What is the Airbus A320 family?
Q: What is the Airbus A320 family?
A: The Airbus A320 family is a family of jet airliners made by Airbus. It consists of the A318, A319, A320 and A321 models, as well as the ACJ business jet.
Q: How many rows of seats does it have?
A: The Airbus A320 family only has two rows of seats, making it a narrow-body plane.
Q: Where are these planes manufactured?
A: The planes in the Airbus A320 family are made in Toulouse, France and Hamburg, Germany. Since 2009, an airplane plant in Tianjin in the People's Republic of China has also been making aircraft for Chinese airlines. In June 2012, Airbus announced that they would start making some A319s, 320s and 321s in Mobile Alabama as well.
Q: How many passengers can these planes hold?
A: The planes in this family can hold up to 220 passengers.
Q: When was the first plane launched?
A: The first plane in this family was the A320 which was launched in February 1981 and first flew on 22 March 1984 with its first delivery being made that same year.
Q: What improvements have been made to newer models?
A: With newer models such as the A320neo new engines (the CFM International LEAP-X and Pratt & Whitney PW1000G) have been used along with improvements to the outside of the plane such as winglets (which Airbus calls Sharklets). This model also uses 15% less fuel than current models do.
Q: Who are its main rivals?
A: Its main rivals are Boeing 737s 717s 757s and McDonnell Douglas MD-80s although most airlines don't use 717s anymore
