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Airbus A320 family

Airbus A320 family
US Airways Nevada A319-132
Aircraft Type
NameA320 family
RoleNarrow-body jet airliner
National originMulti-national
ManufacturerAirbus
First flight22 February 1987
Introduced28 March 1988
StatusActive service
Primary userUS Airways
EasyJet
United Airlines
JetBlue Airways
Produced1988 � present
Number built4,619 as of 30 March 2011
Unit costA318: US$65.2 million (2011)
A319: US$77.7 million (2011)
A320: US$85.0 million (2011)
A321: US$99.7 million (2011)
VariantsAirbus A318
Aircraft Engine
Produced1988 � present

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The Airbus A320 family is a family of short- to medium-range, narrow-body, commercial passenger jet airliners manufactured by Airbus Industrie. The family includes the A318, A319, A320 and A321, as well as the ACJ business jet. Final assembly of the family in Europe takes place in Toulouse, France and Hamburg, Germany; since 2009, a plant in Tianjin, People's Republic of China has also started producing aircraft for Chinese airlines. The aircraft family can accommodate up to 220 passengers and has a range of 3100 to 12000 km (1673.9 to 6479.5 nmi ), depending on model.

The first member of the A320 family-the A320-was launched in March 1984, first flew on 22 February 1987, and was first delivered in 1988. The family was soon extended to include the A321 (first delivered 1994), the A319 (1996), and the A318 (2003). The A320 family pioneered the use of digital fly-by-wire flight control systems, as well as side stick controls, in commercial aircraft. Although there has been a continuous improvement process since introduction, the proposed A320neo is to offer new, more efficient engines.

As of 30 March 2011, a total of 4,619 Airbus A320 family aircraft have been delivered, of which 4,532 are in active service. In addition, another 2,306 airliners are on firm order. According to Airbus, it ranked as the world's fastest-selling jet airliner family according to records from 2005 to 2007, and as the best-selling single-generation aircraft programme. The family's direct competitors are the Boeing 737, 717 and 757.

