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Airbus A300B4 (A300B4-103)

A300-86Scrapped

RegistrationTRTC-ONK

Verified aircraft dataagainst the official civil aviation register

OperatorSaudi Arabian Airlines

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Airbus A300B4 (A300B4-103) built in 1979. Operated for Eastern Air Lines, Continental Airlines and Saudi Arabian Airlines. Scrapped.

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Old · 26 years · ≈ 78,000 flight hours (approx.)

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Technical data

ManufacturerAirbus

First flight1979

Country of registrationTurquía

MSN86

VerificationIdentity verified against the official register of FAA (United States) under its former registration N14980 · Oct 8, 2026

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 Jeddah it could fly non-stop as far as:

PEKBeijing7,438 km SINSingapore7,360 km BKKBangkok6,546 km JNBJohannesburg5,446 km LHRLondon4,748 km

Beyond its rangeHKGHong Kong7,618 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.

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Airports

Airports of the airlines that have operated it

since 2005Saudi Arabian Airlines network of its widebody aircraft

Base

JEDJeddah RUHRiyadh

Main destinations

DMMAd Dammam MEDMedina BLRBengaluru CAICairo CCJCalicut CMBColombo DACDhaka ISBAttock MAAChennai MNLManila (Pasay)

Flight logbook

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Aircraft chronology

1979

Built

Assembled by Airbus.

Jul 26, 1979

Delivered to Airbus Industrie

Delivered to Airbus Industrie as F-GBNE.

Nov 14, 1979

Transferred to Eastern Air Lines

Transferred to Eastern Air Lines.

May 1, 1987

Transferred to Continental Airlines

Transferred to Continental Airlines.

Aug 1, 1990

Re-registered

Changed from N209EA to N14980 (still with Continental Airlines).

May 1, 1995

Transferred to Akdeniz Airlines

Transferred to Akdeniz Airlines.

Feb 1, 1996

Transferred to Onur Air

Transferred to Onur Air.

Jan 10, 2005

Transferred to Saudi Arabian Airlines

Transferred to Saudi Arabian Airlines.

Operators

1979-07-26

Airbus Industrie

Registration F-GBNE · Lessor: Toulouse

1979-11-14

Eastern Air Lines

Registration N209EA

1987-05-01

Continental Airlines

Registration N209EA

1990-08-01

Continental Airlines

Registration N14980

1995-05-01

Akdeniz Airlines

Registration TC-TKA

1996-02-01

Onur Air

Registration TC-ONK

2005-01-10

Saudi Arabian Airlines

Registration TC-ONK

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