Airbus A310
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The Airbus A310 is a wide-body aircraft, designed and manufactured by Airbus Industrie, then a consortium of European aerospace manufacturers.
Airbus had identified a demand for an aircraft smaller than the A300, the first twin-jet wide-body. On 7 July 1978, the A310 was launched with orders from Swissair and Lufthansa. On 3 April 1982, the first prototype conducted its maiden flight, and the A310 received its type certificate on 11 March 1983.
The A310 (background) is a shrunken version of the Airbus A300 (foreground)
The A310-200 prototype, featuring the liveries of Swissair (left) and Lufthansa (right), the first customers.
In 1988, an A310 was delivered to Interflug: the first Airbus for an Eastern-bloc airline.
Swissair
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Swissair was the national airline of Switzerland between its founding in 1931 and bankruptcy in 2002.
Swissair Fokker F.VIIb-3 m (CH-192) piloted by Walter Mittelholzer in Kassala (Sudan), February 1934.
A Swissair DC-2. They would become a very loyal customer of Douglas, buying most of their commercial aircraft models.
Swissair share, issued 17 April 1947
A Swiss Air Lines Convair 240 at Manchester Airport, England, in March 1950.