| The final chapter in the Airbus A310 story. The | | | | January 1994, initially using a single ex-Kuwait Airways |
| production line remains technically open but the | | | | Pratt & Whitney powered A310-200 leased from |
| aircraft has been largely superseded, such is the | | | | the manufacturer. A second ex-Kuwait Airways |
| march of progress. The final manoeuvres are sad and | | | | model followed in June 1994. A network was |
| on the wrong side of profitability. | | | | established linking Qatar's capital Doha with London |
| Cameroon Airlines wet lease an A310-300 from Air | | | | and several destinations in East Africa and the Indian |
| Plus Comet in November 1997. It had planned to use | | | | subcontinent. As services grew, the airline needed |
| it throughout the winter season until the following | | | | larger aircraft and the A310s were returned in |
| March, but returned the aircraft on 5 December. On | | | | February and May 1995. Another local carrier Oman |
| the other side of the African continent, a | | | | Air has revamped its operations with two exSwissair |
| restructured Air Djibouti began operations with a | | | | A310-300s, which entered service in April 1999 on |
| leased A310-200 on 25 July 1998, serving its main | | | | longer sectors from Muscat to the Indian |
| links between Djibouti and Addis Ababa, Cairo, | | | | sub-continent. New services to southern Europe and |
| Dar-es-Salaam, Dubai, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Karachi, | | | | East Africa are being planned. |
| Khartoum, Mogadishu, Mombasa, Muscat, Nairobi and | | | | Luxembourg-based newcomer Solid'air was due to |
| Rome. The aircraft was returned to Airbus Industrie | | | | begin operations in spring 1999 with two A310-300s, |
| Financial Services in February 1999. | | | | configured for 232 passengers in a two-class cabin of |
| Egyptian start-up Heliopolis Airlines operated an | | | | 28 business and 204 economy seats. Both aircraft |
| A310-200 from Airbus Industrie Financial Services in | | | | are on lease from Lufthansa for a period of five |
| October 1997, but a fall-off in tourist traffic hit the | | | | years for planned charter services from Luxembourg |
| airline hard and the Airbus was repossessed on 30 | | | | to Orlando and Fort Lauderdale in Florida, and to the |
| June 1998. Tunis Air, already an A300 operator, | | | | Bahamas and Dominican Republic. Other Central |
| leased an A310-300 from Royal Jordanian between | | | | American and Caribbean destinations will be added. |
| 30 August and 30 September 1991. | | | | Airbus built a total of 261 of these aircraft over a 15 |
| Qatar Airways, formed in direct competition with its | | | | year period. |
| own national airline Gulf Air, began operations on 20 | | | | |