Airbus A320 family Video

A "fully-automated" Airbus A320 crashed into a forest in France. It is said to be the first automated aircraft, flown by a computer. Watch.
0.40 min. | 4.57 user rating		 an very intresting doc. about the airbus family a319 - 1340 go too part 3 : www.youtube.com
6.82 min. | 4.65 user rating		 I make a video about the Airbus planes because they are my favorite planes! don't forget to watch part 2!
5.33 min. | 4.38 user rating		 I play in IVAO and i must to put the arrival rwy when the ATC is give me. I can't insert star before takeoff. Before to the Top Of Descend i insert the star and the runway for landing. But when I insert the star, the plane make a full 360 degrees rotation. What can I do?. This happens on every airbus from wilco that I have. Please help me!!!:(
1.65 min. | 5.0 user rating		 from www.flightglobal.com DUBAI -- Airbus will offer fuel-saving winglets on its A320 family aircraft beginning in 2012. The specially designed 'sharklets' will provide a 3.5% fuel burn savings on routes longer than 1500 nm. Air New Zealand will launch the new sharklets at the end of 2012 as part of its recent order for A320 aircraft. Airbus says the A321 and A319 will follow in 2013. Airbus has not yet decided if it will offer the winglet on the A318. Airbus claims the winglets will offer a boost of 110 nm in range or a payload increase of 500 kg or about 8 passengers. The winglets will not be offered as a retrofit, but Airbus says it is working with Aviation Partners to provide a simpler design on existing A320 aircraft.
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DOWNLOAD LINK: Simviation - www.simviation.com on the bottom of the page AVSIM - library.avsim.net Don't worry if you do not have an AVSIM account, it is 100% Free to register! If this link violates any rules I will remove the download link in this description section. Merry Christmas, Happy Boxing Day, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year everyone! Here is the finished version of my new A320 CFM56 sound for Flight Simulator. I am proud to release my new and final Airbus A320 CFM56-5A/B sound pack for Flight Simulator. These sounds are intended for the lovely Project Airbus model, but will work with other models. I made this soundpack as accurate as possible using real and digital recordings, after watching many videos of A320s, and my ability of perfect pitch. Once you load your aircraft with these sounds, you'll hear the APU System and Fans in the cockpit. You start the engines and hear the PTU system transferring the hydraulics from the Nr. 1 Engine to the Nr. 2 Engine for start-up. This sound was recorded from a real A320. You hear the humming sound of the CFM56 at idle. You spool up the engines at takeoff then hear the famous CFM56 buzzsaw-like sound of the engine's fans. Once you lift off and put up the landing gear you will hear a chime from the cabin. (Just a little realistic enthusiastic touch to add to the sounds, as in real videos you hear this sound every time after takeoff in the planes.) It features realistic cockpit sounds like the autopilot deactivation <b>...</b>
4.63 min. | 4.85 user rating		 I forget the scene with the A380F because when I upload this vid it was to long. I must make two parts of it. The first part wasn't a problem but the second i must make it from beginning and i forget the A380F^^
6.37 min. | 4.93 user rating		 Location: London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) Seat: 19F Runway: 09L (09L/27R) Exact time: 15:35 (STD 15:55; 15 minutes earlier) Flight: BA891, British Airways Aircraft: Airbus A320-232 Registration: G-EUYA Route: SOF-LHR Flight time: 3h25min Aditional notes: Sorry for the contra-jour, the sun was on my side, it's not my fault.
3.73 min. | 4.5 user rating		 This is a CFM56 soundpack for A320 family aircraft in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. This is based on sounds from other soundpacks as well as real recordings compiled together. This is still a work in progress but the final version will be coming out soon. There will also be an FSX version featuring the 3d sound cone effect, where you can hear the N1 from the front of the plane and the N2 from the back as you do on a real jet plane. But for now I hope you enjoy these sounds and please comment with suggestions on how to improve the sounds and rate and subscribe as I will be uploading more custom sounds that I make for other aircraft in Microsoft Flight Simulator. Thank you very much for watching and enjoy! :) By the way I am very sorry for the lags, and the dreadfully annoying clicking and popping noises in the sounds, the real soundpack doesn't do this it's just my crappy soundcard.
8.78 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Copyright © Airbus SAS
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Avolon leasing company orders eight A320s - Reuters Tweet this news
Reuters--PA) A320 aircraft, valued at over $600 million, bringing its fleet to over 60 aircraft. "This initial order for eight -A320 family- aircraft ... complements ... - Date : Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:14:19 GMT+00:00
Airbus Introduces New Fuel Saving Engine Options For A320 Family - Bernama Tweet this news
Bernama--KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 (Bernama) -- -Airbus- has launched a new fuel saving engine option for its -A320 family-, known as A320neo. The -Airbus- A320neo will use ... - Date : Wed, 01 Dec 2010 07:49:20 GMT+00:00
ACSS traffic management computer certified by Airbus for A320 family - Military & Aerospace Electronics Tweet this news
Military & Aerospace Electronics--The T 3 CAS Traffic Management Computer from ACSS, an L-3 Communications & Thales Company, is certified for the -Airbus A320 Family- of jets. ... - Date : Thu, 09 Dec 2010 06:40:41 GMT+00:00
Airbus boosts 20-year airplane forecast - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) Tweet this news
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)--Airbus expects 69 percent of the jets (40 percent by value) will be single-aisle aircraft, such as -Airbus-' -A320 Family- or Boeing's 737 family. ... - Date : Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:56:13 GMT+00:00
Thomas Cook To Move To Airbus Narrow Body Fleet Over 5 Years - Wall Street Journal Tweet this news
Wall Street Journal--LN) Wednesday said it has decided to move away from a mixed fleet strategy and will look to replace its narrow body aircraft with the -Airbus A320 family-. ... - Date : Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:51:14 GMT+00:00
Lufthansa Selects CFM56-5B Engine to Power New A320 / A321 Order - AMTOnline.com Tweet this news
AMTOnline.com--The CFM56-5B engine powers every model of the -Airbus A320 family- and has been chosen to power approximately 55 percent of all A320 aircraft in service or on ... - Date : Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:15:27 GMT+00:00
Delta prepares for full narrowbody analysis in early 2011 - Flightglobal Tweet this news
Flightglobal--Flightglobal's ACAS database shows that Delta currently operates 40 DC9s, 117 MD88s, 179 757s and 126 -Airbus A320 family- aircraft. ... - Date : Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:29:46 GMT+00:00
Hong Kong Airlines takes delivery of A330 freighter - Airfinance Journal (subscription) Tweet this news
Airfinance Journal (subscription)--The airline shares orders for 50 -Airbus A320- and A330 -family- aircraft with its sister company, Hong Kong Express Airways. The A330-220F is a mid-size and ... - Date : Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:12:34 GMT+00:00
Another 787 Delay? - Gerson Lehrman Group Tweet this news
Gerson Lehrman Group---Airbus- is likely to undertake a re-engine program on its -A320 family- and thereby impact the 737 program. Boeing has to react to this. ... - Date : Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:18:13 GMT+00:00
Chile LAN Expected To See Firm 2Q Profits Of $59.8M Vs $4.2M - Wall Street Journal Tweet this news
Wall Street Journal--LAN recently agreed to purchase 50 short-range -Airbus A320 family- aircraft, increasing its investment plan until 2018 to $7.70 billion from a previous ... - Date : Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:20:29 GMT+00:00

Airbus A320 variants
Replacement airliner :
ICAO code Model(s)
A318 A318
A319 A319
A320 A320
A321 A321

Freighter :
Orders Deliveries
Type Total Backlog Total 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988
A318 83 9 74 2 6 13 17 8 9 10 9
A319 1,491 210 1,281 9 51 88 98 105 137 142 87 72 85 89 112 88 53 47 18
A320 4,458 1,834 2,624 70 297 221 209 194 164 121 101 119 116 119 101 101 80 58 38 34 48 71 111 119 58 58 16
A321 893 253 640 14 51 87 66 51 30 17 35 33 35 49 28 33 35 22 16 22 16
Total 6,925 2,306 4,619 93 401 402 386 367 339 289 233 233 236 257 241 222 168 127 72 56 64 71 111 119 58 58 16

