Narrow-body aircraft
A narrow-body aircraft or single-aisle aircraft is an airliner arranged along a single aisle, permitting up to 6-abreast seating in a cabin less than 4 metres (13 ft) in width. In contrast, a wide-body aircraft is a larger airliner usually configured with multiple aisles and a fuselage diameter of more than 5 metres (16 ft), allowing at least seven-abreast seating and often more travel classes.
Market
Historically, beginning in the late 1960s and continuing through the 1990s, twin engine narrow-body aircraft, such as the
The re-engined
Boeing will face competition and pricing pressure from the Embraer E-Jet E2 family, Airbus A220 (formerly Bombardier CSeries) and Comac C919.[3]
Between 2016 and 2035,
Many airlines have shown interest in the
Examples
Six-abreast cabin
Type | Country | Production | Fuselage width | Cabin width | Max. seats | Engines | seat width[a] |
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Hawker Siddeley Trident[b] | UK | 1962–1978 | 344 cm (135 in)[8] | 180 | 3 turbofan[c] | ||
Bristol Britannia | UK | 1952–1960 | 366 cm (144 in)[9] | 350 cm (139 in)[10] | 139 | 4×turboprop | |
Douglas DC-8[11] | US | 1958–1972 | 373 cm (147 in) | 351.2 cm (138 in) | 269 | 4×turbojet/fan | |
Ilyushin Il-62[12] | USSR/Russia | 1963–1995 | 375 cm (148 in) | 349 cm (137 in) | 186 | 4×turbofan | |
Vickers VC10[13] | UK | 1962–1970 | 375 cm (148 in) | 351 cm (138 in)[14] | 151 | 4×turbofan | |
Boeing 707/Boeing 720[15] | US | 1958–1979 | 376 cm (148 in) | 354 cm (139 in) | 219 | 4×turbojet/fan | 17" |
Boeing 737[16] | US | 1966–present | 220 | 2×turbofan | 17" | ||
Boeing 757[17] | US | 1981–2004 | 295 | 2×turbofan | 17" | ||
Boeing 727[18] | US | 1963–1984 | 356 cm (140 in) | 189 | 3×turbofan | 16.9" | |
Tupolev Tu-154[19] | USSR/Russia | 1968–2013 | 380 cm (150 in) | 358 cm (141 in) | 180 | 3×turbofan | |
Tupolev Tu-204[20] | Russia | 1990–present[d] | 357 cm (141 in) | 215 | 2×turbofan | ||
Tupolev Tu-334 | Russia | 1999–2009 | 102 | 2×turbofan | |||
Yakovlev Yak-42 | USSR/Russia | 1977–2003 | 360 cm (142 in) | 120 | 3×turbofan | ||
Dassault Mercure | France | 1971–1975 | 366 cm (144 in)[21] | 162 | 2×turbofan | ||
Airbus A320 family[22] | Multi | 1986–present | 395 cm (156 in) | 370 cm (146 in) | 244 | 2×turbofan | 18"[23] |
Comac C919 | China | 2016–present | 396 cm (156 in)[24] | 390 cm (154 in)[25] | 192 | 2×turbofan | |
Irkut MC-21[26] |
Russia | 2017–present | 406 cm (160 in) | 381 cm (150 in) | 230 | 2×turbofan | |
Tupolev Tu-114[e] | USSR | 1958–1963 | 420 cm (165 in) | 406 cm (160 in)[14] | 220 | 4×turboprop |
Five-abreast cabin
Type | Country | Production | Fuselage width | Cabin width | Max. seats | Engines | Seat width |
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de Havilland Comet | UK | 1949–1964 | 292 cm (115 in)[28] | 81 | 4×turbojet | ||
Douglas DC-4/DC-6/DC-7 | US | 1942–1958 | 301 cm (118.5 in)[29] | 95 | 4×piston engine | ||
Sud Aviation Caravelle | France | 1958–1972 | 301 cm (118.5 in)[30] | 80 | 2×turbojet | ||
Vickers Viscount | UK | 1948–1963 | 305 cm (120 in)[31] | 75 | 4×turboprop | ||
Fokker F28/Fokker 70/Fokker 100 |
Netherlands | 1967–1997 | 330 cm (130 in) | 310 cm (122 in)[32] | 122 | 2×turbofan | |
Tupolev Tu-144[33] | USSR | 1963–1983 | 330 cm (130 in)[f][34] | 140 | 4×turbojet | ||
McDonnell Douglas DC-9/MD-80/MD-90/Boeing 717[35] | US | 1965–2006 | 334.3 cm (131.6 in) | 311.2 cm (122.5 in) | 172 | 2×turbofan | 17.9" |
Antonov An-148/An-158 | Ukraine | 2002–present | 335 cm (132 in) | 313 cm (123 in)[36] | 99 | 2×turbofan | |
Comac ARJ21[37] | China | 2007–present | 336 cm (132 in) | 314.3 cm (123.7 in) | 105 | 2×turbofan | |
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser | US | 1947–1963 | 335 cm (132 in)[38] | 315 cm (124 in)[39] | 114 | 4×piston engine | |
