What kinds of flights are airbuses used for?
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Shelby asked:
I was looking at international flights but all i saw was a regular airplane.a Boeing 737 (i think)
I was looking at international flights but all i saw was a regular airplane.a Boeing 737 (i think)
so how often are airbuses used?
where do they go to?
any type of airbus.
im sorry that i dont know my planes.
i mean those big huge ones though.
some are even double decker.
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January 14th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
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Airbuses are very often by European and Asian airlines. Less often by USA. Air Canada does operate several Airbuses.
Airbuses are used for carrying passengers, cargo, or both (combi flight), and certain airbuses are used for military purposes like the A400 military cargo plane.
The Airbus A318, A319 A320 and A321 are in the A320 family. These aircraft are mainly used for domestic, transcontinental and transatlantic routes depending on aircraft. (319 has the longest range) They are all single aisle aircraft, seating a maximum of 185 passengers in typical seat layout(A321)
The A321 is specifically a competitor of the Boeing 757. All airbus aircraft are fly-by-wire, with computer assisted and computer limited flight controls. The rest are competitors of other Boeing aircraft like the 737
There is the dual engined wide-body A330. Used mostly again, on transatlantic routes. The A330 has a freighter version. The A330-300 seats up to 335 pax in 2 class config. Competitor of the 767.
After that, there is the 4 engined wide-body A340. Used on longer routes, like San Fransisco to Sydney or Hong Kong. The -600 version seats up to 380. Older 340s are either getting engine upgrades or getting phased out due to efficiency issues.
Finally there is the A380. The huge 4 engined double decker. Very recent and very new, supposedly very efficient
Will be very appealing to airlines from highly populated countries and interesting to other airlines. Will be extremely efficient on longer routes with lots of people and also possibly in asia where there will be shorter routes but maximum seating capacity. Direct rival of the 747 which is suffering from metal fatigue problems.
forgot about A300 and A310
Both are relatively old. They were the first 2 engined wide body, fly by wire airliners. Last delivery made july 12th 2007. The A300 has a freighter version and is used by many freight airlines. (not limited to european ones.)
January 16th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
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Well, there are a number of routes that Airbus aircraft are used on. Airbus is a manufacturer of many types of aircraft, for many roles. Here are their types to date, and the typical routes they would be used on.
A300 - A twin engined medium range aircraft, approximately equivalent to the Boeing 767. In the United States, they fly mostly freight routes, although American Airlines still flies a fleet of them in the Carribean and South America.
A310 - A twin engined, shortened derivative of the A300, optimized for longer range. Flies many of the same routes as the A300, including international European and transatlantic flights.
A318/A319/A320/A321 - The A320 family of jets is comparable to the Boeing 737 in almost every way. Seating up to 210 passengers (in the A321, the largest configuration), or as few as 100 (in the A318) this family of jets is primarily used on short domestic routes, with a maximum range about the length of a United States trans-continental flight.
A330 - The A330 was designed as a replacement for the A300 series, seating up to 300, it primarily flies long haul and transatlantic flights.
A340 - A four engined cousin of the A330, the A340 is optimized for long haul flights. The A340-500 is an ultra-long-haul aircraft, flying routes such as Singapore to London. Others fly transatlantic and other international routes.
A380 - The A380 is an ultra-large, long haul aircraft. The double-decker A380 can seat up to 500, and very few are currently flying, mostly on long haul high density routes, such as the above mentioned Singapore-London route. None fly in the United States at the moment.
Hope this helps.
January 20th, 2009 at 8:12 am
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go to wikipedia.com and type in airbus
January 21st, 2009 at 5:47 pm
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Flights full of risk-takers.