Airbus Industrie would develop the world’s first wide-body twin-engine jet airliner, the Airbus A300. It was a plane that would launch an empire. Light and efficient ...

The Airbus A300 was manufactured from 1971 to 2007 and remains in service, and 561 were built. It was able to typically seat 247 passengers in a two-class configuration while operating routes of ...

With the Airbus A300, some interesting departures from U.S.-designed aircraft immediately stood out. Instead of the typical three-engine composition common in the 60s, the A300 only had two jet ...

With its 4,000nm/7,700km range, the A300-600 has the capability to fly all major regional routes of the world's main economic regions. The popular A300-600 provides optimum operating efficiency on ...

The A300 is no longer in production. The aircraft celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2014, and Airbus plans an even bigger version of the transport plane – the A330-based Beluga XL – in 2019.

The A300-600 is an advanced version of the original Airbus plane, the A300. The 250-seat A300 was launched in May 1969 and entered commercial service in 1974.

An Airbus A300-600ST Beluga cargo aircraft. The plane maker has warned it will deliver fewer aircraft this year. (Ed Jones/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images) Airbus shares sank after the plane ...

Airbus owes much to a bold bet made by Bernard Lathière, its managing director from 1975 to 1985. Eastern Air Lines had been a top US carrier, but by the late 1970s was struggling with big debts.

The crash occurred soon after take-off from New York's JFK airport, when the Airbus A300-605R's tail came apart. All 260 on the plane were killed, as were five people on the ground.

Since the mid-1990s, Airbus has used an aircraft called the Beluga. It's based on the company's A300-600 airliner and its official name is the A300-600ST Beluga.

Airbus Industrie would develop the world’s first wide-body twin-engine jet airliner, the Airbus A300. It was a plane that would launch an empire. Light and efficient ...