FLYING A CLASSIC AIRBUS A310 IN 2020! Air Transat Toronto to Manchester

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FLYING A CLASSIC AIRBUS A310 IN 2020! Air Transat Toronto to Manchester

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Air Transat is the last western operator of the Airbus A310 - a shorter version of the original Airbus A300. Today, there are less than 15 A310s in passenger service worldwide.
Sadly, Air Transat has accelerated the retirement of these aircraft, with the remaining three leaving the fleet this month, but I was fortunate enough to fly it in February from Toronto to Manchester.
See what it's like to fly on this 28-year-old Airbus widebody in this new trip report!
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
Airline: Air Transat (TSC/TS)
Aircraft: Airbus A310-308 (A313)
Flight Number: TS292
Seat: 4A
Livery: Old
Engines: 2x GE CF6-80C2A8
Registration: C-GSAT
Route: Toronto-Pearson (YYZ) - Manchester (MAN)
Callsign: TRANSAT 292 heavy
Runway used: 06L (YYZ) - 23R (MAN)
Date filmed: February 2020
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Outro song: "Take Flight" by Nyhtian: • Nyhtian - Take Flight ...
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@patoffcuriosity4727 4 жыл бұрын

the A310-300 is so interesting to look at, it just looks so short.

@airwipe1639 4 жыл бұрын

Avia Pat It’s low key like the 767-200ER

@TJK152 4 жыл бұрын

Baby ThiccBus

@fairingfans3575 4 жыл бұрын

Short and thicc

@schumi246 4 жыл бұрын

It’s the perfect size aircraft to replace the 757, just do it fuel efficiently. An updated version of this, is what Boeing needs to do for their 797.

@AhmedIbrahim-mv8kc 4 жыл бұрын

its pretty chubby

@SamChui 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, thoroughly enjoyed your narration and the A310 footage. 👍

@Lee247Jamaica 3 жыл бұрын

Omg sam

@M0zZd 3 жыл бұрын

OMG! bRO I LOVE YOUR VIDS. CAN you make a second boeing dreamlifter vid in detail plz

@M0zZd 3 жыл бұрын

sry for the caps at the start

@Crabz49 3 жыл бұрын

HI SAM

@eduardoagnesjr.2695 3 жыл бұрын

Cool

@iogurtli 4 жыл бұрын

Ah, flying. I remember. Those were the good old times

@haggisfartsplays9169 4 жыл бұрын

Andreas Daester ...

@user-rf4vc7mt4d 4 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for FS2020

@Matthew_B 4 жыл бұрын

Yep

@ilyasmoulayramdanemoulat1624 3 жыл бұрын

Andreas Daester haha

@simply_aviation 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic review, Alex! Thoroughly enjoyed it!

@JuraimyAirlineManager 4 жыл бұрын

hi simply aviation

@slickvfx4578 3 жыл бұрын

Hey simply aviation I love your videos

@Lee247Jamaica 3 жыл бұрын

Hi simply aviation luv ur channel

@Toniponimakaroni11 3 жыл бұрын

@Mohamed Alsan Jinah your funny

@michaelrogers1344 4 жыл бұрын

Another top notch trip report. Glad Transat did not swap the plane on you. Sad to see these aircraft leaving the fleet on bad terms with the current situation.

@petethetraveler 4 жыл бұрын

Michael Rogers yeah I took that plane on Air Transat July 2019 and it’s sad to see them go

@CJetsPlanespotting 4 жыл бұрын

Ah, I remember flying on one of these back in 2009. It’s sad that these aircraft are almost completely gone.

@eyetrapper 4 жыл бұрын

very well done, gonna miss this bird! Especially at YVR

@airwipe1639 4 жыл бұрын

eye trapper Sad to see them go, but good to see A220s, A321LRs, etc.

@eyetrapper 4 жыл бұрын

@@sebastianfloyd372 I wish that were the case but Air Transat is replacing them with newer aircraft (retiring the 310)

@Bobo-bw1uc 4 жыл бұрын

Windows doesn’t stay open: exist People who do five minutes craft: improvise, adapt, overcome

@massimoforesti6591 4 жыл бұрын

I wish Air Transat would offer a series of retirement excursion flights like what a KLM did for the MD-11

@davidparry6296 9 ай бұрын

I also flew on the A310 to Toronto from Manchester, Glad I did now its gone. Great video too!

@madgolf812 Жыл бұрын

Seeing that old moving map brings back so many memories of flying to Canada with Air Transat Airbus and TriStars back in the early 2000s. Time flies...

