Narrow-body aircraft
A narrow-body aircraft or single-aisle aircraft is an airliner arranged along a single aisle permitting up to 6-abreast seating in a cabin below 4 metres (13 ft) of width. In contrast, a wide-body aircraft is a larger airliner usually configured with multiple aisles and a fuselage diameter of more than 5 metres (16 ft) allowing at least seven-abreast seating and often more travel classes.
Capacity
The highest seating capacity of a narrow-body aircraft is 295 passengers in the Boeing 757–300, while wide-body aircraft can accommodate between 250 and 600 passengers.
2-abreast aircraft seats typically 4 to 19 passengers, 3-abreast 24 to 45, 4-abreast 44 to 80, 5-abreast 85 to 130, 6-abreast 120 to 230.[2] For the flight length, medium-haul aircraft are typically the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737, while regional airliners typically cover short haul.
Market
Historically, beginning in the late 1960s and continuing through the 1990s, twin engine narrow-body aircraft, such as the Boeing 737 Classic, McDonnell-Douglas MD-80 and Airbus A320 were primarily employed in short to medium-haul markets requiring neither the range nor the passenger-carrying capacity of that period's wide-body aircraft.[3]
The re-engined B737 MAX and A320neo jets offer 500 miles more range, allowing them to operate the 3,000 miles transatlantic flights between the eastern U.S. and Western Europe, previously dominated by wide-body aircraft. Norwegian Air Shuttle, JetBlue Airways and TAP Portugal will open up direct routes bypassing airline hubs for lower fares between cheaper, smaller airports. The B737NG 3,300-mile range is insufficient for fully laden operations and operate at reduced capacity like the A318, while the Airbus A321LR could replace the less fuel efficient B757s used since its production end in 2004.[4]
Boeing will face competition and pricing pressure from the Embraer E-Jet E2 family, Airbus A220 (formerly Bombardier CSeries) and Comac C919.[5]
Between 2016 and 2035, Flightglobal expects 26,860 single-aisles to be delivered for almost $1380 billion, 45% Airbus A320 family ceo and neo and 43% Boeing 737 NG and max.[6] By June 2018, there was 10,572 Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX orders: 6,068 Airbuses (57%, 2,295 with CFMs, 1,623 with PWs and 2,150 with not yet decided engines) and 4,504 Boeings (43%); 3,446 in Asia-Pacific (33%), 2,349 in Europe (22%), 1,926 in North America (18%), 912 in Latin America (9%), 654 in Middle East (6%), 72 in Africa (1%) and 1,213 not yet bounded (11%).[7]
Common narrow-body aircraft types
Six-abreast cabin
Type | Country | Production | Fuselage | Cabin | Max. seats | Engines |
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Airbus A320 family[8] | EU | 1986–present | 395 cm (156 in) | 370 cm (146 in) | 236 | 2×turbofan |
Airco DH 121[lower-alpha 1] | UK | 1962–1978 | 344 cm (135 in) | 180 | 3 or 4 turbofan | |
Boeing 707/Boeing 720[10] | USA | 1958–1979 | 376 cm (148 in) | 354 cm (139 in) | 219 | 4×turbojet or 4xturbofan |
Boeing 727[11] | USA | 1963–1984 | 376 cm (148 in) | 356 cm (140 in) | 189 | 3×turbofan |
Boeing 737[12] | USA | 1966–present | 376 cm (148 in) | 354 cm (139 in) | 220 | 2×turbofan |
Boeing 757[13] | USA | 1981–2004 | 376 cm (148 in) | 354 cm (139 in) | 295 | 2×turbofan |
Bristol Britannia | UK | 1952–1960 | 139 | 4×turboprop | ||
Comac C919 | CN | 2016–present | 396 cm (156 in) | 390 cm (154 in) | 174 | 2×turbofan |
Dassault Mercure | FR | 1971–1975 | 390 cm (154 in) | 162 | 2×turbofan | |
Douglas DC-8[14] | USA | 1958–1972 | 373 cm (147 in) | 353 cm (139 in) | 269 | 4×turbojet or 4×turbofan |
Ilyushin Il-62 | USSR/RU | 1963–1995 | 186 | 4×turbofan | ||
Irkut MC-21[15] | RU | 2017–present | 406 cm (160 in) | 381 cm (150 in) | 230 | 2×turbofan |
Lockheed L-188 Electra | USA | 1957–1961 | 98 | 4×turboprop | ||
Tupolev Tu-114[16][lower-alpha 2] | USSR | 1958–1963 | 420 cm (165 in) | 220 | 4×turboprop | |
Tupolev Tu-154[17] | USSR/RU | 1968–2013 | 380 cm (150 in) | 180 | 3×turbofan | |
Tupolev Tu-204 | RU | 1990–present (limited production only) | 380 cm (150 in) | 357 cm (141 in) | 215 | 2×turbofan |
Tupolev Tu-334 | RU | 1999–2009 | 102 | 2×turbofan | ||
Vickers VC10[18] | UK | 1962–1970 | 375 cm (148 in) | 151 | 4×turbofan |
Five-abreast cabin
Type | Country | Production | Fuselage width | Cabin width | Max. seats | Engines |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Airbus A220 | FR/CAN | 2012 - present | 350 cm (138 in)[19] | 328 cm (129 in) | 160 | 2×turbofan |
