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Airbus A321
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Airbus A321

Airliner series, stretched series of the A320 family

Overview

The Airbus A321 is a member of the Airbus A320 family of short to medium range, narrow-body, commercial passenger twin engine jet airliners; it carries 185 to 239 passengers. It has a stretched fuselage which was the first derivative of the baseline A320 and entered service in 1994, about six years after the original A320. The aircraft shares a common type rating with all other Airbus A320-family variants, allowing A320-family pilots to fly the aircraft without the need for further training.

Specifications

Figures are compiled from public sources and may be approximate; they can vary by variant and configuration.

Photos

Photo 1: Jeroen Stroes Aviation Photography from Netherlands / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

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