Airbus A300

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The Airbus A300 is a wide-body twin-engine jet airliner introduced in the 1970s as Airbus’s first commercial aircraft and one of the world’s earliest twin-engine wide-bodies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf commercial aircraft
twin-engine jet airliner
wide-body jet airliner
aircraftConfiguration twin-engine
airframeMaterial aluminium alloy
countryOfOrigin France
Germany
crew 2 (later glass-cockpit variants)
developedBy Airbus
surface form: Airbus Industrie
engineType turbofan
enteredServiceWith Air France
firstFlight 1972-10-28
firstGenerationAirbusFamily Airbus A300 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Airbus A300/A310 family
firstOperator Air France
fuselageType wide-body
ICAOTypeDesignator A30B
introduced 1974
launchCustomer Air France
manufacturer Airbus
notableFeature first Airbus commercial airliner
one of the earliest twin-engine wide-body airliners
numberOfEngines 2
originalCockpitCrew 3
primaryUse medium- to long-haul routes
productionEnd 2007
productionStart 1971
range 4000–7000 km (variant dependent)
role cargo aircraft
passenger airliner
status out of production
successor Airbus A310
Airbus A330
totalProduced 561
typicalSeatingCapacity 250
usedBy Air France
American Airlines
DHL Aviation
Eastern Air Lines
FedEx
surface form: FedEx Express

Garuda Indonesia
Japan Airlines
Korean Air
Lufthansa
Singapore Airlines
Thai Airways International
UPS Airlines
variant Airbus A300 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Airbus A300-600

Airbus A300 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Airbus A300-600F

Airbus A300 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Airbus A300-600R

Airbus A300 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Airbus A300B1

Airbus A300 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Airbus A300B2

Airbus A300 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Airbus A300B4

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Airbus A310 aircraftFamily Airbus A300
this entity surface form: Airbus A300/A310 family
Airbus Beluga aircraftFamily Airbus A300
this entity surface form: Airbus A300-600ST
Airbus Beluga basedOn Airbus A300
Airbus A310 developedFrom Airbus A300
Airbus A330 developedFrom Airbus A300
Airbus A340 developedFrom Airbus A300
this entity surface form: Airbus A300 family technologies
Airbus A300 firstGenerationAirbusFamily Airbus A300 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Airbus A300/A310 family
Iran Air fleetIncludes Airbus A300
Airbus A310 noseSectionSharedWith Airbus A300
Air Hong Kong operatesAircraftType Airbus A300
this entity surface form: Airbus A300-600F
UPS Airlines operatesAircraftType Airbus A300
Aérospatiale participatedIn Airbus A300
this entity surface form: Airbus A300 program
Airbus product Airbus A300
Airbus A320 family successorTo Airbus A300
this entity surface form: Airbus A300 family (on some routes)
Airbus A310 tailSectionSharedWith Airbus A300
Airbus A300 variant Airbus A300 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Airbus A300B1
Airbus A300 variant Airbus A300 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Airbus A300B2
Airbus A300 variant Airbus A300 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Airbus A300B4
Airbus A300 variant Airbus A300 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Airbus A300-600
Airbus A300 variant Airbus A300 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Airbus A300-600R
Airbus A300 variant Airbus A300 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Airbus A300-600F