Narrow-body aircraft explained

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 less than 4m (13feet) in width.In contrast, a wide-body aircraft is a larger airliner usually configured with multiple aisles and a fuselage diameter of more than 5m (16feet), allowing at least seven-abreast seating and often more travel classes.

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.[1]

The re-engined Boeing 737 MAX and Airbus 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 and TAP Portugal will open up direct routes bypassing airline hubs for lower fares between cheaper, smaller airports.The Boeing 737NG 3,300-mile range is insufficient for fully laden operations and operates at reduced capacity like the Airbus A318, while the Airbus A321LR could replace the less fuel efficient Boeing 757s used since their production ended in 2004.

Boeing will face competition and pricing pressure from the Embraer E-Jet E2 family, Airbus A220 (formerly Bombardier CSeries) and Comac C919.

Between 2016 and 2035, FlightGlobal expects 26,860 single-aisles to be delivered for almost $ billion, 45% Airbus A320 family ceo and neo and 43% Boeing 737 NG and max.[2] By June 2018, there were 10,572 Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX orders: 6,068 Airbuses (%, 2,295 with CFMs, 1,623 with PWs and 2,150 with not yet decided engines) and 4,504 Boeings (%); 3,446 in Asia-Pacific (%), 2,349 in Europe (%), 1,926 in North America (%), 912 in Latin America (%), 654 in Middle East (%), 72 in Africa (%) and 1,213 not yet bounded (%).[3]

Many airlines have shown interest in the Airbus A321LR or its A321XLR derivative, and other extended-range models, for thin transatlantic and Asia-Pacific routes.[4]

Examples

Six-abreast cabin

Type Country Production Fuselage width Cabin width Max. seats Engines seat
width
UK 1962–1978 [5] 180 3 turbofan
UK 1952–1960[6] [7] 139 4×turboprop
Douglas DC-8[8] US 1958–1972 373abbr=onNaNabbr=on 351.2abbr=onNaNabbr=on 269 4×turbojet/fan
Ilyushin Il-62[9] USSR/Russia 1963–1995186 4×turbofan
Vickers VC10[10] UK 1962–1970 375abbr=onNaNabbr=on 151 4×turbofan
Boeing 707/Boeing 720[11] US 1958–1979376abbr=onNaNabbr=on354abbr=onNaNabbr=on 219 4×turbojet/fan"
Boeing 737[12] US 1966–present 220 2×turbofan 17"
Boeing 757[13] US 1981–2004 295 2×turbofan"
Boeing 727[14] US 1963–1984 356abbr=onNaNabbr=on 189 3×turbofan"
Tupolev Tu-154[15] USSR/Russia 1968–2013380abbr=onNaNabbr=on 356abbr=onNaNabbr=on 180 3×turbofan
Tupolev Tu-204[16] Russia 1990–present 357abbr=onNaNabbr=on 215 2×turbofan
Russia 1999–2009 102 2×turbofan
USSR/Russia 1977–2003 360abbr=onNaNabbr=on 120 3×turbofan
France 1971–1975 [17] 162 2×turbofan
Airbus A320 family[18] Multi 1986–present 395abbr=onNaNabbr=on 370abbr=onNaNabbr=on 244 2×turbofan 18"[19]
Comac C919China 2016–present 396abbr=onNaNabbr=on[20] 390abbr=onNaNabbr=on[21] 192 2×turbofan
Yakovlev MC-21[22] Russia 2017–present 406abbr=onNaNabbr=on 381abbr=onNaNabbr=on 230 2×turbofan
USSR 1958–1963 420abbr=onNaNabbr=on 220 4×turboprop

