Airbus A318

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The Airbus A318 is the smallest variant of Airbus's A320-series narrow-body airliners, designed for short- to medium-haul routes with reduced passenger capacity.

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A318 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf commercial passenger aircraft
narrow-body jet airliner
aircraftFamily Airbus A320 family
surface form: A320 family
aircraftSeries Airbus A320 family
surface form: A320-series
cabinCrew 4
capacityType reduced passenger capacity variant
cockpitCommonality common type rating with other A320 family aircraft
countryOfOrigin European Union
cruiseSpeedMach 0.78
designFeature fly-by-wire flight control system
shortened fuselage compared to A319
two-crew glass cockpit
engineConfiguration twin-engine
engineOption CFM International CFM56-5B
Pratt & Whitney PW6000
engineType turbofan
firstFlightDate 2002-01-15
flightDeckCrew 2
fuselageType narrow-body
height 12.56 m
IATAMaximumPassengerCapacity 132
ICAOTypeDesignator Airbus A318 self-linksurface differs
surface form: A318
introducedIntoService 2003
landingGearConfiguration tricycle landing gear
launchCustomer Air France
Frontier Airlines
length 31.44 m
manufacturer Airbus
marketSegment short- to medium-haul low-capacity routes
maximumOperatingMachNumber 0.82
maximumTakeoffWeight 68000 kg
notableOperator Air France
BA CityFlyer
surface form: British Airways (BA CityFlyer / all-business London City–New York service via Shannon)
numberOfEngines 2
partOfSeries Airbus A320 family
primaryAssemblyLocation Hamburg-Finkenwerder, Germany
productionEndYear 2013
productionStatus out of production
rangeWithSharklets approximately 5750 km
relativeSizeInFamily smallest A320 family variant
role short- to medium-haul airliner
serviceCeiling 39000 ft
tailConfiguration conventional tail
totalProduced 80
typicalCruiseAltitude 35000 ft
typicalTwoClassCapacity 107
wingArea 122.6 m2
wingPlacement low-wing
wingspan 34.10 m

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Airbus A318 ICAOTypeDesignator Airbus A318 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: A318
TAROM fleetIncludes Airbus A318
Airbus A320 family member Airbus A318
Airbus A319 sharesTypeRatingWith Airbus A318