Following the passage of the Airline Deregulation Act in 1978, the degree of competition among air carriers, increased significantly. Airlines resorted to many ways—including code-sharing—in response ...

The video covers key milestones including the A300B’s development, the entry of Britain as a partner, and the launch of the versatile A310 and the pioneering A320, which introduced fly-by-wire ...

Fully loaded, an Airbus A300B is a 300,000 lb aircraft. The airliner typically seated 210 to 250 in a three class, dual aisle arrangement. Many people (including avgeeks) incorrectly assume the the ...

He's been flying parabolic flights simulating weightlessness and reduced gravity since 1996 when he served as a test pilot on Novespace first Zero G aircraft, an Airbus A300B.

The A300B cross-section at eight abreast and two LD3s. Source; Wikipedia. But an eight-abreast fuselage builds more circumference length per seat abreast than a single aisle cross-section or a dual ...

As the last Boeing 747-8 leaves its birthplace, Aviation Week looks at how design features of the first widebody have shaped and influenced the industry.

DHL Express Airbus A300B-200F (OO-DLL) On November 22, 2003, a surface-to-air missile struck the left wing of an Airbus A300B2-200F cargo plane owned by European Air Transport (QY) and operating on ...

The first Airbus aircraft, the A300B, embarked on its maiden flight in Toulouse 50 years ago. The aircraft (F-WUAB) was also the world’s first twin-engined widebody commercial aircraft, and on this ...

The world’s first widebody twinjet aircraft, the Airbus A300, performed its maiden flight on October 28th, 1972.

50 years ago today the first Airbus aircraft, the A300B, embarked on its maiden flight. On this historic anniversary we look back with pride and admiration at the aircraft and programme that were at ...