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The Airbus A320 family was the first airliner to feature a full glass cockpit and digital fly-by-wire flight control system. The only analogue instruments were the radio magnetic indicator, brake pressure indicator, standby altimeter and artificial horizon, the latter two being replaced by a digital integrated standby instrument system in later production models.
A Boeing 747-400 wearing the Chelsea Rose livery takes off past two other 747s in the Chatham Dockyard livery, c. 2002. In 1997 British Airways (BA) adopted a new livery.One part of this was a newly stylised version of the British Airways "Speedbird" logo, the "Speedmarque", but the major change was the introduction of tail-fin art.
These newer aircraft, including the A320, A330, A340, A350 and A380 operate under Airbus flight control laws. [7] The flight controls on the Airbus A330, for example, are all electronically controlled and hydraulically activated. Some surfaces, such as the rudder, can also be mechanically controlled.
The first derivative of the A320 was the Airbus A321, also known as the Stretched A320, A320-500 and A325. [9] [25] Its launch came on 24 November 1988 after commitments for 183 aircraft from 10 customers were secured. [9] [26] The aircraft was to be a minimally changed derivative, apart from minor wing modifications and the fuselage stretch ...
The Airbus A320neo family is an incremental development of the A320 family of narrow-body airliners produced by Airbus.The A320neo family (neo being Greek for "new", as well as an acronym for "new engine option") is based on the enhanced variant of the previous generation A319, A320, and A321, which was then retrospectively renamed the A320ceo family (ceo being an acronym for "current engine ...
The livery was designed to commemorate the topping out of the new Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal. The name of the livery was taken from Cathay Pacific's very first 747 freighter, which entered the fleet in 1982. The aircraft was eventually repainted into the revised Cathay Pacific livery in August 2018. [citation needed]
Airbus A320-200: 14 — — — 16 120 136 8 150 158 Airbus A320neo: 1 [3] — — — 8 168 176 Acquired from Bamboo Airways. Airbus A321-200: 9 — — — 8 188 196 Airbus A321neo: 6 [1] — — — 16 182 198 6 acquired from Bamboo Airways. 2 aircraft equipped with Airbus Cabin Flex configuration. 8 200 208 215 223 Airbus A321LR — 20 [4 ...
The tail and underbelly of the livery remained the same as the US Airways mainline livery. [6] Additionally, during this period several planes were painted with the Star Alliance livery, which featured the Star Alliance logo on the tail of the airplane, and the title Star Alliance painted prominently on the airplane. [7]