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Jet airliner
A jet airliner is an airliner that is powered by jet engines. This term is sometimes contracted to jetliner.
In contrast to today's relatively fuel-efficient, turbofan-powered air travel, first generation jet airliner travel was noisy and fuel inefficient. These inefficiencies were addressed by the...
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Boeing 747
The Boeing 747 is a widebody commercial airliner, often referred to by the nickname "Jumbo Jet". It is among the world's most recognizable aircraft, and was the first widebody ever produced. Manufactured by Boeing's Commercial Airplane unit in the...
Maiden flight:
- 1969
Introduced:
- 1970
Engine Type:
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Boeing 777
The Boeing 777 is a long-range, wide-body twin-engine jet airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It is the world's largest twinjet and is commonly referred to as the "Triple Seven". The aircraft has seating for over 300 passengers and...
Maiden flight:
- Jun 12, 1994
Introduced:
- 1995
Designed by:
McDonnell Douglas DC-10
The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is a three-engine widebody airliner, with two engines mounted on underwing pylons and a third engine at the base of the vertical stabilizer. The DC-10 has range for medium to long haul flights. The model was a successor...
Maiden flight:
- Aug 29, 1970
Introduced:
- 1971
Airbus A320
The Airbus A320 family is a family of short- to medium-range, narrow-body, commercial passenger jet airliners manufactured by Airbus. The family includes the A318, A319, A320, and A321, as well as the ACJ business jet.
The first member of the A320...
Maiden flight:
- Feb 22, 1987
Introduced:
- 1988
Airbus A330
The Airbus A330 is a large-capacity, wide-body, twin-engine, medium-to-long-range commercial passenger airliner. Built at Toulouse in France by Airbus, over 600 units have been delivered.
First flown in 1992 the A330 was developed at the same time...
Maiden flight:
- Nov 2, 1992 ,
- Feb 11, 1992
Introduced:
- Jan 1994
Convair 880
The Convair 880 was a jet airliner produced by the Convair division of General Dynamics. It was designed to compete with the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 by being smaller and faster, a niche that failed to create demand. Only 65 Convair 880s were...
Maiden flight:
- Jan 27, 1959
Aircraft type:
Convair 990
The Convair 990 Coronado was a jet airliner produced by the Convair division of General Dynamics, a "stretched" version of their earlier Convair 880 produced in response to a request from American Airlines. The 990 was lengthened by 10 feet, which...
Aircraft type:
Length:
- 42.4942 m (139.417 ft )
Boeing 787
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a mid-sized, wide-body, twin-engine jet airliner under development by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It can seat 210 to 330 passengers, depending on variant. Boeing states that it will be the company's most fuel-efficient...
BAC One-Eleven
The British Aircraft Corporation One-Eleven, also known as the BAC 1-11, the BAC-111 or the BAC-1-11, was a British short-range jet airliner of the 1960s and 1970s. Conceived by Hunting Aircraft, it was developed and produced by the British Aircraft...
Maiden flight:
- Aug 20, 1963
Introduced:
- 1965
Length:
- 28.194 m (92.5 ft )
Boeing Sonic Cruiser
The Boeing Sonic Cruiser was a subsonic concept aircraft proposed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in 2001. Its distinguishing feature was to be its high-subsonic cruising speed, faster than conventional jet airliners.
The Sonic Cruiser concept...
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Dassault Mercure
Dassault Mercure was a French twin-engined jet-powered airliner. It was proposed in 1967, first production flight was in 1973 and last flew in 1995.
In 1967, backed by the French government, Dassault decided to propose a competitor to the Boeing 737...
Maiden flight:
- May 29, 1971
Aircraft type:
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Wingspan:
- 30.5562 m (100.25 ft )
Length:
- 34.8234 m (114.25 ft )
Maximum Speed:
- 925 km/h (575 mph )
Airbus A350
The Airbus A350 is a long-range, mid-size, wide-body family of airliners currently under development by European manufacturing group Airbus. The A350 will be the first Airbus with both fuselage and wing structures made primarily of carbon fiber...
Maiden flight:
- 2012
Introduced:
- 2013
Boeing 747-8
The Boeing 747-8 is a widebody commercial airliner being developed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Officially announced in 2005, the 747-8 is the latest evolutionary variant of the Boeing 747, with lengthened fuselage, redesigned wings and improved...
Maiden flight:
- 2008