@ashleyjarvis954 3 жыл бұрын

That flight deck/cockpit is immaculate. Well maintained and taken care of. Quite enjoyed many flights with Transat back to home, Canada.

@GG-sr4ww 4 жыл бұрын

I always enjoyed flying on the A310 and got to sample flights on it with Pan Am, Lufthansa and Kenya Airways. I actually traveled on the one in the video when she was 5Y-KQM with Kenya Airways, late 2000 from Amsterdam to Nairobi. Economy Class was 2-4-2 back then.

@puppers2607 4 жыл бұрын

it's so weird seeing an airbus with a yoke, so familiar yet so strange.

@M_O1997 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting, so nice to see a review on the old-school A310! Really enjoying your videos.. Keep up the great work!

@DeltaBravoTango 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful Air Transat A310 Review! The Transat A310-300 was my first ever Trip Report (2019) and I enjoyed my flight of it last year and I'm glad to have experienced it before her retirement! Old but always a fun experience, the A310 is super iconic. Great job getting this great array of footage for the report :)

@tchapman1977 4 жыл бұрын

Kudos to the flight crew on that plane...the plane practically kissed the runway on that landing...I don't know if I've ever seen such a smooth landing on a commercial aircraft like that before.

@Forti42 7 ай бұрын

Full ack. Though the whole video is exciting, the touchdown looked almost unreal. Perfect!

@officiallotus_user6799 2 ай бұрын

Glad I got to fly on one of these things in 2017

@user-fb6ns4zq2r 4 жыл бұрын

I wish Airbus would’ve stuck with the look of the a310. Awesome footage once again Alex.

@american101 4 жыл бұрын

The Takeoff Sounds AWESOME!!! Great Report As Usual Alex!!

@mmguhhuh Жыл бұрын

Turbines don't sound the same anymore, that's for sure. I miss the black streaks they used to leave behind after lifting off

@flyc3 Жыл бұрын

I don’t know what’s more rare, the A310 still in service or Manchester Airport without rain!

@dlbrittain1976 4 жыл бұрын

love the CF6 growl

@sre8765 4 жыл бұрын

I flew many of them at Air Plus Comet as Cabin Crew.... really miss them,great aircraft!!! Great memories.....🥺

@JCSol 4 жыл бұрын

I flew in the late 1990's on Pan Am's JFK to Helsinki in Business Class on this aircraft. It was fantastic. Great video

@maltimoto 3 жыл бұрын

A310 is one of the sexiest airplanes ever. Already the engine sound....mmmmmh! I remember flying some holiday trips in a Hapag-Lloyd A310 from Hamburg, Germany.

@tomasjakovac7950 4 жыл бұрын

They used to fly these on the YYZ to LGW route. We fly it every year, and I remember for a long time it was a 50/50 chance whether we'd be on the A330 or the A310. This year though, they seem to have switched that route over completely to the A321neoLR, as that's what we had going both ways this time

@FromtheWindowSeat 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like a great flight. 👍 Thanks for taking us along!

@sittingsilent4472 Жыл бұрын

I have worked on A310 8 years as a flight attendant Although they were very old but It’s good plane look like a fighter of the sky

@EinfachLuap 4 жыл бұрын

As a Purser, it annoys me seeing flight attendants not dimming the lights during night time. Especially during take-off. Not only is it unsafe, it's also soooo annoying when you're a passenger...

@matthewcorcoran2891 4 жыл бұрын

Really nicely done trip report, with good editing, camera work and commentary. I really like the A310. I flew on the KLM and Air France operated ones when I was a kid. Thank you for sharing, and I hope you enjoyed your visit to my home airport of Manchester 🙂

@Pallibasher Жыл бұрын

Looking at this from 2023... you really *did* get on that flight just in time even if they hadn't already chosen to retire it early!! Crazy how fast everything changed!

@cda_official27 6 ай бұрын

I love how many of the passengers are seniors

@yulaviation3868 4 жыл бұрын

Air Transat is on of my favourite airlines Great vid

@benwhite2989 Жыл бұрын

You have to Love those CFM6. I miss those A310's :(

@maxharrymanuel2045 3 жыл бұрын

What a classic jet! Wish I got the chance to fly on one. Great Video!

@iimexicanLaw 4 жыл бұрын

I love when the plane takes off and you feel the G's a bit

@pandasonic1294 3 жыл бұрын

This plane looks small from the outside looks big from the inside.... Definate master piece.

