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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 ...
On 26 June 1988, Air France Flight 296Q, the first passenger flight of the Airbus A320, flown by a Airbus A320-111 registered as F-GFKC, crashed into trees during a demonstration flight at Mulhouse-Habsheim Airport, France. Three passengers out of 136 on board died during the evacuation as the aircraft began to burn.
October 28, 1972 – Airbus A300 – first Airbus aircraft, short- to medium-range wide-body jet airliner. February 22, 1987 – Airbus A320 airliner – first civilian aircraft to have an all-digital fly-by-wire system. December 21, 1988 – Antonov An-225 Mriya – jet with the longest fuselage and wingspan and overall heaviest aircraft.
It was the launch of the A320 in 1987 that guaranteed the status of Airbus as a major player in the aircraft market [26] – the aircraft had over 400 orders before it first flew, compared to 15 for the A300 in 1972. Airbus A320, the first model in the A318, A319, A320 and A321 family, introduced in 1988
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 ...
List of orders, deliveries and operators of the Airbus A320 family, as of 30 June 2024: Ord — number of aircraft ordered from Airbus; Del — number of aircraft delivered by Airbus; Bl — number of aircraft still to be delivered to the specified customer
Long touted as a potential game-changer in global commercial aviation, the C919 is COMAC’s answer to the Boeing 737 and the Airbus A320 – two of the world’s best-selling aircraft types.
Airbus had identified a demand for an aircraft smaller than the Airbus A300, the first twin-jet wide-body. It was manufactured from 1981-1998. Airbus A320, the company's best-selling airliner. Building on its success with the A300, Airbus worked to develop a narrow-body aircraft along with additional wide-body aircraft based on the A300.