EASA type-certificate data sheet A.172 lists 'A300 B4-620: 09 March 1984'; Wikipedia[2] gives the same certification date.
- Bắt đầu
- 9 thg 3, 1984ĐỘ TIN CẬY 90%từ nguồn
Airbus A300-600 Wins Type Certification
Đối thủ chính
- Boeing 767-300ER · Boeing
218 passengers - range 5,980 nmi (11,070 km) - twin GE CF6, RB211 or PW engines - entered service with American Airlines in 1988
Nguồn - McDonnell Douglas DC-10 · McDonnell Douglas
About 270 seats in two classes (399 maximum) - DC-10-10 range 3,500 nmi (6,500 km), DC-10-30 up to 5,200 nmi (9,600 km) - three engines - in service since 5 August 1971
Nguồn
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.
- EASA's data sheet dates the JT9D-powered A300 B4-620 to 9 March 1984; the GE-powered B4-601 followed on 17 September 1985, the B4-603 on 27 January 1987 and the PW4158 B4-622 on 6 March 1989[1]
- The -600R long-range variant (B4-605R) was certified on 10 March 1988; American Airlines took the first in 1988[1][2]
- CNN Travel quotes a UPS captain with 17 years on the type: 'reliability, performance and comfort have proven it to be a pilot's aircraft'[4]
- The -600 entered service with Saudia in June 1984; UPS and FedEx later became the freighter's biggest operators[2][4]
- The A310's two-crew glass cockpit was adopted for the A300-600 with a common type rating, a selling point for operators of both[2]
Notable features
- A300B4-600: two Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R4H1 (initial; later CF6-80C2 or PW4000); MTOW 165,000 kg; limits Mach 0.82 and 335 KIAS[1]
- Length 54.08 m, wing span 44.84 m, wing area 260 m2; 266 seats two-class or 330 one-class[6]
- Airbus's planning chart (JT9D-7R4H1, 165 t, ISA+10) shows 287 passengers at roughly 3,150 nm with cruise at Mach 0.78 (read from graph)[5]
- Two-crew forward-facing cockpit and glass instruments shared with the A310; two extra seat rows from the A310-style rear fuselage[2]
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