@radio-su6lh 3 жыл бұрын

I thought exactly the same when flew on it.

@Francisco_CS 2 жыл бұрын

Flew in one from Lisbon to New York and back in one, loved the flight!!!

@joshgibbs2574 Жыл бұрын

I flew on Air Transats A310 from YYC to Cancun and back in Jan 2016. It was one of my best flights I’ve ever had. Sure miss those rare birds!

@theflyinggasmask 2 жыл бұрын

so nostalgic not seeing a huge screen behind every seat and the old moving map

@mmguhhuh Жыл бұрын

I really miss the sound of those engines. The 310 was one of my favorite planes to work on. All of us at Transat miss them to this day. They were great buckets of rivets

@johnnyberetta9533 4 жыл бұрын

Oh thank you for the great video. It brought back great memories of my work at Pearson Intl. back the late 80's and early 90's. I remember when Max Ward of Wardair bought several new A 310- 300s. They were gorgeous. Bright orange striped seats, and roomy, too. Very bright cabin. Beautiful wide business class seats forward, too. The y were the last non fly by wire aircraft I believe, for Airbus, anyway and because of that I felt they were a REAL airliner....you fly the plane..it doesn't fly you. I think the pilots loved them, too. So sad to see these birds get old and face retirement. I think they are one of the finest airliners ever built. I remember the first time I boarded a Wardair A 310. My first thought as I said, WOW , was, does Airbus KNOW how to build a great aircraft or what ? I loved their A 300, too. It used to fly Toronto to Tampa daily. I think it was lease from South African Airways. They did return it to them eventually. Oh, and Max Ward saw to it that each brand new A 310 was named after a famous Canadian aviator, and many were bush pilots

@bishwatntl 4 жыл бұрын

I flew on one of the first A310s when introduced by Swissair in 1983; then flew one with Canadian on the LGW-YYC-LGW route just after they took over Wardair.

@c0ldw1nd27 4 жыл бұрын

That was a really buttery landing :D

@jasondiakopoulos332 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love the livery on these aircraft!

@thereds1959 2 жыл бұрын

Flew with Air Transat in 2016 Manchester to Toronto return, it was a wonderful flight both ways and the priority package well worth it.

@nightflyer3242 4 жыл бұрын

I love the sound of those CF-6's.

@mr.invisible3123 2 жыл бұрын

Good post 👍I flew in a310-200 without wing tips version .. September 1989 Kuwait airways Karachi Kuwait a310-200 .onwards in Boieng 767-200 Kuwait via Paris and Geneva to London Heathrow our final destination it's been long time your post flooded me with so many memories. In later years flew on Emirates a310's on so many times don't even remember if I recorded my trips I would have lot of memories to share but that time it wasn't as convenient as it becomes now to record your travel logs ..no screens for personal entertainment watch whatever is on or sleep those days only selection available to choose was music channels but they use to be on repeat payback so not much to watch or listen in terms of flight entertainment 🥴 great to see old bird still flying medium -long haul routes.. Airbus work horse help Emirates big time to expand this particular a310 model.

@danielcopot2271 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video, you should try the a330-300 a great experience, liked

@ItsKibet 4 жыл бұрын

Glad to see an Ex Kenya Airways A310 still flying.C-GVAT was also an ex Kenya airways but was sadly scrapped.

@loup_demer3195 4 жыл бұрын

12:30 F in the chat

@JOEM747 2 жыл бұрын

So happy you got to fly on it before she was gone! I recently was able to fly on a KC-10 across the Atlantic and that widebody experience reminded me of that!

@Videospotter 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent Trip Report. Lucky to catch the A310 in the last days of operations!

@isaacflyaway 4 жыл бұрын

What a unique and exciting experience to be able to fly on the A310 nowadays It's definitely a blast to the past! :D Loved the retro seatbelt signs and overhead bins :)

@orlandochan854 4 жыл бұрын

That's a super soft butter too

@lorrewatkins5925 3 жыл бұрын

The A300 and 310 is two of my favorite aircraft !

@moussochocolat779 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this!! Sweet memories when i was a child, flying onboard beautyfull Air Inter A300-B2 from Paris to Calvi🤩🥰 Cheers from France✌

@orlandochan854 4 жыл бұрын

Ah, this plane still look new. And classic too.

