Airbus A310-200 Wins Type Certification

AerospacePosted 10/23/202610/23/2026 at 6:16 am@BuildDesk

Starts 03/11/1983 - All day

Aéroport de Toulouse-Blagnac, Rue Jean Cocteau, Font-Grasse, Grand-Noble, Blagnac, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Occitania, Metropolitan France, 31700, France

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Estimate from the variant's published specs, 0-5; scores are only comparable within one criteria year. Variant: A310-200 basic weight variant (GE CF6-80A3, MTOW 132,000 kg / 291,005 lb), certified 11 Mar 1983 (EASA TCDS A.172). Range: Airbus chart 237 passengers ~2,600 nm (read from graph; 144 t JT9D variants reach ~3,500 nm per Wikipedia) -> 1. Capacity: 237 passengers (Airbus chart point; typical two-class ~220) -> 3.5. Efficiency null: the only published fuel burns (Aircraft Commerce, Aug/Sep 2007: A310-300 LIS-CDG 2,943 USG, 220 seats, 843 nm = ~3.2 L/seat/100 km) are for the -300, a sibling. Speed: Mach 0.80 per Aerospaceweb (Airbus chart gives no Mach; MMO 0.84) -> 2.5. Runway: sea-level ISA takeoff ~6,500 ft at 291,000 lb read from the Airbus graph (+/-700 ft) -> 4.5. Comfort: wide-body cabin, mixed reviews; two of four reviews are A310-300 flights/-300-era commentary -> 3.

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easa.europa.eu/en/downloads/17110/en#a300-08
easa.europa.eu· Posted Oct 23, 2026· Starts Mar 11, 1983 ✓· 49% of score
EASA type-certificate data sheet A.172 lists 'A310-203: 11 March 1983; A310-221: 11 March 1983'.
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Airbus A310 - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org· Added Oct 23, 2026· Starts Mar 11, 1983· 49% of score
Says the A310 received its type certificate on 11 March 1983 and entered service with Swissair in April 1983.^[1]
[3]75%
4/03/1982: Maiden Flight of the Airbus A310 - Airways
airwaysmag.com· Published Apr 3, 2024· Starts Mar 11, 1983· 1% of score
States the A310 'received its type certification on March 11, 1983'.^[1]
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A310 Airplane Characteristics for Airport Planning (AC), Airbus
aircraft.airbus.com· Published Dec 1, 2009· 0% of score
Airbus planning manual with the A310-200 132 t payload-range chart (237 passengers) and takeoff runway-length graph.
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PICTURE: Airbus delivers last A300 - FlightGlobal
flightglobal.com· Published Jul 12, 2007· 0% of score
Says the A310 first flew in 1982 and began service with Lufthansa and Swissair a year later.^[1]

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