Wardair Canada first leased this GECAS owned Airbus in August 1988. After the airline was purchased by Canadian Airlines in 1989, A310s received additional Canadian titles. Returned to the lessor after operations merged with Canadian Airlines, the aircraft was leased to Kuwait Airlines (A6-KUD) in September 1991. Later leases to Middle East Airlines , Air India and Jordan Aviation (including a sub lease to Ariana Afghan Airlines) followed until it was stored at Khartoum International Airport circa 2014 registered JY-JAH. The airliner was scrapped in 2017.

A freshly painted A310 arrives at Anchorage, AK.

After Wardair's demise, this A310 returned to leasing company GECAS and spent the remainder of its life on leases to five airlines in the Middle East and Asia.

Delivered Delta Airlines in June '93. in autumn 2006 converted to freigther and delivered UPS in October (N292UP).

Ex-F-WWCI. Later C-GCIL, F-WHPU, F-OHPU, N808FD (FedEx). Stored at Victorville Jan/2020

Photo taken during summer of 1993; on account of a labour conflict at Air Alliance, most of their aircraft were put in storage at the Air Canada maintenance base.

Ex New York Air merged into Continental Feb 87. Re-reg N12811 in Jan 92.

Delivered new 22nd June 1993 and to UPS as N292UP 5th Oct 2006

Delivered new Sep 94. This was the aircraft that was tragically written off in shallow waters 2km from Bahrain Airport on 23 Aug 2000 whilst conducting a 360 orbit on short final followed by a go around. For more details you can refer to the ASN report.

An early morning departure, shot from my canoe in the Potomac River.