@DanielSander 4 жыл бұрын

Great Video Alex. You really picked the best time to fly on one, considering they have just been retired. I'm glad i persuaded you to go for option plus, hahaha. Thanks for the shoutout as well. Thats a bit annoying with the food but at least it was eatable. The United new livery in the background at the end was a nice shot too.

@aalan330 4 жыл бұрын

Was lucky to fly the A310 many times with Royal Jordanian. Glad you had the opportunity to experience it.

@jetaddicted 4 жыл бұрын

The last time I flew in one lust have been around 1998-99, the F-GEMO from Air France, on a CDG-DKR-CDG FLIGHT. It had a nice feature at the back, you had to go through a little corridor on each side of the rear galley to access the toilets, just long enough to have two windows, but it was nevertheless nice to pass by, in spite of the smell!

@TheHenkka65 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for a very nicely narrated video. This is one of my fav aircraft. I flew with this, as a child, from Helsinki, Finland to Athens, Greece. I also did a flight wit the predecessor, A300 from Helsinki to Frankfurt. As far as I, remember, both of the flights were very smooth and comfy. 👍😊

@MrLePetitChef 4 жыл бұрын

Great trip report! I flew this exact aircraft on one of the last A310 flights from YYZ-GLA on the 21st March. The crew were excellent and it certainly was a privilege to be able to fly on one of the last flights.

@atomsmash100 8 ай бұрын

9 across is extremely tight in the main cabin, but that's typical for a charter/ low cost airline configuration. The A310 was a very interesting aircraft. You're lucky you were able to experience flying on one before they disappeared from passenger service.

@awuma 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video with buzz-saw at take-off. About a dozen years ago, I flew across the pond on a Czech Airlines A310, a really pleasant flight. IIRC it had a 2-4-2 configuration. I also flew about 6 years ago on an Air Transat A330 with a 2-4-2 configuration, which is so much better than the 3-3-3 one so often is squeezed into on A330's and B787's these days.

@mikemontgomery2654 2 жыл бұрын

It seems you had a better experience than I did on that plane. I sat on the exact opposite side you did, going YYZ-BFS. I’m also a tall guy, I hated sitting next to the window. Just the fuselage shape was awful for me. I couldn’t get comfortable at all. Back when I flew it, there was a divider in front of my seat, so I could not stretch my legs under the seat in front like you did. Same thing happened with my customized meal. They botched that, I brought it up, they kept sluffing me off saying they’d go “sort it out”. They never did. In fact, the flight crew was rude the whole way, no matter how calmly I engaged them. About a third of the way into the flight, they just disappeared completely. Didn’t see them again until morning, they passed out a light breakfast and water. Actually pretty good, considering how horrible dinner was. After that flight, I refused to fly Transat ever again. I flew KLM about two years later and had a great set of flights with them. Luckily, about 4 years later, I got to fly on a Polaris and watch hornets refuel from it. That brought some respect back to the A310 for me.

@gabrielferrer3887 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent trip report as usual! Glad you got to experience them before their retirement.

@lucrolland7489 3 жыл бұрын

I flew that wonderful airplane between Glasgow and Toronto. Excellent seats. Even did automatic landing in a snowstorm. I wished that they flew more between Glasgow and Montreal.

@bigtaxrefund 4 жыл бұрын

back in 2001 i used to fly air transat from toronto to montreal. it was short and fun. not too many people on board and loads of room to stretch out

@michaelpocock2860 4 жыл бұрын

Another great video. Travel safely and stay well in these turbulent times

@E_WANR 4 жыл бұрын

The aurigny plane in your spotting preview !! My home airline

@Pwnzistor 3 жыл бұрын

Butter landing.

@karlossargeant3872 4 жыл бұрын

Bye Bye Air Transat A310's R.I.P You'll be Remembered but not forgotten.

@richardc8738 4 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know if dimming the lights for night time take offs and landings is a requirement in Canada or just a safety suggestion. Over the past couple of years I have been surprised at how often the cabin lights are left on. Some professional response would be interesting. Oh, and of course, fantastic trip report.

@noahgillies4935 4 жыл бұрын

Richard C I think it is a requirement. I think I heard another trip reporter say

@Fgghgrgrhgfnvkmd 4 жыл бұрын

In India, it is a civil aviation authority mandate that lights be dimmed right after taxi commences before takeoff and stay off till autopilot is switched on. During landing, the lights have to be dimmed before descent commences and have to stay off till the aircraft reaches the stand.

