This is our seven of nine when it comes to Air Transat Airbus A310-300 aircraft. C-GLAT is the seventh of the nine in the fleet that we’ve profiled at It’s About Airplanes. We photographed the iconic aircraft on March 25, 2018 while plane spotting at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ). Time might be running out to capture that last two with the model set to be replaced by brand new Airbus A321LR models in 2019.
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C-GLAT
C-GLAT took its first flight back on May 23, 1991 and was first delivered to Emirates Airlines on July 29, 1992 as A6-EKI. On March 26, 2001, the Airbus A310-308 was delivered to Air Transat. The A313 is configured for a maximum total of 250 passengers with 12 seats in business class and 238 economy class seats.
Not without its problems over the years, on December 18, 2008, C-GLAT was to fly from Montreal, Quebec to Cayo Largo, Cuba. An hour into the flight, over Atlantic City, New Jersey, one of the engines failed. Crew returned to Montreal for a safe landing. However, the real story was that crew received an ‘oil filter clogged’ indication and shut down the engine.
On August 12, 2013, the Airbus A310-300 was flying from Quebec City to Paris, France. At 35,000 feet and about 200 miles past Gander, Newfoundland, the outer pane on the right side windshield cracked. The aircraft was diverted back, past Quebec City, to Montreal for a safe landing about three and half hours later. The broken windshield was replaced and the flight was continued with a delay of over eleven hours.
Just ten days later, on August 22, 2013, C-GLAT was flying from Toronto, Ontario to Porto, Portugal. Over the Atlantic Ocean at 33,000 feet, 350 miles past St. John’s, Newfoundland, and leak in the green hydraulic system indication was received. The aircraft was diverted back to Montreal and landed safely three hours later. However, the aircraft had to be towed off the runway with no available nose wheel steering.
Airbus A310-300
The initial variant of the A310 was introduced with Swissair in 1983. The Airbus A310-300 first flew in July, 1985 and first entered service with launch customer Swissair in 1986. In all, 255 were built between 1983 and 1998. Air Transat is, today, one of the primary operators of the aircraft model.
The Airbus A310-300 is 47 metres or 153 feet in length with a wingspan of 44 metres or 144 feet. At the tail, the A313 stands 16 metres or 52 feet in height. The flight range is 8,300 kilometres.
Air Transat
Air Transat commenced operations in 1987 and is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The airline has a fleet of 31 aircraft flying to nearly 80 destinations. The largest in the fleet is the Airbus A330-300.
As of May, 2019, the airline was to be purchased by Air Canada. The acquisition was scapped in April, 2021.