The commercial launch for the A340-500/600 was at the 1997 Paris Airshow, the program’s industrial launch was in December that year when Virgin Atlantic ordered eight A340-600s and optioned eight. Compared with the A340-300, the […]
The A340-500 is stretched by only 3.19 m compared with the A340-300, the A340-500 offers the longest range capability of any airliner. With the entry into service at Emirates and Singapore Airlines, the A340-500 now […]
The A340 shares the same flight deck including side stick controllers and EFIS, plus fly-by-wire, basic airframe, systems, fuselage and wing with the A330 (the flight deck is also common to the A320 series). Benefiting […]
Launched in 1987 as part of the initial A330/340 program, the A340-200 flew further than any other commercial airliner for over a decade. It allowed airlines to open non-stop routes such as Paris-Taipei, and Manila-London, […]
The Airbus A330 is closely related to the four engines long range A340 with which it shares near identical systems, airframe, flightdeck and wings, the only major difference being the twin (versus four) engine configuration. […]
The A321 is the largest member of the A320 Family. The A321 program was launched in November 1989 and the first development aircraft first flew on March 11,1993. The basic A321-100 features a reduction in […]
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 […]
The A319 is a minimum change, shortened derivative of the highly successful A320. The major difference between the A320 and A319 is that the latter is shorter by seven fuselage frames, while in almost all […]
The A318 is Airbus smallest airliner , member of the A320 family, and is the European manufacturer’s first model into the 100 seat market. The first flight of the Airbus A318 (F-WWIA) was powered by […]
The Sud Aviation (Aerospatiale) Caravelle) was the world’s first short/medium-range jet airliner. Designed to a requirement for a short range jet, SNCASE (Societe Nationale de Constructions Aeronautiques de Sud-Est) responded with an aircraft with engines […]
The A300-600ST Super Transporter (nicknamed Beluga) based on the A300-600 airliner was designed to replace Airbus Industries Super Guppy transports, used by the consortium to ferry oversize components such as wings and fuselage sections between […]
Boeing’s 707 wasn’t the world’s first jet, but it was the world’s first big selling jet. The world was ready for a new airliner, after the second world war air traffic grew, in civilian and […]