A-310 A310Federal ExpressA310 FedEx airplane model. The first flight of the A310 occurred on April 3 1982, after the program was launched in July 1978. Service entry was with Lufthansa in April 1983. Early production A310s did not have the small winglets that became a feature of later build A310 200s and the A310 300. The A310 300 is a longer range development of the base A310 200 and has been in production since 1985. This version can carry a further 7000kg (15,430lb) of