My FIRST and LAST flight on an Airbus A310 - AIR TRANSAT CLUB CLASS REVIEW

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Welcome aboard Air Transat's A310 between Paris CDG and Quebec City! This aircraft was retired just a month after I flew it! I hope you enjoy coming with me on this unique trip.
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Date of Travel: 28 FEB 2020
Airline: Air Transat
Livery: Standard Air Transat
Route: CDG-YQB
Aircraft: Airbus A310-200
Flight Number: TS 413
Miles: 3295
Airborne time: 6h58m
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[@Paul_Lucas]

Welcome aboard Air Transat's A310 between Paris CDG and Quebec City! This aircraft was retired just a month after I flew it! I hope you enjoy coming with me on this unique trip. Read my exclusive written review at: simpleflying.com/air-transat-a310-review/ Follow me on Twitter: @paul_winginit ¦ twitter.com/paul_winginit Follow me on Instagram: paul_winginit ¦ instagram.com/paul_winginit My website: www.winginit.me

[@taxiway_alpha2309]

I actually think redoing the cabin, gave it a glass cockpit, and maybe fit it with a new engines could bring this plane back

[@AleksandrZavyalov72]

When it was filmed?

[@taxiway_alpha2309]

@@AleksandrZavyalov72 Feb of 2020

[@SuperDev222]

Loved this video Paul Amazing to see A310. I never flown with A310.

[@maiden5427]

😂😂😂 An aircraft losing a rudder over the Atlantic is nothing to worry about?

[@BrandanTheBroker]

Dude your passport must look like a phone book, congrats on all the success of the channel

[@peterderrick4723]

Peter Derrick Some 20plus years ago I flew TAP Lisbon to Heathrow on a A310-300 on a return flight for a Company Business trip. I remember a complimentary bottle of Mateus Rose from the TAP lounge, a half full aircraft and one of the best flights ever. .

[@andrealin8208]

I really love your videos, they are informative and honest. Not using any gimmick, like some others. You have very standard structure that I like, you just go straight to the point.

[@black_box_aviation]

The A310 is such a beautiful aircraft!

[@voxy3038]

finally! you always keep me entertained in quarantine!

[@ewanprimrose9894]

4:57 ‘we won it 6 times’ Love it! YNWA

[@pinrenng8162]

Nice video!!! Finally another vlog from one of the world best aviation vloggers

[@Paul_Lucas]

You flatter me! Thank you!

[@sebastianfloyd372]

@@Paul_Lucas Air Transat Should sell them to amazon prime air

[@ronvaliant9337]

I flew the 310 for 3 years at Air Transat. Great plane.

[@callumdicksonx]

Love this Video Paul!! Keep up the good work 😊

[@meliskramer4520]

My memories to the A310 go way back to the early nineties when I flew them with Singapore Airlines a few times. Mostly on the Singapore-Brunei route. And if my memory serves me right, I once flew one domestically in Thailand with Thai Airways.

[@kbhn82]

I have flown domestic in Thailand with Thai and the A310, but it is probably ten years ago. Don't know if they still operates their A310..

[@louiscy]

All these years I been to Paris, never gone to Terminal 3.

[@louiscy]

@Alexandre S Thanks for the Info.

[@777eds]

It's a scant terminal, even the employees dislike it and it shows with their attitude.

[@geftiler2112]

Its a shitty looking terminal.

[@matthewpoole7752]

Looks like London Luton

[@marie-sophie4]

I work at YQB airport I would have loved to be at your arrival !!! The A310 was my favorite plane to watch at YQB ! Thanks for this video ❤️✈️😊

[@shaunyip2153]

You've taken me down memory lane, Paul. Thank you! I regularly flew on Air Niugini's A310 in the first half of the 90's. They also had the A300, and as a kid I loved both types equally, although I flew on the A310 more often. Before airbus planes, they had the legendary 707 which I still have vague but happy memories of flying in the early 80s.

[@eduardotorrado950]

love ur vids, pressed right away when I saw the notification

[@marciaanderton7068]

Glad to see your vids once again. Hope you have more. Thanks

[@Tpavra]

Great video as always! I only ever flown the A310 once on a Biman Bangladesh flight from Sylhet to Dhaka before changing onto a 777 to London Heathrow. Having only ever previously flown on British & American carriers, doing something like that made for a highly memorable trip!

