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The A318 brings all the benefits of Airbus commonality and comfort to the 100-seat market segment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The A318 extends Airbus\u2019 A320 Family product line into the 100-seat commercial jetliner market segment. \u00a0Joining the A319, A320 and A321, it provides Airbus with one family of single-aisle aircraft that covers capacities from 100 to 220 seats.<\/p>\n

As the smallest A320 Family member, the A318\u2019s fuselage is 2.39 metres shorter than the A319.\u00a0 Takeoff weight choices of up to 66 metric tonnes provide airlines with greater operating flexibility and higher loads in operating the A318, with a maximum flight range of 2,800 km.<\/p>\n

Designed to serve markets with frequent services on low-density routes, the A318 accommodates 107 passengers in a typical two-class cabin configuration.\u00a0 Airlines enjoy the benefits of Airbus technology, including one of the newest wing designs in its size category and the application of advanced materials in the airframe \u2013 providing more efficient operations and lower fuel consumption.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n

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The A318 is the smallest A320 Family member<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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Airlines and passengers both benefit from the A318\u2019s wide cabin, which ensures a high level of comfort and provides large overhead bins for carry-on luggage.\u00a0 The cabin cross-section also offers unrivalled cabin flexibility, ranging from four-abreast first class and five-abreast business seating to comfortable five- and six-abreast economy class arrangement<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\nUnlike certain competitors, the A318 has large passenger and service doors at both the front and rear of the aircraft, allowing galley servicing and cabin cleaning to be carried out simultaneously.\u00a0 These larger doors speed passenger flow as well as the servicing.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The advanced systems designed into the A318 begin with Airbus\u2019 fly-by-wire flight controls and a state-of-the-art cockpit, which is shared with all of the other A320 Family aircraft.\u00a0 This enables A318 pilots to fly any other A320 Family jetliner with a single type rating, allowing airlines to schedule the aircraft best matched to passenger bookings on a per-flight basis.\u00a0Pilots rated on the A318 also can transition more easily to the other fly-by-wire members of Airbus\u2019 product line due to their high degree of commonality.<\/p>\n

Also incorporated in the A318 is Airbus\u2019 digital cabin management system, which controls the operating of cabin lighting, pre-recorded messages, emergency evacuation signalling and other cabin-related tasks.\u00a0 It can verify the quantity of potable water onboard and allow a preselect of the quantity to be loaded, while the system\u2019s digital databus allows the functioning of all passenger service units to be checked from one point.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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\u201cSteep approach\u201d capability<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Airbus\u2019 A318 is the largest commercial aircraft certified to land at steeper-than-usual gradients, making it ideal for operations at such constrained locations as downtown airports \u2013 translating to significant cost and time savings for business travellers.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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\u201csteep approach\u201d capability from the in-close London City Airport to New York’s JFK International Airport.\u00a0 These aircraft are equipped for premium service with seats that convert into full lie-flat beds, along with OnAir connectivity for passengers.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Since 2009, British Airways is operating A318s with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A318 The A318 brings all the benefits of Airbus commonality and comfort to the 100-seat market segment. Family relationship The A318 extends Airbus\u2019 A320 Family product line into the 100-seat commercial jetliner market segment. \u00a0Joining the A319, A320 and A321, it provides Airbus with one family of single-aisle aircraft that covers capacities from 100 to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airbus-models","category-aircraft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/behineh.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/behineh.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/behineh.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/behineh.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/behineh.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=398"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/behineh.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":400,"href":"http:\/\/behineh.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions\/400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/behineh.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/behineh.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/behineh.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}