Originally Posted by "Art at ISP":blwndd30
As I recalled, it operated for a short while in the 1970's. It turned out to be very inefficient, and could not compare favorably from an operational standpoint with Boeing (this was just when Airbus was starting up--the first A300B2 went into service in 1973 I believe).
I think it was underpowered, and the engines burned alot of fuel for the payload. As they could not sell it outside France, they halted production at 12.
This is from memory and I am old, but I think I got most of it.
Happy Thanksgiving all.