Airbus Updates No.2590

Canada's Air Transat retires A310-300s

Air Transat Airbus A310-300 © Tis Meyer / PlanePics.org

02.04.2020 - 07:06 UTC

Air Transat (TS, Montréal Trudeau) retired all three of its remaining A310-300(ET)s at the end of March.

The type's last revenue flight was operated on March 30, when C-GSAT (msn 600) flew from Porto via Halifax to Toronto Pearson. The aircraft subsequently joined the other two A310s, C-GPAT (msn 597) and C-GTSY (msn 447), in storage at Montréal Mirabel.

The airline has since confirmed in a statement to ch-aviation that the A310-300s have indeed been permanently withdrawn from service and will not be reactivated after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Air Transat was planning to retire the A310s over the coming months as its new A321-200neo(LR)s deliver from Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac).

According to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module, the three A310-300s are 29.7 years old on average and are owned by Air Transat. The carrier also operates twelve A321-200s, three A321neo(LR)s, sixteen A330-200s, four A330-300s, and five B737-800s.

Airbus Updates No.1967

 Azores Airlines ends A310 ops

SATA Internacional Airbus A310-300 © Tis Meyer (PlanePics.org)

16.10.2018 - 22:13 UTC

Azores Airlines (S4, Ponta Delgada) has confirmed it has now ended A310-300 operations after its last remaining aircraft of the type, CS-TGV (msn 651), conducted its last revenue flight on Monday, October 15.

According to the Azores-based carrier, the 26-year-old twinjet's final revenue service was flight S4 124 Ponta Delgada-Lisbon.

Azores Airlines has replaced its outgoing A310s with newer A321neo (of which it operates two) and one A330-200.

The ch-aviation fleets module shows there to be nine remaining commercial operators of the A310-300 remaining namely Mahan Air, Air Transat, Ariana Afghan Airlines, Armenia Airways (parked), Yemenia, Al-Atheer Aviation, Arabasco, Taban Air, and Tehran Airlines.