Airbus A320
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The Airbus 320 is a small jet aircraft in av8.
Stats
Introduction | 1988 |
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Aircraft Type | Small |
Cruising Speed | 523mph |
Landing Speed | 153mph |
Capacity | 150 pax and 25 mail, or 100 bags/crates of mail/valuables/goods |
Information
The production of the Airbus 320 was startet after the succesful Airbus 300. The A320 was aimed for the market of mid-size aircrafts, which was widely served by Boeings 727 and 737 at that time. Today the A320 is overall built in 4 models; the A318, A319, A320 and 321 with a pax capacity spanning from 107 to 220, direct in competition with the 4 variants of Boeings 737NG. The Airbus 320 was the first passenger plane in the history to use fly-by-wire tecnologi and "glas cockpit".