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The Airbus A318

Country of origin Type

European consortium 100 seat regional airliner


Photos History

The A318 will be Airbus' smallest airliner and is


the European manufacturer's first foray into the
100 seat market.

Airbus' initial efforts at developing a 100 seat


airliner were focused on the all new AE31X

Click for large version. program (covering the baseline 95 seat AE316

Photo © Jeff Miller and 115-125 seat AE317) which Airbus and

More photos of Airbus A318 Alenia, as Airbus Industrie Asia, were


developing in conjunction with AVIC of China
and Singapore Technologies. The AE31X
program arose out of earlier Chinese and South
Korean studies for a 100 seater and a
framework agreement covering its development
was signed in May 1997. However on
September 3 1998 Airbus announced
Click for large version. termination of the project saying it was not
Photo © David Alders economically viable.
More passenger cabin photos...
The AE31X would have flown in mid 2002 and
entered service in mid 2003. Final assembly
would have been undertaken at Xian in China
by Xian Aircraft Company.

Even before the cancellation of the AE31X


program Airbus had been independently
studying a minimum change 100 seat derivative

Click for large version. of the A319 covered by the A319M5 designation

Photo © M-A Veillard (M5 = minus five fuselage frames). Following

More cockpit photos... the AE31X's cancellation Airbus announced the


commercial launch of the A319M5 as the A318
Powerplants at the 1998 Farnborough Airshow.
Airbus announced the A318's industrial launch
in April 1999, allowing full scale development to
Two Pratt & Whitney PW-6000 or CFM get underway, permitting service entry in late
International CF56-5 turbofans with a thrust range 2002. Program development cost is estimated
from 96.0kN (21,600lb) to 105.9kN (23,800lb) at $US300m, and the list unit price $US36m.

Performance Compared with the A319, the A318 is 4.5


frames shorter, reducing standard two class
seating from 124 to 107. The A318's other
Max operating Mach No. M0.82
significant new feature will be its powerplant,
Range at 59 tonne (129,955lb) takeoff weight
the newly developed Pratt & Whitney PW-6000
2780km (1500nm), range at 61.5 tonne
(being developed in the 67-102kN/15-23,000lb
(135,463lb) takeoff weight 3705km (2000nm).
thrust class), but the CFM International CFM56-
5 is also available. Other changes will include a
Weights
small dorsal fin added to the tail, modified wing
camber, and a reduced size cargo door.

Standard max takeoff 59,000kg (130,100lb),


Otherwise the A318 will retain much
optionally up to 68,000kg (149,900lb). Typical
commonality with the rest of the A320 family,
operating weight empty 38,375kg (84.600lb)
including the advanced flightdeck with side stick
controllers and fly-by-wire flight controls
Dimensions
allowing a common type rating, and the same
six abreast fuselage cross section.

Wing span 34.09m (111ft 10in), length 31.44m


The first flight was made on January 15, 2002
(103ft 2in), height 12.56m (41ft 2in), wing area
from Hamburg-Finkenwerder.
122.6m2 (1320ft2)

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Capacity
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Flightcrew of two. Standard seating for 107


passengers (eight premium class at four abreast
and 97cm/38in pitch, 99 economy class at six
abreast and 81cm/32in pitch). Single class seating
for 117 at 81cm (32in) pitch at six abreast.

Production

By Jan.2002 total orders for the A318 stood at


114.
Initial deliveries planned for late 2002.

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