A321 :
+Airbus A320 family
A318-100 A319-100 / A319LR /A319CJ A320-200 A321-200
Cockpit crew Two
Seating capacity 132 (1-class, maximum)
117 (1-class, typical)
107 (2-class, typical)		 156 (1-class, maximum)
134 (1-class, typical)
124 (2-class, typical)		 180 (1-class, maximum)
164 (1-class, typical)
150 (2-class, typical)		 220 (1-class, maximum)
199 (1-class, typical)
185 (2-class, typical)
Cargo capacity 21.21 m3 (749 cuft) 27.62 m3 (975.4 cuft)
4× LD3-46		 37.41 m3 (1321.1 cuft)
7× LD3-46		 51.73 m3 (1826.8 cuft)
10× LD3-46
Length 31.44 m (1110.3 ftin) 33.84 m (1195 ftin) 37.57 m (1326.8 ftin) 44.51 m (1571.9 ftin)
Wingspan 34.10 m (1204.2 ftin)
Wing area 122.6 m2 (1319.7 sqft)
Wing sweepback 25 degrees
Tail height 12.51 m (134.7 ftin) 11.76 m (126.6 ftin)
Cabin width 3.70 m (39.8 ftin)
Fuselage width 3.95 m (42.5 ftin)
Operating empty weight 39500 kg (87082.6 lb) 40800 kg (89948.6 lb) 42600 kg (93916.9 lb) 48500 kg (106924.2 lb)
Maximum zero-fuel weight (MZFW) 54500 kg (120151.9 lb) 58500 kg (128970.4 lb) 62500 kg (137788.9 lb) 73800 kg (162701.1 lb)
Maximum take-off weight (MTOW) 75.5 t (166449 lb) 75.5 t (166449 lb) 78 t (171960.6 lb) 93.5 t (206132.2 lb)
Cruising speed Mach 0.78 (828 km/h/511 mph at 11,000 m/36,000 ft)
Maximum speed Mach 0.82 (871 km/h/537 mph at 11,000 m/36,000 ft)
Maximum range, fully loaded 3100 nmi (6834330.1 lb) 3600 nmi (7936641.4 lb)
LR: 5600 nmi (12345886.7 lk=in)
CJ: 6500 nmi (14330047 lk=in)		 3200 nmi (7054792.4 lk=in) 3000 nmi (6613867.9 lk=in)
Take off run at MTOW (sea level, ISA) 1355 m (4445.5 ft) 1950 m (6397.6 ft) 2090 m (6857 ft) 2180 m (7152.2 ft)
Maximum fuel capacity 24210 L (79429.1 ft) 24210 L (79429.1 ft) standard
30190 L (99048.6 ft) optional		 24050 L (78904.2 ft) standard
30030 L (98523.6 ft) optional
Service ceiling 12000 m (39370.1 ft)
Engines (×2) Pratt & Whitney PW6000 series or
CFM International CFM56-5 series		 IAE V2500 series or
CFM International CFM56-5 series
Thrust (×2) 96 - 106 kN (315 - 347.8 ) 98 - 120 kN (321.5 - 393.7 ) 111 - 120 kN (364.2 - 393.7 ) 133 - 147 kN (436.4 - 482.3 )

Engines :
Aircraft Model Date Engines
A318-111 2003 CFM56-5B8/P
A318-112 2003 CFM56-5B9/P
A318-121 2007 PW6122A
A318-122 2007 PW6124A
A319-111 1996 CFM56-5B5 or 5B5/P
A319-112 1997 CFM56-5B6 or 5B6/P or 5B6/2P
A319-113 1997 CFM56-5A4 or 5A4/F
A319-114 1997 CFM56-5A5 or 5A5/F
A319-115 2002 CFM56-5B7 or 5B7/P
A319-131 1997 IAE Model V2522-A5
A319-132 1997 IAE Model V2524-A5
A319-133 2002 IAE Model V2527M-A5
A320-111 1988 CFM56-5A1 or 5A1/F
A320-211 1988 CFM56-5A1 or 5A1/F
A320-212 1990 CFM56-5A3
A320-214 1996 CFM56-5B4 or 5B4/P or 5B4/2P
A320-216 2005 CFM56-5B6
A320-231 1989 IAE Model V2500-A1
A320-232 1993 IAE Model V2527-A5
A320-233 1995 IAE Model V2527E-A5
A321-111 1995 CFM56-5B1 or 5B1/P or 5B1/2P
A321-112 1995 CFM56-5B2 or 5B2/P
A321-131 1995 IAE Model V2530-A5
A321-211 1997 CFM56-5B3 or 5B3/P or 5B3/2P
A321-212 2005 CFM56-5B1 or 5B1/P or 5B1/2P
A321-213 2005 CFM56-5B2 or 5B2/P
A321-231 1997 IAE Model V2533-A5
A321-232 2005 IAE Model V2530-A5



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