Antonov 148 | UKR | 2002 - present | 315 cm (124 in) | 99 | 2×turbofan | |
BAC One-Eleven | UK | 1963–1989 | 320 cm (126 in) | 119 | 2×turbofan | |
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser | USA | 1947–1963 | 114 | 4×piston engine | ||
British Aerospace 146[lower-alpha 3] | UK | 1987–2001 | 350 cm (138 in) | 342 cm (135 in) | 112 | 4×turbofan |
Comac ARJ21 | CN | 2007 - present | 314 cm (124 in) | 105 | 2×turbofan | |
Convair 880 | USA | 1959–1962 | 325 cm (128 in) | 110 | 4×turbojet | |
Convair 990 | USA | 1961–1963 | 325 cm (128 in) | 149 | 4×turbofan | |
DC-9/MD-80/MD-90/B717 | USA | 1965–2006 | 340 cm (134 in) | 172 | 2×turbofan | |
de Havilland Comet | UK | 1949–? | 81 | 4×turbojet | ||
Douglas DC-4 | USA | 1942–1947 | 80 | 4×piston engine | ||
Douglas DC-6 | USA | 1946–1958 | 89 | 4×piston engine | ||
Douglas DC-7 | USA | 1953–1958 | 95 | 4×piston engine | ||
Fokker F28/Fokker 70/Fokker 100 | NL | 1967–1997 | 330 cm (130 in) | 122 | 2×turbofan | |
Ilyushin Il-18 | USSR | 1957–1985 | 350 cm (138 in) | 120 | 4×turboprop | |
Lockheed Constellation | USA | 1943–1958 | 109 | 4×piston engine | ||
Sud Aviation Caravelle | FR | 1958–1972 | 80 | 2×turbojet | ||
Sukhoi Superjet 100 | RU | 2007 - present | 335 cm (132 in) | 323 cm (127 in) | 108 | 2×turbofan |
Tupolev Tu-144[22] | USSR | 1963–1983 | 140 | 4×turbojet | ||
Vickers Viscount | UK | 1948–1963 | 75 | 4×turboprop |
Four-abreast cabin
Type | Country | Production | Fuselage | Cabin | Max. seats | Engines |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antonov An-24 | USSR | 1959–1979 | 50 | 2×turboprop | ||
ATR 42/ATR 72|[23] | FR/IT | 1984–present | 280 cm (110 in) | 257 cm (101 in) | 78 | 2×turboprop |
Bombardier CRJ | CAN | 1991—present | 270 cm (106 in) | 255 cm (100 in) | 104 | 2×turbofan |
Bombardier Dash 8 | CAN | 1983–present | 270 cm (106 in) | 252 cm (99 in) | 90 | 2×turboprop |
Concorde | FR/UK | 1965–1979 | 128 | 4×turbojet | ||
Convair CV-240 | USA | 1947–1954 | 40 | 2×piston engine | ||
Douglas DC-3[24] | USA | 1936–1942, 1950 | 250 cm (98 in) | 27 | 2×piston engine | |
Embraer E-Jet/E-Jet E2[25] | BR | 2001–present | 301 cm (119 in) | 274 cm (108 in) | 146 | 2×turbofan |
Fokker 50 | NL | 1987–1997 | 58 | 2×turboprop | ||
Mitsubishi Regional Jet[26] | JP | 2017—present | 276 cm (109 in) | 92 | 2×turbofan | |
Tupolev Tu-124 | USSR | 1960–1965 | 270 cm (106 in) | 56 | 2×turbofan | |
Tupolev Tu-134[27] | USSR | 1966–1984 | 290 cm (114 in) | 271 cm (107 in)[28] | 84 | 2×turbofan |
Three-abreast cabin
Type | Country | Production | Fuselage | Cabin | Max. seats | Engines |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BAe Jetstream 31/41 | UK | 1982–1997 | 30 | 2×turboprop | ||
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter[29] | CAD | 1965–1988, 2008–present | 175 cm (69 in) | 161 cm (63.2 in) | 19 | 2×turboprop |
Dornier Do 328 | DE | 1991–2000 | 32 | 2×turboprop | ||
Embraer EMB 120[30] | BR | 1983–2001; built individually as of 2007 | 228 cm (90 in) | 210 cm (83 in) | 30 | 2×turboprop |
Embraer ERJ 145 family[31] | BR | 1989-present | 228 cm (90 in) | 210 cm (83 in) | 50 | 2×turbofan |
Saab 340/Saab 2000[32] | SWE | 1983–1999 | 216 cm (85 in) | 50 | 2×turboprop | |
Short Brothers Short 360 | IRL | 1981–1991 | 2×turboprop | |||
Two-abreast cabin
Type | Country | Production | Fuselage | Cabin | Max. Seats | Engines |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beechcraft 1900 | USA | 1982–2002 | 19 | 2×turboprop | ||
Beechcraft Model 99 | USA | 1968–1986 | 15 | 2×turboprop | ||
Britten-Norman Islander | UK | 1965–present | 9 | 2×piston engine | ||
Britten-Norman Trislander | UK | 1970–1982 | 16 | 3×piston engine | ||
de Havilland Dove | UK | 1946–1947 | 8–11 | 2×piston engine | ||
de Havilland Heron | UK | 1950–1963 | 14–17 | 4×piston engine | ||
Dornier Do 228 | Germany | 1981–1998, 2009–present | 19 | 2×turboprop | ||
Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante | Brazil | 1968–1990 | 19 | 2×turboprop | ||
Evektor EV-55 Outback | Czech Republic | 2011–present | 9–14 | 2×turboprop | ||
Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner | USA | 1968–2001 | 19 | 2×turboprop | ||
GAF Nomad | Australia | 1975–1985 | 12–16 | 2×turboprop |
Image gallery
- Two abreast Beech 1900
- Four abreast Dash 8
- Six abreast Airbus A320
See also
Notes
References
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