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Airbus A320 family
Airbus · First flight 1987 · in service since 1988
Seats
140–244 (A321neo)
Range (nmi)
up to ≈4,700 (A321XLR)
Cruise
Mach 0.78
Wingspan
35.8 m (with sharklets)
Length
37.6 m (A320) / 44.5 m (A321)
Engines
CFM56 / IAE V2500 (ceo) / CFM LEAP-1A / PW1100G (neo)
Variants
A319, A320, A321, A320neo, A321neo, A321LR, A321XLR
How to spot one
- ✓Blunter, more rounded nose than a 737, with a distinct cockpit-window 'eyebrow' line
- ✓ceo jets wear small wingtip fences; most now carry tall curved sharklets
- ✓neo versions have visibly fatter engine nacelles
- ✓Nose gear sits further back from the nose than on a 737
The A320 brought fly-by-wire and sidesticks to the airline world in 1988 and never looked back — it has since overtaken the 737 as the best-selling airliner family in history. The neo re-engining cut fuel burn by double digits, and the long-range A321LR/XLR variants are rewriting route maps by flying transatlantic missions that used to demand a widebody.
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