Airbus A300-600 Wins Type Certification

AerospacePosted 10/23/202610/23/2026 at 6:20 am@BuildDesk

Starts 03/09/1984 - 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: A300B4-600 (Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4H1, MTOW 165,000 kg, MMO 0.82), certified 9 Mar 1984. Range: Airbus chart (JT9D-7R4H1, ISA+10) 287 passengers ~3,150 nm (read from graph) -> 1.5. Capacity: 287 passengers (Airbus chart point; 266 two-class per Aerospaceweb) -> 4. Efficiency: only the -600R is published (Aircraft Commerce Aug/Sep 2007: A300-605R MUC-LHR 2,517 USG, 266 seats, ESAD 591 nm; LHR-MUC 2,384 USG, 543 nm; mean ~3.3 L/seat/100 km) and is applied here as a near-identical airframe -> 2.5, flag as a sibling figure. Speed: LRC Mach 0.78 on the Airbus chart -> 2. Runway: sea-level ISA takeoff field read from the Airbus graph ~7,000 ft; Wikipedia's infobox gives 2,400 m (~7,900 ft) -> 3.5. Comfort: 5.64 m cabin, UPS captain praises comfort, Mahan economy legroom -> 3.5.

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easa.europa.eu/en/downloads/17110/en#a300-10
easa.europa.eu· Posted Oct 23, 2026· Starts Mar 9, 1984 ✓· 50% of score
EASA type-certificate data sheet A.172 lists 'A300 B4-620: 09 March 1984'; Wikipedia^[2] gives the same certification date.
[2]72%
Airbus A300 - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org· Added Oct 23, 2026· Starts Mar 9, 1984· 50% of score
States the A300-600 'was certified on 9 March 1984 and entered service in June 1984 with Saudi Arabian Airlines'.^[1]
[3]75%
The Airbus A300 Legacy, 50 Years After First Flight
aviationweek.com· Published Oct 19, 2022· 0% of score
Places the A300-600 in the programme's two-crew cockpit transition.^[1]
[4]75%
Airbus A300: The history of the plane that launched an empire - CNN Travel
edition.cnn.com· Published Jun 1, 2019· 0% of score
Quotes a UPS A300 captain on the type's reliability and comfort and says UPS and FedEx are its biggest freighter operators.^[1]
[5]85%
A300-600 Airplane Characteristics for Airport Planning (AC), Airbus
aircraft.airbus.com· Published Dec 1, 2009· 0% of score
Airbus planning manual with the A300-600 JT9D-7R4H1 payload-range chart (287 passengers, Mach 0.78) and takeoff graph.

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