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Airliner

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An airliner is a type of transport aircraft for transporting passengers and air cargo. Such aircraft are most often operated by airlines, and faster than ships or trains. The largest airliners are jet aircraft called "wide-body aircraft". These aircraft are frequently called twin-aisle aircraft because they generally have two separate aisles running from the front to the back of the passenger cabin.[1] These aircraft are usually used for long-haul flights between airline hubs and major cities with many passengers. A smaller, more common class of airliners is the "narrow-body aircraft" or single aisle aircraft. These smaller airliners are generally used for short to medium-distance flights with fewer passengers than their wide-body counterparts.[1] Large airliners are called "wide-body aircraft" or twin aisle aircraft. They are used on transoceanic (that is: routes which cross an ocean) routes. The largest airliners may have two decks, such as Airbus A380 and Boeing 747.

Most airliners have two or four engines. Those intended for short distance voyages usually have turboprop engines as they are economical and have good efficiency, while those for long distance voyages have jet engines which enables fast flying.

Gallery

  • A Boeing 737-300 narrow-body airliner

  • An Airbus A380, the world's largest wide-body airliner

  • A Boeing 757 cargo airliner

  • The cabin of a narrow-body airliner, with only 1 aisle

  • The cabin of a wide-body airliner, with 2 aisles

Airliner Media

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Narrow-Body / Single Aisle AircraftGlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 7 October 2015.


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