[@kinkybidub]

Excellent as always Paul. Looking forward to the next trip report

[@josephwilliamson3311]

Brilliant video as always Paul. Very enjoyable I love your videos!

[@rbosque]

Thank you. I know it’s been tough during the pandemic but very nice to see you again. Carry on.

[@TorosauresRULES]

My favorite Travel KZbinr on maybe my favorite passenger plane ( love the stubby look of this magnificent old lady). Great video and Lovely to see one uploaded. Cheers good sir! Shame to see this bird go.

[@gordonleslie3581]

Love your camera work Paul!......Flew on the A310 in Australia during the short life of Compass Airlines... They had it really tough then, both Qantas and Ansett threw many obstacles in their way. Pity, great airline.

[@jacksongoldman407]

Great video Paul! I didn’t even know about this terminal at CDG. Learn something new everyday

[@richardnei]

Great Trip Report. The A310 is a very unique aircraft. I never flown on one, but I remember when Air Transat operated them to my local airport a number of years ago! #AviationFanUK

[@lucsergerie1835]

I flew the A310 for 2 years before it is a beast and never will be replace :)

[@KingEurope1]

Not naming names, but I, and I'm sure most of your viewers, all appreciate you being one of the seemingly few travel KZbinrs not making completely superfluous flights during the pandemic, solely to make KZbin videos.

[@BigJoe0815]

He did the flight back end of february / beginning of March, if I recall correctly...

[@johnstansfield5265]

The first Nooo-eeelll, the angels did say...

[@flyingdentist]

Great video Paul.Reminded me of my flight in a KLM's A310 at the 80s.Awesome

[@csifan90]

Great video! I flew on Air Transat’s A310 from Toronto to Puna Cana back in 2015.

[@siobhansworld7054]

Fantastic video Paul. Your videos are sublime. Thank you

[@Paul_Lucas]

Many thanks Siobhan!

[@amtrak2078]

Nice Vid Paul!

[@rafagonzaga5738]

The interior of the A310 looks so new. It’s sad that air transat is retiring their A310s 😢😢

[@MichaelSmith-lx2dt]

Be nice to see some A340 videos before they disappear, that’s when you can back in the air of course

[@fritskleinenhammans2388]

Awesome trip! Yes I flew the A310 as well, KLM. Also remember the steep take off

[@richyneary]

Another great video Paul. Keep up the good Work. 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻

[@johnsymons76]

Great to see you again. Didn't get my notification, KZbin is notorious for that. Good review, as always. I am planning on packing a picnic lunch for all of my future flights. I understand the food service post-quarantine will be basically lunch boxes, if you even get that. Oh how I miss the old days but one must be proactive and adapt. 😂. Take care. Hope you will be back in the air soon.😊. ♥️🛫🙏🏽🌎

[@craigwillis3372]

Glad the rudder had been replaced !! Phew !!! The food did not look good..strange when you are flying OUT of Paris !! Not up to snuff I would say in this class !! In Rain Man they left in the quote about Qantas and it's safety record !!! So you can imagine when flying with QF they were quite happy to leave it in the movie !! Great review mate and great to see you back.An ok trip except for the bland food...nothing like a Baileys coffee to lift the spirits (pardon the awful pun ) !! Hope you are well and safe and we are all itching to get flying somewhere soon...in fact any bloody where !! Thanks again Paul...really enjoyed it !!

[@pauljose1261]

Thank you Paul for recording this piece of aviation history. I'm fortunate in that I've enjoyed many A310 flights from YYZ to Manchester and Glasgow. Even on my final flight last year, I was surprised by both the comfort and how well AIr Transat kept these old aircraft maintained and modernized as much as possible. When normalcy returns, perhaps a Trans-Atlantic flight on one of their new A321LR single isle aircraft for comparison?

[@ianmcgee9945]

Welcome to Quebec! I work near the Air Transat maintenance base in YUL and used to see these all the time, though I've never flown them.

[@tomh2130]

Well done Paul. Huge Fan of your KZbin channel!!!!

[@cl1711]

Great Video! Keep up the good work!

[@jakehardiman7837]

"We won it 6 times" flashing up as you touched the fuselage upon boarding was an amusing touch! Flying the A310 looks like a very interesting experience, I flew with Air Transat in 2015 (LGW-YVR & YYC-LGW) but both legs were on their A330s, which were admittedly fairly nice - great video as always!