Five-abreast cabin

Type Country Production Fuselage width Cabin width Max. seats Engines Seat
width
UK 1949–1964 [23] 81 4×turbojet
US 1942–1958 [24] 95 4×piston engine
France 1958–1972 [25] 80 2×turbojet
UK 1948–1963 [26] 75 4×turboprop
Netherlands 1967–1997 330abbr=onNaNabbr=on 122 2×turbofan
Tupolev Tu-144[27] USSR 1963–1983 [28] 140 4×turbojet
McDonnell Douglas DC-9/MD-80/MD-90/Boeing 717[29] US 1965–2006 334.3 cm (131.6 in) cm (in) 172 2×turbofan 17.9"
Antonov An-148/An-158 Ukraine 2002–present [30] 99 2×turbofan
Comac ARJ21[31] China 2007–present 105 2×turbofan
US 1947–1963 [32] 114 4×piston engine
Tupolev Tu-104USSR1955–1960 350 cm (137.7 in)320 cm (126 in)1152×turbojet
USSR 1957–1985 [33] [34] 120 4×turboprop
UK 1963–1989 [35] 119 2×turbofan
Russia 2007–present[36] 323.6abbr=onNaNabbr=on[37] 108 2×turbofan
US 1959–1962 110 4×turbojet
US 1961–1963 149 4×turbofan
US 1957–1961 98 4×turboprop
US 1943–1958 109 4×piston engine
Canada/Multi 2012–present [38] 328abbr=onNaNabbr=on 160 2×turbofan"
British Aerospace 146[39] UK 1987–2001 350abbr=onNaNabbr=on3240NaN0112 4×turbofan

Four-abreast cabin

Type Country Production Fuselage width Cabin width Max. seats Engines Seat
width
USSR 1966–1981 240abbr=onNaNabbr=on 215abbr=onNaNabbr=on 40 3×turbofan
Douglas DC-3[40] US 1936–1942, 1950 27 2×piston engine
De Havilland Dash 8[41] Canada 1983–present 90 2×turboprop 17.3"
Fokker 27/Fokker 50Netherlands 1987–1997 58 2×turboprop
Bombardier CRJ[42] Canada 1991–2020 104 2×turbofan 17.3"
ATR 42/ATR 72[43] France/Italy 1984–present 78 2×turboprop 18"
ConcordeFrance/UK 1965–1979 128 4×turbojet
Convair CV-240US 1947–1954 [44] 40 2×piston engine
Tupolev Tu-124/Tu-134[45] USSR 1956–1984 [46] 56-84 2×turbofan
Ilyushin Il-114USSR/Russia1997–2012228abbr=onNaNabbr=on642×turboprop
Embraer E-Jet/E-Jet E2[47] Brazil 2001–present 146 2×turbofan 18"
Antonov An-24USSR 1959–1979 50 2×turboprop

Three-abreast cabin

Type Country Production Fuselage width Cabin width Max. seats Engines Seat
width
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter[48] Canada 1965–1988, 2008–present 19 2×turboprop
BAe Jetstream 31/41UK 1982–1997 [49] 30 2×turboprop
Short 360UK 1981–1991 [50] 36 2×turboprop
Embraer EMB 120[51] Brazil 1983–2001 30 2×turboprop 17.3"
Embraer ERJ 145 family[52] Brazil 1989–2020 50 2×turbofan 17.3"
Saab 340/Saab 2000[53] Sweden 1983–1999 50 2×turboprop 18.1"
Dornier 328Germany 1991–2000 217.2 cm (85.5 in)[54] 32 2×turboprop 18.1"

Two-abreast cabin

Type CountryProduction Fuselage widthCabin width Max. seats Engines
US 1982–2002 1.37m 19 2×turboprop
US 1968–1986 15 2×turboprop
UK 1965–present 9 2×piston engine
UK 1970–1982 16 3×piston engine
UK 1946–1947 8–11 2×piston engine
UK 1950–196314–17 4×piston engine
Germany 1981–1998, 2009–present 19 2×turboprop
Embraer EMB 110 BandeiranteBrazil1968–1990192×turboprop
Czech Republic 2011–present 9–14 2×turboprop
US 1968–2001 19 2×turboprop
Australia 1975–1985 12–16 2×turboprop

See also

Notes and References

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