The Airbus A320neo is an aircraft developed with the new engine of the narrow-body Airbus A320 aircraft. Its name means "new engine option" with the choice of either CFM International LEAP-1A or Pratt & Whitney PW1000G engines. Today this aircraft has been changed to Airbus A320ceo for current engine options. The A320neo family is built on the previous A319, A320 and A321 types.
In November 2009, Airbus launched the sharklet blended wingtip equipment in Dubai Airshow.
At the February 2010 Singapore Air Show, Airbus said it decided to launch its plan at the Farnborough Air Show in July 2010.
On December 1, 2010, Airbus launched the A320neo. There have been orders for 40 Bombardier CS300s (now known as Airbus 220-300) and 40 options from Republic Airways Holdings.
The first Airbus A320neo aircraft rolled out of the Toulouse factory on July 1, 2014 and first flight was operated in September, 2014.
On January 20, 2016, Lufthansa Airlines received its first A320neo aircraft.
As of April 2017, there were 5054 orders and by October 2017, 90 A320neos were delivered.
By January 2019, after three years of introduction, 585 Airbus A320neos were in commercial services with more than 60 operators. The main airlines that use this type of aircraft are IndiGo (65), Frontier Airlines (33) and China Southern (26).
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Variant |
A319neo |
A320 |
A321neo |
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Cockpit crew |
2 |
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2- class seats |
140 |
165 |
206: 16 J @ 36 in + 190 Y @ 30 in |
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1- class maximum |
160 |
195@27 in |
240@28 in |
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Seat width |
Economy at 6 abreast: 18 in (46 cm), 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in) cabin width |
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Cargo capacity |
27 m 3 (950 cu ft) |
37 m 3 (1.300 cu ft) |
51 m 3 (1.800 cu ft) |
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Length |
33,84 m (111,0 ft) |
37,57 m (123 ft 3 in) |
44,51 m (146,0 ft) |
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Wingspan |
35,80 m (117 ft 5 in) |
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Height |
11,76 m (38 ft 7 in) |
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Max takeoff weight |
75,5 t (166,400 lb) |
79 t (174.200 lb) |
97 t (213.800 lb) |
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