[@Andrew.YYZ.]

Thanks for uploading this Paul! I was fortunate enough to fly C-GPAT, TS324, YYZ-GLA, 14 Aug 2013

[@miabacon1242]

nice video paul! keeping us entertained in lockdown haha :)

[@charlesclaude-ennin2518]

Nostalgic video, thanks a lot. I flew the A310 with Nigeria Airways decades ago on a holiday. The interior of the aircraft looks a lot longer and bigger than looking at it from the outside. It was extremely powerful handled very sturdily.

[@Ferreira0504]

I flew on a SATA A310 about 5 years ago from Boston to Ponta Delgada. It was a fun and interesting plane to fly on with its loud engines and old school interior.

[@johngraver2828]

Hi Paul, I flew Cyprus Airways Heathrow to Larnaca on one of their A310 - in the mid '90s . . . . . .nice smooth flight until it came to the landing, after two attempts, one from each end of Larnaca's single runway we powered up and made the short hop to Paphos in the East of the island. After a perfect landing and a two hour wait we were bussed to Larnaca just in time to see our A310 - landing !!!!! WE were then bussed to Paphos as that is where our hotel was located . . . . .package holidays, don't you just love them !

[@AviationRailAdventures]

Nice video! The A310 is rare nowadays!

[@scotty241991]

same capacity or larger as modern A321neo go figure.

[@ryanfrisby7389]

Awesome video Paul!😸😻😸

[@mwallace2922]

Awesome vid. Made my day thanks for posting. 🇦🇺

[@xamuxka]

I’ve flown the A310 many times with TAP Air Portugal and with SATA International between the Azores and Lisbon. I liked the old school vibe and the smell of jet fuel while starting the engines :)

[@samclark1179]

Had an opportunity to fly in an Air Transat a310 last year. Glad you got a chance to fly on it when they were still flying.

[@dmanonice]

I flew that aircraft from YYZ to GLA for the same reason to get the A310 before they were gone. Flew it May 2019, and I can vouch for how tight that 3x3x3 seating was!

[@dannydanny9875]

1:52 Hey, you found your Shop! :-P

[@Arturo-sm1tb]

Nice unique video...will never see an A310 on here again.. Boy, Quebec City looks COLD...

[@lorispain1]

What a lovely old aircraft! Mind you, after over 3 months in a hard Spanish lockdown any aircraft will do me!! I'll be flying Vueling to Alicante soon

[@gonzalobarrera9934]

Hello Paul, greetings for your video, in 2005 I travelled in an A310 the route Caracas - Lisboa with TAP Portugal

[@marksmith3464]

My first A310 flight was with Swissair on 14th July 1991 from LHR-ZRH, aircraft registration HB-IPE A310-200. Wonderful aircraft, surprisingly roomy, loved it.

[@joshhuders4751]

Some veryyyy good music there , love a bit of steely Dan

[@manuelhauck6657]

Here at Germany I was flying Happag Lloyd A 310 and Lufthansa too. Sad they all gone now. Thanks for the great Video`s

[@orzo_1443]

ive been on air transits a310s 3 times from CYHZ to MCUN also to mantego bay with the a310 , It was a great aircraft it could hold a lot of people and it was short i will miss it

[@Alawi1964]

Nice video Paul. I have flown the 310 with AF, RJ, KL and EK. Nice plane. I know you did not enjoy the meals, but hope you liked the plane. Stay safe.

[@Mossy-Rock]

This reminded me of our flight on a Braathens Avro AJ-100 from Stockholm Bromma to Umeå before they disappeared. Same goes for trains!

[@jennywilton5490]

I’ve flown Air Transat’s a310 many times between Toronto and Dublin, Montreal and Dublin and Toronto and Belfast when they still flew that route

[@alistairreid1262]

Love your videos and can't wait to get flying again. Flew with BA for 42 years from Viscounts to Concorde with Tridents Boeings and Airbus in between. Flew on lots of A310s. AF SR LH PA (internally in Germany) and RJ. My only TS trip was STN-YYZ return on the L10. My second trip to SXM has been cancelled. First was hurricane Irma. Determined to get there as soon as possible. Was delighted to find about the trip to Saba which will be a must.

