A300: upcoming dates

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• Aerospace10/23/2026@BuildDesk

  Airbus Delivers the Last A300 to FedEx

  Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport, Veilchenweg, KGV 101 Gartenbauverein Finkenwerde, Finkenwerder, Hamburg-Mitte, Hamburg, 21129, GermanyAirbus

  

  Starts 07/12/2007CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 6 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better19.3 years ago

  Airbus's release says 'The last A300 to leave the Airbus Final Assembly Line, an A300 Freighter, was delivered to FedEx on 12th of July 2007'; FlightGlobal^[5][6] reported 'Airbus has today (12 July) delivered' it.

  Airbus delivered the last A300 ever built, an A300-600F freighter, to FedEx on 12 July 2007, ending a 33-year programme of 561 aircraft and the first Airbus model to be discontinued.

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• Aerospace10/23/2026@BuildDesk

  Airbus A300-600 Wins Type Certification

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

  

  Starts 03/09/1984CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins81% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 81%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 6 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better42.6 years ago

  EASA type-certificate data sheet A.172 lists 'A300 B4-620: 09 March 1984'; Wikipedia^[2] gives the same certification date.

  The Airbus A300B4-620, first of the -600 series, received its initial type certificate on 9 March 1984, three months before entering service with Saudi Arabian Airlines.

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• Aerospace10/23/2026@BuildDesk

  Airbus A300-600 Makes Its First Flight

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

  

  Starts 07/08/1983CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins89% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 89%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better43.3 years ago

  Wikipedia's^[1] A300 article says the variant 'made its first flight on 8 July 1983' and Aerospaceweb^[5] lists '(A300-600) 8 July 1983' as its first-flight date.

  The improved Airbus A300-600, with an A310-style two-crew cockpit and rear fuselage, made its first flight on 8 July 1983.

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• Aerospace10/23/2026@BuildDesk

  Air France Flies the Airbus A300 on Its First Revenue Service

  Heathrow Airport, Bath Road, Harmondsworth, London Borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, England, UB7 0EH, United KingdomAirbus

  

  Starts 05/23/1974CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins81% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 81%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 6 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better52.4 years ago

  Airline Ratings^[1] says 'On May 23, 1974, Air France premiered the huge airliner on its trunk route from Paris to London-Heathrow and back'; Wikipedia^[2] gives the same date.

  On 23 May 1974 Air France began scheduled A300 operations, premiering the first twin-engine wide-body airliner on its Paris to London Heathrow trunk route with two round trips.

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• Aerospace10/23/2026@BuildDesk

  Air France Takes Delivery of the First Airbus A300

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

  

  Starts 05/10/1974CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins79% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 79%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 6 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better52.5 years ago

  World Airline News's^[1] photo caption states 'The A300 was delivered to Air France on May 10, 1974' (msn 005, F-BVGA) next to Airbus's^[6] own statement on the entry-into-service anniversary.

  Air France took delivery of the first production Airbus A300B2, msn 005 registered F-BVGA, on 10 May 1974, thirteen days before the type entered scheduled service.

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• Aerospace10/23/2026@BuildDesk

  Airbus A300B2 Wins Type Certification

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

  

  Starts 03/15/1974CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins82% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 82%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better52.6 years ago

  EASA type-certificate data sheet A.172 lists 'Initial Certification Date: A300 B2-1A: 15 March 1974'; Wikipedia^[2] says certificates were granted by German and French authorities that day.

  The Airbus A300B2-1A received its initial type certificate on 15 March 1974, clearing Airbus's first production wide-body for airline service two months before its first delivery.

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• Aerospace10/23/2026@BuildDesk

  Airbus Industrie Is Formed as a Grouping of Economic Interest

  Paris, Ile-de-France, Metropolitan France, FranceAirbus

  

  Starts 12/18/1970CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins80% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 80%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better55.9 years ago

  Airbus's^[4] 2009 anniversary release says 'on December 18, 1970, Airbus Industrie was created as Grouping of Economic Interest under French law'; Wikipedia^[1] gives the same date.

  On 18 December 1970 Airbus Industrie was created under French law as a Groupement d'Intérêt Économique, bringing the A300's industrial partners together as one managed programme.

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• Aerospace10/23/2026@BuildDesk

  Airbus A300 Programme Launched at the Paris Air Show

  Paris – Le Bourget Airport, Rue Nouvelle, Dugny, Le Raincy, Seine-Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France, Metropolitan France, 93440, FranceAirbus

  

  Starts 05/29/1969CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins78% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 78%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better57.4 years ago

  Airbus's^[1] 28 May 2009 press release states 'On May 29, 1969, the French Minister of Transport, Jean Chamant and the German Minister of Economic Affairs, Karl Schiller, signed an agreement for the joint-development of the A300 aircraft'.

  On 29 May 1969 French transport minister Jean Chamant and German economics minister Karl Schiller signed the agreement that launched the Airbus A300, the first twin-engine wide-body airliner, during the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget.

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