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Airbus A300-600RF · A7-ABX · Qatar Airways

Airbus A300-600RF illustration in Qatar Airways livery Illustrative image; it may differ from the actual aircraft.

Airbus A300-600RF

A300-554Scrapped
RegistrationQAA7-ABX
OperatorQatar Airways
2operators
1incidents
0accidents
0logbook years
0photos

Airbus A300-600RF built in 1990. Operated for Korean Air and Qatar Airways. Scrapped in 2014.

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Aging · 24 years · ≈ 72,000 flight hours (approx.)
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Technical data

ManufacturerAirbus
Engines2× 2 x PW PW4158
First flight1990
Country of registrationCatar
MSN554
VerificationPending check against the official civil register

The model · Airbus A300

Figures for the A300-600R variant, the most representative of the family · it is 52% the length of a football pitch

Length54.1 m177 ft
Wingspan44.8 m147 ft
Height16.7 m55 ft
Range7,501 km4,050 NMWith a typical passenger load
Cruise speed828 km/h447 ktMach 0.78
Service ceiling12,200 m40,026 ftIt flies above Everest (1.4 times its height)
Maximum take-off weight171,700 kg378,533 lb
Maximum payload82,895 kg182,752 lbIts 266 passengers with baggage would weigh about 26.6 t; the rest is fuel and cargo
Typical capacity266 passengersUp to 361 in a high-density layout
Endurance9 h 04 minAt cruise speed, non-stop

With its 7,501 km range, from Seoul it could fly non-stop as far as:

DOHDoha7,052 kmDXBDubai6,729 kmBOMMumbai5,548 kmDELNew Delhi4,654 kmSINSingapore4,627 km
Beyond its rangeISTIstanbul7,924 km

The type first flew in 1972 (54 years ago) · About 561 units built · Production ended in 2007

Figures for the type, not for this particular aircraft: each variant and each configuration changes something. They are shown in both systems used in aviation.

The full story of the Airbus A300 Compare this aircraft

Airports

Airports of the airlines that have operated it

1990–2000Korean Air network of its widebody aircraft
Base
ICNSeoul
Main destinations
GMPSeoulPEKBeijingATLAtlantaCJUJeju CityKIXOsakaLAXLos AngelesPUSBusanNRTNaritaBKKBangkokCMBColomboSCLSantiago
2000–2014Qatar Airways network of its widebody aircraft
Base
DOHDoha
Main destinations
JFKNew YorkJNBJohannesburgBCNBarcelonaBKKBangkokGRUSão PauloKULSepangMXPFerno (VA)SGNHo Chi Minh CitySINSingaporeCDGParis (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise)CPTCape Town

Flight logbook

Under research

Aircraft chronology

1990
Built
Assembled by Airbus.
Mar 12, 1990
Delivered to Korean Air
Delivered to Korean Air as HL7293.
Dec 16, 1997
Re-registered
Changed from HL7293 to HL7537 (still with Korean Air).
Dec 1, 2000
Transferred to Qatar Airways
Transferred to Qatar Airways.
Mar 26, 2011
Incident at Sofia
On March 26, 2011, the aircraft (registration A7-ABX), operated by Qatar Airways, was involved in an incident at Sofia. Source: Qatar Airways.
Source: Qatar Airways
May 2013
Placed in storage
In May 2013, the A320 211 aircraft (registration A7-ABX), operated by Qatar Airways, was placed in storage. Source: Qatar Airways.
Source: Qatar Airways
Jan 2014
Scrapped
In January 2014, the A320 211 aircraft (registration A7-ABX), operated by Qatar Airways, was scrapped. Source: Qatar Airways.
Source: Qatar Airways

Operators

1990-03-12
Korean Air
Registration HL7293
1997-12-16
Korean Air
Registration HL7537
2000-12-01
Qatar Airways
Registration A7-ABX

Memories coming soon

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Before opening it we check the aircraft identity — its registration, its serial number and its model — against the civil register of the authority that registered it, so that every memory belongs to the exact aircraft that lived it. When that work reaches this record, the register will open here.

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BibTeX

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  title        = {{Airbus A300-600RF · A7-ABX · Qatar Airways}},
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  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-10},
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  urldate      = {2026-10-16},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
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Wikipedia

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