The Airbus A320 is the basis for a whole family of airliners, now including the A318, A319 and A321.The A320 was the first narrow body airliner from Airbus. It was designed with a maximum of new technology incorporated, like
The Airbus A320 program was launched on March 23, 1984. Four aircraft were involved in the flight test program. The first made its maiden flight on February 22, 1987 from Toulouse. Certification of the Airbus A320-100 was achieved on February, 26 1988. Deliveries commenced on March 26, 1988, to Air France. British Airways followed on March 31st . The stretched A321 and shortened A319 and A318 are described separately. All four share a common pilot type rating. |
Airbus A320 production:Airbus A320 built 1326, active 1295, on order 73, stored 20 and written off 11 at October 2004 .
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