Airbus A320

As the Airbus A320 family, the four single-aisle aircraft variants of the aircraft manufacturer Airbus means. The A320 is the first variant of the basic model as a low-wing exported A320 family, which includes the two shorter A318 and A319, as well as a stretched version called the A321 belong. The names of individual models based on the length of the fuselage. The individual members are medium-haul aircraft for commercial passenger aviation. The first A320 delivery in 1988. It was the first civilian aircraft with purely digital fly-by-wire controls. Until today (date: 29 February 2008) were members of the 6,112 aircraft of the A320 family sold extradited and 3400, so it is one of the most successful civil aircraft programs.The final assembly of the A320 took place until February 2008 exclusively in Toulouse, since March 2008 is also due to great demand in Hamburg-Finkenwerder endmontiert. All other versions are so far exclusively in Hamburg Finkenwerder assembled. In China, the construction of an additional assembly line with a capacity of four aircraft per month prepared.The biggest competition for the Airbus A320 family represents Boeing 737-family dar.