Airliner

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. 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.

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

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

Airliner Media

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  A United Airlines Boeing 737 (foreground) and a Virgin America Airbus A320 (background), two of the world's most widely used airliners

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  Sikorsky Ilya Muromets

• The Douglas DC-3 appeared in 1935

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  Prototype of the de Havilland Comet in 1949, the first jet airliner in the world

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  United Airlines DC-6, Stapleton Airport, Denver, September 1966

• Sud SE-210 Caravelle III, F-BHRS, Air France Manteufel-1.jpg

  A Sud-Aviation Caravelle

• Airbus A320-200 Airbus Industries (AIB) "House colors" F-WWBA - MSN 001 (10276181983).jpg

  The Airbus A320 family is the most ordered narrow-body aircraft

• Boeing 747 rollout (3).jpg

  The first wide-body aircraft, the Boeing 747, rolled out in September 1968

• Lufthansa CityLine, Canadair CRJ-700, D-ACPQ (14003297897).jpg

  Over 1,800 Bombardier CRJs have been delivered

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  Beechcraft 1900, short-range commuter aircraft