🛫 airliner retired
what is it?
The Avro York was a British transport aircraft developed by Avro during the Second World War. The design was derived from the Avro Lancaster heavy bomber, several sections of the York and Lancaster being identical. Due to the importance of Lancaster production, York output proceeded slowly until 1944, after which a higher priority was placed upon transport aircraft.
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 84 years ago, in 1942.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1942-07-05
- introduced
- 1944
- retired
- 1964
- status
- retired
- number built
- 258
- role
- transport
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- makers
- Avro
- engines
- 4×
- crew
- 5
- passengers
- 56
- top speed
- —
- range
- —
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q538968, Wikipedia: Avro York (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.