@GG-sr4ww 4 жыл бұрын

It’s a worldwide requirement so that everybody’s eyes are adjusted to the darkness in case there’s an incident on takeoff that requires an evacuation using only the emergency lighting.

@franciscoflorencio2432 4 жыл бұрын

It’s a requirement for all over the world, in case of an emergency evacuation your eyes adapt better to the dark ambient if the cabin light is turned off.

@simsonie 4 жыл бұрын

@@noahgillies4935 yeah josh cahill was furious at an airline for it

@stephenport4768 6 ай бұрын

A great plane for its time its testament that they lasted so long but with economy and fuel efficiency at the forefront of aviation now I hear they use the A321neo for transatlantic services now

@rainbowrailroadcrossing7798 3 жыл бұрын

4:29 this engine is speaking fine bars man!

@darrenbraulio8373 4 жыл бұрын

Love the narration Alex, thanks for sharing. Stay safe.

@kaclni2004 2 жыл бұрын

that was a very smooth landing,good job with this video!

@OHAREAVIATION 4 жыл бұрын

Pretty sweet! The only time I flew on an A310 it was with FedEx as a jumpseater.

@rlwings 4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha...Sittin' in the cockpit like a boss! - That was awesome! - And right after your flight.

@39Kohm 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! It's a route I've flown many times before with Air Transat too, though I usually went on an a320. I did it via Globespan (Flyglobespan) once and the aircraft lost all power just after landing, had to get off using stairs and got crowded into a little bus. I remember not too long ago when you would land at Manchester and would see Concord parked past the end of the runway, now they've built a shelter around it and charge money to go see it :P

@jjouney 3 жыл бұрын

Your reviews are extremely well done: very thorough and right to the point. Thanks for sharing this, keep up the great content!

@Aderin. 4 ай бұрын

I got an air transat ad watching this

@Swo-swing-ming 3 жыл бұрын

I love the 310 because it looks short like a 320 but then looks thick like a 330

@truckerallister9080 Жыл бұрын

Air Transat, yes I flew from Toronto to Amsterdam in may 2019 and they forgot to serve me my meal at 23:00 hours after take off, i gave them a bad review, but they never replied and wrote to them again, that is and will be the last time I will be flying with them. Nice video A. P

@anthonyfx5170 Жыл бұрын

Fabulous review 👏🏻💥

@johnoke1206 4 жыл бұрын

Will you ever do the Transat A321NEO?

@AlexPraglowskiAviation 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, I do want to try that out!

@airwipe1639 4 жыл бұрын

Alex Praglowski Aviation I think you should do YVR-EWR. A good trans-continental kind of flight, even if it’s international. Usually operated on a 787.

@shedinja6257 4 жыл бұрын

Alex Praglowski Aviation only when the situation right now gets better

@michaelchen3765 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Thank you for sharing. :)

@matthewbarber4240 4 жыл бұрын

My one and only A310 flight was LGW-PMI back in 2004, mind you I loaded hundreds of them when I worked for FedEx!

@matthewbarber4240 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry it was LGW-MAD! Air Plus Comet, part of a service that went on to Argentina 🇦🇷

@edsonbatista4137 4 жыл бұрын

Wow very good flay and good video!👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@97SCT Жыл бұрын

I was lucky to get an A310 back in 2015, from Toronto to Cuba and back.

@nathancrowe7523 Жыл бұрын

I once flew on the Air Transat A310 directly from Calgary to London England.

@thecockerel86 3 жыл бұрын

Watching this in 2021. Yoke!

@sushi777300 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice report and I really enjoy the narration

@dors5969 4 жыл бұрын

I really like those old birds! However, It seems that I won't be able to fly on the A310. At least I flew on the A300 with Thai in two flights, both of them were good, although the cabin in Thai is older, at least it was more specious, with 2-4-2 configuration and good legroom. I hope to see some older aircrafts where I'm living, however, most of the airlines send boring aircrafts like 737-800/737-900 or A320/321. I like your flight reports, but also It'll be nice to see a long haul flight report from You! Like from Canada to Israel or something. The spotting in Israel isn't great like in Europe, but It's not bad and You'll be able to catch many aircrafts (in a good day of course, not now...) that You'll never see in Canada.

@DOMINICAAVIATION 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing view! Great Footage! Nicely done report

@EliAviator 4 жыл бұрын

I love their blue compartment

@NolanS10 4 жыл бұрын

I have flown on airtransats A330-200, and it was the one that had more seats... and the club class looked way nicer then on the one you took, and it actually looked like a real business class