Exploring Airbus A320 Aircraft Family the one of the best options in segment of narrow body aircraft. Airbus is one of the largest aircraft manufacturers in the world founded 52 years ago to compete with American aircraft manufacturers mainly Boeing. Airbus also manufactures the world’s latest aircraft Airbus A380 world only commercial double-deck aircraft.
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Now going back to our Topic Airbus A320 Aircrfat Family!
A320 is a narrow body aircraft series launched in the year 1988 with Air France. The A320 family is one of the most popular Narrow Body aircraft series used by Most Low-Cost carriers even Full-Service Carrier (FSC). They are one of the most efficient aircraft available in the market as their “NEO” series with Sharklets is 15-20% more efficient than the previous models.
The A320 family is one of the biggest competitors to the Boeing Narrow-Body Aircraft B737 Family. As B737 orders are so much affected by the A320 family.
As of February 2023, 10747 units are built with primary users American Airlines, Easy Jet, and Indigo Airlines.
Enhancement made by Airbus Used in A320!
Airbus working toward increasing efficiency and bringing improvements to the A320 family they have done various enhancements such as using Winglets, a new Aircraft Cabin, and using a new efficient engine and made it one of the best Narrow body aircraft.
- 1-Use of Sharklets
- 2-Use of New engine option
- 3-Use of Fly-by-wire System
Variants of the A320 a Narrow Body aircraft Family offered by Airbus.
Airbus Offered 4 variants of the A320 family all narrow-body aircrafts. let’s see from the largest to smallest aircraft in the family of Airbus A320 Family.
A- Airbus A321
Airbus A321 was launched in the year 1988 as the larger version of the A320 with an extended Fuselage of approx. 6.93 meters and increased take-off weight by 9600 kg. The wings of aircraft also extend to maintain performance. The Airbus A321 is a close competitor of the Boeing 737-900 aircraft.
B- Airbus A320
One of the most popular Narrow-body aircraft and base of the A320 family. 320 is efficient and with their new advanced model, Airbus A320 Neo with new engines and winglets offers the best performance with increased fuel efficiency. Becomes the best option for Airlines.
C- Airbus A319
It is a shorter version of the A320 it is approximately 3.70 m Shorter than the 320. It offered less passenger capacity compared to A320 and with a range of 6650 km. as of now a total of 1460 aircraft delivered.
D- Airbus A318
It is the smallest member of the Airbus A320 family with a passenger capacity of 132 passengers and a range of approx. 5700 km. and the fact is only 80 units ate built of this aircraft and after 2013 no unit was built. So, seeing A318 is not so common.
Airbus A320 In Indian Aviation Industry.
In India Indian Aviation A320 used by like Indigo, Aix connect private limited, Air India, and Go First use the A320 family on Domestic as well as international routes, and Indigo Airlines used to operate only a single type of aircraft fleet A320 Family with around 300 aircraft.
Due to the incident that happens with Boeing 737, Airbus become more popular in the narrow-body aircraft segment as they offer the best aircraft with the latest tech on board.
