Leelaw From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 2751 times:
Airbus is preparing to deliver from Toulouse the 3,000th example of its A320 single-aisle aircraft family.
The example, currently F-WWBC (set to become 9M-AFP) has been painted in a special commemorative livery for customer Malaysia-based low fares airline Air Asia...
PM From India, joined Feb 2005, 6717 posts, RR: 65 Reply 3, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 2695 times:
Quoting RichardPrice (Reply 1):
'How can you say the A318, A319, A320 and A321 are all the same family! Waaaah!'
"Anyone with eyes to see..."! But he's got a point. The A320-100 doesn't have winglets and the A320-200 does. Who do Airbus think they're fooling calling them a single family?
But 3,000, eh?
And, of course, going by type and sub-type, the A320-200 is the most successful jet airliner of all time...
Slz396 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 5, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 2657 times:
Quoting PM (Reply 3): going by type and sub-type, the A320-200 is the most successful jet airliner of all time...
Is that so indeed? Never knew that. Probably because it has been in production for such a long time, seeing its direct competitor the 737-400 to the door first and now not really having much trouble holding off the 737-800 either...
'How can you say the A318, A319, A320 and A321 are all the same family! Waaaah!'
Well, the same article mentions that Boeing delivered 5000th 737 last Feb. There is nothing in common (maybe except the cockpit windows design) between the first 737-100 and the latest NGs but they are from the same family and no one disputes this. Airbus just chose to name their aircraft models in a different way - otherwise instead of A318/319/320/321 you could easily have A320 - 100, A320 - 200, A320 - 300 etc and eventually in 20 - 30 years the A320NG. Then of course no one would doubt that they were from the same family.
PM From India, joined Feb 2005, 6717 posts, RR: 65 Reply 7, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 2625 times:
Quoting Manni (Reply 4): Any idea how many have been sold and who takes the second place if the A320-200 takes the first?
By the end of November Airbus had sold 2,628 A320s. If I'm absolutely honest, I've forgotten how many of those were A320-100s (someone will soon tell us) but it isn't more than ten or fifteen or so. Either way, the total is over 2,600. Nearest - I would guess - is the 737-800 with 1,956. Squeeze in 14 BBJ2s and that's 1,970.
Tediously, someone will immediately point out that the 737-800 has been on sale for much less time than the A320-200. Absolutely true but irrelevant.
Manni From South Korea, joined Nov 2001, 4221 posts, RR: 23 Reply 8, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 2598 times:
Quoting PM (Reply 7): By the end of November Airbus had sold 2,628 A320s. If I'm absolutely honest, I've forgotten how many of those were A320-100s (someone will soon tell us) but it isn't more than ten or fifteen or so. Either way, the total is over 2,600. Nearest - I would guess - is the 737-800 with 1,956. Squeeze in 14 BBJ2s and that's 1,970.
Tediously, someone will immediately point out that the 737-800 has been on sale for much less time than the A320-200. Absolutely true but irrelevant.
Fascinating. Thank you so much. So, to repeat you, going by sub-type the A320-200 is the best selling aircraft ever!
EI321 From Iraq, joined Jul 2009, 0 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 2230 times:
Quoting Legoguy (Reply 15): How long will the a320 sales continue for?
At least a decade, depends on the timing of the A320s replacement, for all we know it might not even be all new and could be called te A320 also! Theres nothing wrong with the A320s fuselage dimensions as far as I can see.
Breiz From France, joined Mar 2005, 1808 posts, RR: 2 Reply 17, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 2107 times:
Quoting Leelaw (Thread starter): Airbus is preparing to deliver from Toulouse the 3,000th example of its A320 single-aisle aircraft family.
Nice round figure calling for celebrations.
However, the ac with MSN 3000 will only be the no. 2991 actually built.
4 A319s and 5 A321s were not built.
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