latest version, then the wording on the heading was very poor. I also understood that the thread talked about the lastest EVER pax A300 built.
I will be flying on an A300 MIA-LIM with AA. I have flown this bird several times. They are large, cramped, uncomfortable but they get me to where I need to go. The last flight I took on it (LIM-MIA) we were delayed over an hour because the automatic locking mechanism for the cargo door malfunctioned. It had to be done manually, and this means that they computers have to be reprogrammed or whatever (I am neither a pilot or a mechanic) and there had to be several people who "signed off" that the doors were locked properly. We sat there forever waiting for this process to be completed. My friend at AA says that these things happen all the time with the A300 for AA.
FLY2LIM
MauriceB From Netherlands, joined Aug 2004, 2477 posts, RR: 28 Reply 17, posted (8 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 3702 times:
There were rumors about 6 months ago that they wanted to get rid of at least part of that order, but it's been very silent in that department since then. Mean time, the deliveries are continuing as planned
FLYSSC From France, joined Aug 2003, 7313 posts, RR: 60 Reply 18, posted (8 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 3681 times:
The last Airbus A300B4 produced, msn 305, is registered F-WQOY owned now by Airbus and is stored at CHR (Chateauroux, France).
It was previously operated by Philippine Airline as F-OHPD.
The last A300-600R PAX VERSION produced is msn 838 and is operated by Japan Airlines (ex-JAS) as JA016D.
The very last A300-600R produced until today is a Freighter, msn 856, and was delivered last October 9th 2004 to Air Hong-Kong as B-LBD.
Upsmd11 From United States of America, joined May 2003, 799 posts, RR: 4 Reply 19, posted (8 years 6 months 1 week 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 3475 times:
The rumors are that 5X is not happy with the A300 and wants to convert orders to the A380F to satisfy the commitment to AB.
Gigneil From United States of America, joined Nov 2002, 16215 posts, RR: 88 Reply 20, posted (8 years 6 months 1 week 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 3433 times:
The rumors are that 5X is not happy with the A300 and wants to convert orders to the A380F to satisfy the commitment to AB.
Those rumors are bullshit.
5X is experiencing a downturn in domestic loads, and as a result wish to slow the rate of capacity increase. They as much as said so themselves.
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