Airbus to stop production of A-310 airliners from July 2007

[Guest Chainsaw]

PARIS, July 9 (RIA Novosti) - European aircraft-maker Airbus will stop the production of A-310 airliners, one of which crashed in Siberia Sunday with the loss of more than 100 people, from July 2007, the Airbus press office said.

The A-310-300 is a two-engine large-fuselage airliner seating 220 passengers. The first aircraft of this type were put into operation in December 1985, the Airbus press office said.

 

A total of 229 A-310 aircraft were operated by 39 air companies throughout the world at the end of June 2006, the press office said.

 

The airbus on the Moscow-Irkutsk flight crashed in the early hours of July 9 during landing in the airport of Irkutsk in East Siberia.

 

According to the local airline, there were 192 passengers and eight crewmembers on board.

 

Airbus said it would remove A-310 airliners from production due to the development of more modern aircraft models.

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