** Updated March 25, 2020 **
This aircraft was retired in January, 2020. Air Transat’s fleet of classic Airbus A310-300 airliners will all be laid to rest at the end of March, 2020.
Sure, the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum might be down the road in Hamilton, Ontario. But, if you want to see some passenger plane history, look no further than Toronto Pearson when an Air Transat Airbus A310-300 like C-GTSH is in action.
The Canadian charter airline still has seven of these classic aircraft in their fleet. However, they’re not going to be along for a whole lot longer with plans to be replaced by Airbus A321LR models in the near future. We photographed C-GTSH while plane spotting at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) on December 15, 2018.
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C-GTSH
C-GTSH performed its first flight on October 16, 1991 and was initially delivered to Lufthansa as D-AIDN on February 10, 1992. On April 5, 2004, the Airbus A310-304 joined Air Transat.
This airliner is configured for a maximum total of 250 passengers with 12 seats in business class and 238 economy class seats. This is currently one of seven A313 models in the fleet.
On February 13, 2014, C-GTSH was flying from Rio De Janeiro, Brazil to Toronto, Ontario. The Airbus A310-300 had to go around on the initial approach due to issues with the landing gear. The issue was resolved using an alternate method and the airplane landed safely on the second attempt. As a result, a telescopic strut was replaced.
On a flight form Barcelona, Spain to Toronto on July 31, 2016, the A313 had to divert to Paris, France due to a leak in the yellow hydraulic system. The issue was detected just before the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean while flying at 31,000 feet off La Coruna, Spain.
Recently, on September 19, 2018, this aircraft had just landed at Montreal Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) after a flight from EuroAirport in Basel, Switzerland. Minor damage to the right side wing occurred when an ground support vehicle ran into it. No one on the airplane was harmed and C-GTSH resumed service just over a day after the incident.
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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.