[@romeowhiskey126]

Hello Paul, I have flown a handful of times on an A310 ( Polaris CC-150). This is what the Canadian Military use for its service flights, transporting its members to locations around the world. I have flown from Dubai to Cyprus, Cyprus to Winnipeg, Ottawa to Lille, France and back all on the CC-150 . The amenities in economy are very minimal, but on a free flight who can complain... lol It’s great to see another excellent video, I hope all is well.

[@antonyeaton3860]

Cracking report as always Paul! Was nice to see the other side of the curtain! Flew 3 sectors on Air Transat's A310's (BHX-YYZ-BHX in 2013 and YYZ-MAN back in 2012) but could only afford to travel economy in my student days!

[@TripReportaviation]

Awesome trip report. It's cool to fly on an A310. I wish I had been able to try one. The plane was very old, but the IFE was quite new and responsive.

[@jj7020]

Great to see this trip. Was so hoping to catch an Air Transat A310 this summer before... well, we all know what happened.

[@bendodsworth7915]

I flew the A310 in 2016 from London Gatwick to Montreal. It was a great flight (a little bit too cozy in economy) but really enjoyed it.

[@rodza23]

I've only flown on an A310 once. That was with Compass from Brisbane to Sydney in 1991. The aircraft had been leased short term from Air Canada to replace a Compass A300-600 which had been damaged at the Airbus factory prior to delivery. Great flight and airline.

[@danielintheantipodes6741]

Thank you for the video. The seat looked comfortable even if the food was dire!

[@miniandi]

Great video as always Paul. The only times I’ve flown on the A310’s were both the ones flying for Cyprus airways. Used to catch them from Heathrow to fly to Paphos which they only did once a week ( all the other days were just direct to Larnaca). They were lovely planes to fly on and is shame not many are not may passenger one to fly on anymore.

[@danieljones3694]

Thanks for ya video and be safe

[@DeltaBravoTango]

Great video! I made a report on the A310 last summer it was so majestic and was also CGPAT the same plane!

[@johnpinckney4979]

Good thing he didn't fly on C-GITS, the "Azores Glider"...

[@bagchibhai1985]

Many happy memories of flying both A300s and A310s on Air India as an unaccompanied minor when I would fly between the Middle East and India to go to boarding school in the 90s!

[@michaelfried2323]

From Toronto and of course a Plane Geek myself! I use to see the plane land quite a few times while plane watching off of Airport rd.

[@Bobskiboy85]

Great plane and holds its age well...i flew in the A310 a few times as a kid with Air Niugini, from PNG to Brisbane and Sydney in Australia. Good u got to tick it off the list.

[@businessbuilding1]

Great vid. My first flight with Air Transat was aboard their L1011 to London back in 1992. Sad your food quality was so poor but glad we could experience the a310 one last time

[@BoardingPassRO]

I've flown on TAROM's last A310 commercial flight in 2016, OTP-MAD-OTP with a special route (over Toulouse) on the way back to OTP.

[@chanlingtv342]

While on your final approach your plane flew right above my home in Quebec City, sad to say that i'll no longer sew these bird fliying over my home but I can't wait to spot the a321 Lr ! Hope you enjoyed your stay in our city even if it was cold

[@angus_m]

Flew the mahan air a310 a few years back. so cool.

[@franklinloo2160]

Very nice aircraft. Love it.

[@zoomcctv]

Another great video, as a regular traveller between the Uk and Toronto I have looked at air Transat club class but the prices are often on par with-some business class BA tickets

[@michaelafalck1345]

Thanks for the Video. Its good to see the ol‘ Lady after a Long time. When I started working with Lufthansa, it was the first Aircraft I was trained on. We loved our A310. It was very reliable, spacious and had plenty of space in the Galleys as well. We flew to EWR and to some African Destinations, such as Lagos and Kinshasa. But it was revoked from Longhaul and operated only on domestic flights, because in 1993 the A340 started its Service. 😊

[@kentcountryside10]

Keep up those videos Paul🙆

[@yverose8355]

This took me back so long ago!! Last time I flew Transat was in 2014! Great on way out to Canada, but a strike in Vancouver meant drinks only service on way back to UK, far from ideal on a 7 hour flight!!

[@carlfromtheoc1788]

I have seen the Concorde in action as it were. Way back in the early 1980s one made a flight to Palm Springs International Airport (which has a 10,000 foot/3,048 meter long main runway). Saw is there and it was an impressive machine .

