Aero Union (Aerotransporte de Carga Union) (Mexico) Airbus A300B4-203 (F) XA-TUE (msn 078) LAX (Joe G. Walker) (crashed in Mexico), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Aero Union’s (Aerotransporte de Carga Union) (Mexico City) Airbus A300B4-203 XA-TUE has crashed in Monterrey, Mexico. Please click on the photo for further details.
Copyright Photo: Joe G. Walker.
ACT Airlines’ (Istanbul) Airbus A300B4-203 (F) freighter, registered TC-ACB (msn 121) operating for DHL Airways yesterday (March 1) overshot the runway at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, closing the runway. The left main gear reportedly failed on landing causing the engines to shear off.
IranAir’s (Tehran) Airbus A300B4-605R EP-IBB (msn 727) ran off runway 19R at Stockholm (Arlanda) yesterday (January 16) at low speed on its takeoff roll. The airliner was operating flight IR 762 to Tehran. A private video showed an engine surge causing the aircraft to veer left, exiting into the snow and grass. There were no injuries or damage.
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Uzbekistan Airways Airbus A300B4-622R(F) UK-31005 FRA 27-11-09, originally uploaded by Axel J..
Uzbekistan Airways (Tashkent) is now operating this Airbus A300B4-622R on cargo flights. UK-31005 (msn 722) approaches Frankfurt for landing on November 27, 2009 and only displays a tail logo.
Copyright Photo: Axel J.
Transcarga International Airways (La Linea De Venezuela) (Caracas) has leased ex-TradeWinds Cargo Airlines Airbus A300B4-203 (F) N501TR (msn 053). The aircraft also carries small “Operated by Sky Lease 1” titles.
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American Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth) officially retired its last Airbus A300-600 from scheduled service in the early morning hours of August 25 at New York (JFK). However the A300 came to the rescue and operated a charter flight to JFK on August 26. The last AA A300 flight to depart from Miami was flight AA 869 to San Juan on August 24. The first A300B4-605R (N91050, msn 423) was delivered on April 21, 1988 and entered revenue service on May 10, 1988. At the end the A300 operated mainly from the Miami, New York (JFK) and San Juan hubs.
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Maximus Air Cargo (Abu Dhabi) started operating two Airbus A300-600 freighters for Etihad Airways on July 1. The aircraft operate to Bangalore, Chennai, COlombo and Nairobi. The contract is expected to grow to include flights to China, Italy and Libya.
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Sister ship A300B4-605R D-AIAZ (msn 701) is pictured at Nuremberg before it was retired. Copyright Photo: Gunter Mayer.
Lufthansa (Frankfurt) on July 1 operated its last Airbus A300 flight. A300B4-603 D-AIAM (msn 408) had the honor of operating the last revenue flight (LH 3853) from Rome (FCO) to Frankfurt.
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YouTube video of the historic flight back at FRA:
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Lufthansa's Airbus A300B4-605R D-AIAZ (msn 701) is seen on the ramp at Nuremberg. Copyright Photo: Gunter Mayer.
Lufthansa (Frankfurt) has decided to park its Airbus A300-600s on June 30, 2009 due to the decline in demand.
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