How the A300-600R fits into the A300 story
A300-600R is the representative branch of the Airbus A300 family, capturing the late long-range development that carried the family through its mature passenger years.
This page isolates the A300-600R branch of the Airbus A300 family, focusing on the engines, service entry, seating, range, and mission role that justify a dedicated variant page while keeping the family history on the canonical parent URL.
Service entry
1988
Seating
266 to 345
Range
4,050 nm
Variant history
Why it branches from the family
The A300-600R is treated as the representative branch because it captures the late long-range development that carried the family through its mature passenger years.
Variant pages stay intentionally narrower than the family page so differences in cabin, engines, mission, and market role remain clear without duplicating the full program history.
Fact rows
Reference snapshot
- ICAO designator
- A306
- Designator references
- Engines
- CF6 or PW4000
- Type data
- Service entry
- 1988
- Operator records
- Typical seating
- 266 to 345
- Operator layouts
- Range
- 4,050 nm
- Planning data
Return to the family page
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