[@jarrettallison1556]

Only flew it twice, both times on Transat. YYC-MBJ in club. Had a great experience and the food on my flights were quite delicious!

[@torgeirbrandsnes1916]

Congrats with soon 200k sub.! Great vlog as always! The air vents have been changed. The orginal was white plastic. I am many yrs older than you, so I flew these aircraft almost brand new in the late 80s and early 90s. First I flew them with Pan Am and then I flew them with Delta. Less than 10 years ago PIA flew them to/from Pakistan- Europe. Then they were banned from flying in Europe due to some lack of maintenance or paperwork that they had done so, so overnight all A310 flight became B777 flights. Personaly I perfer the B767. Be safe and stay safe!

[@julianlayton733]

Great video. 👍 I’m very jealous. The A310 is the only Airbus passenger model I haven’t flown on. I always thought it a beautiful looking aircraft.

[@pw3093]

Hey Paul, Love your videos! Looking forward to having you fly with us at Air Canada again! Cheers!

[@Paul_Lucas]

Thank you! The trip after this was from Quebec to Montreal with Air Canada - sadly, no video of that one, but even in economy the airline managed to give me great rebooking service after the weather messed up my connection.

[@pw3093]

@@Paul_Lucas that's great to hear. Hopefully things will return to normal soon.

[@johnpinckney4979]

@@Paul_Lucas I flew LQB-YUL in 1967 on an Air Canada Vickers Viscount... Then, YUL-JFK on a Vickers Vanguard. The final stretch on that day was JFK-PHL-DCA on an Electra of the old National Airlines.

[@dbailey62]

@@johnpinckney4979 Wow!

[@rajarajput7275]

Paul your doing an amazing job! Well done!!! I was wondering if you are keen on doing Biman Bangladesh Airline review with their new 787 dreamliner?

[@liamdoyle9559]

I flew on a Singapore Airlines A310 back in the mid 90’s from Jakarta to Singapore. I used to travel that route a lot. The last time I was on it SQ were using the A340. They called it the ‘ Celestar’.

[@vincentcalvelli6452]

Thanks for the video Paul interesting as always. I flew on the A310 LAX-ATL that was operated by Delta Air Lines.

[@SuperCamper007]

Your videos are always great, I look forward to seeing them. CDG airport is a pretty terrible airport for domestic flights can't imagine how bad it was for you to fly international.

[@vincentroux842]

I worked that aircraft 30 years ago with Wardair, such a pleasure to see it still flying. The plane was delivered to Wardair in the 80s, it felt pretty new at the time, lol. I was a flight attendant with them between 88 and 91and I was doing mainly Montreal to Paris and London with it. It was my best aircraft to work on, mainly because it was a rather small widebody. As you said, it's cozy and at the same time feels spacious. But Wardair had a better configuration in the back, I think it was 2-3-2 or maybe 2-4-2, definitely not 9 across! Times have changed for sure, not for the better, at least in passenger comfort. Wardair was merged with Canadian Airlines in 1991 and Canadian sold the entire A310 fleet to mostly Air Transat but also to our Prime Minister who I think was still using it last year.

[@wila4134]

Your early boarding comment reminds me of my flight in 2012 from Newark to Norway. Arrived in Oslo had to x-fer to a flight to Trondheim. After a long line at the immigration point and to check in to the next flight, I had to be the brash American(hate resorting to that) & jump ahead of everyone at the security line after explaining my situation to the attendant. Luckily she understood my time constraint,not to mention if I didn’t show up to my training class the next day there went 8000 euros down the tube. Hope to go back there someday soon.

[@elizabethfox8004]

I flew the A310 fiur times in economy and I loved it. Air transars taff wee fantastic I wouldn't fly any other airline. I went from Glasgow to Toronto, and Toronto to Glasgow. Great airlune

[@sandrocaparelli3854]

I flew on C-GSAT and C-FDAT back in 2018. I was actually on one of the last flight for C-FDAT and the captain let me in the cockpit before boarding. They did the whole briefing with me, one of my favorite aviation memory so far. Ill really miss the A310, love the old classic Airbuses with yokes. Also, the pilot called C-FDAT "F*ck Dat" lol

[@ChrisZoomER]

Wow you got to fly an A310!! 🤩🤩🤩