Tupolev Tu-104 | USSR | 1955–1960 | 350 cm (137.7 in) | 320 cm (126 in) | 115 | 2×turbojet | |
Ilyushin Il-18 | USSR | 1957–1985 | 351 cm (138 in)[40] | 315 cm (124 in)[14] | 120 | 4×turboprop | |
BAC One-Eleven | UK | 1963–1989 | 315 cm (124 in)[32] | 119 | 2×turbofan | ||
Sukhoi Superjet 100 | Russia | 2007–present | 345 cm (136 in)[41]: 451 | 323.6 cm (127 in)[42] | 108 | 2×turbofan | |
Convair 880 | US | 1959–1962 | 325 cm (128 in)[14] | 110 | 4×turbojet | ||
Convair 990 |
US | 1961–1963 | 325 cm (128 in)[14] | 149 | 4×turbofan | ||
Lockheed L-188 Electra | US | 1957–1961 | 325 cm (128 in)[14] | 98 | 4×turboprop | ||
Lockheed Constellation | US | 1943–1958 | 328 cm (129 in)[14] | 109 | 4×piston engine | ||
Airbus A220 | Canada/Multi | 2012–present | 350 cm (138 in)[43] | 328 cm (129 in) | 160 | 2×turbofan | 18.6" |
British Aerospace 146[44][g] | UK | 1987–2001 | 350 cm (138 in) | 324 cm (128 in) | 112 | 4×turbofan |
Four-abreast cabin
Type | Country | Production | Fuselage width | Cabin width | Max. seats | Engines | Seat width |
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Yakovlev Yak-40 | USSR | 1966–1981 | 240 cm (94 in) | 215 cm (85 in) | 40 | 3×turbofan | |
Douglas DC-3[47] | US | 1936–1942, 1950 | 250 cm (98 in) | 27 | 2×piston engine | ||
De Havilland Dash 8[48]
|
Canada | 1983–present | 269 cm (106 in) | 251 cm (99 in) | 90 | 2×turboprop | 17.3" |
Fokker 27/Fokker 50
|
Netherlands | 1987–1997 | 254 cm (100 in)[32] | 58 | 2×turboprop | ||
Bombardier CRJ[49] | Canada | 1991–2020 | 269 cm (106.1 in) | 255 cm (100.5 in) | 104 | 2×turbofan | 17.3" |
ATR 42/ATR 72[50] | France/Italy | 1984–present | 280 cm (110 in) | 257 cm (101 in) | 78 | 2×turboprop | 18" |
Concorde | France/UK | 1965–1979 | 262 cm (103 in)[32] | 128 | 4×turbojet | ||
Convair CV-240 | US | 1947–1954 | 271 cm (106.5 in)[39] | 40 | 2×piston engine | ||
Tupolev Tu-124/Tu-134[51] | USSR | 1956–1984 | 290 cm (114 in) | 271 cm (107 in)[52] | 56-84 | 2×turbofan | |
Ilyushin Il-114 | USSR/Russia | 1997–2012 | 264 cm (104 in) | 228 cm (90 in) | 64 | 2×turboprop | |
Embraer E-Jet/E-Jet E2[53] | Brazil | 2001–present | 301 cm (119 in) | 274 cm (108 in) | 146 | 2×turbofan | 18" |
Antonov An-24 | USSR | 1959–1979 | 277 cm (109 in)[32] | 50 | 2×turboprop |
Three-abreast cabin
Type | Country | Production | Fuselage width | Cabin width | Max. seats | Engines | Seat width |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter[54] | Canada | 1965–1988, 2008–present | 175 cm (69 in) | 161 cm (63.2 in) | 19 | 2×turboprop | |
BAe Jetstream 31/41
|
UK | 1982–1997 | 185 cm (73 in)[55] | 30 | 2×turboprop | ||
Short 360 | UK | 1981–1991 | 193 cm (76 in)[56] | 36 | 2×turboprop | ||
Embraer EMB 120[57] | Brazil | 1983–2001 | 228 cm (90 in) | 210 cm (83 in) | 30 | 2×turboprop | 17.3" |
Embraer ERJ 145 family[58]
|
Brazil | 1989–2020 | 228 cm (90 in) | 210 cm (83 in) | 50 | 2×turbofan | 17.3" |
Saab 340/Saab 2000[59] | Sweden | 1983–1999 | 231 cm (91 in) | 216 cm (85 in) | 50 | 2×turboprop | 18.1" |
Dornier 328 | Germany | 1991–2000 | 217.2 cm (85.5 in)[60] | 32 | 2×turboprop | 18.1" |
Two-abreast cabin
Type | Country | Production | Fuselage width | Cabin width | Max. seats | Engines |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beechcraft 1900 | US | 1982–2002 | 1.37m | 19 | 2×turboprop | |
Beechcraft Model 99 | US | 1968–1986 | 15 | 2×turboprop | ||
Britten-Norman Islander |
UK | 1965–present | 9 | 2×piston engine | ||
Britten-Norman Trislander | UK | 1970–1982 | 16 | 3×piston engine | ||
de Havilland Dove | UK | 1946–1947 | 8–11 | 2×piston engine | ||
de Havilland Heron | UK | 1950–1963 | 14–17 | 4×piston engine | ||
Dornier 228 | Germany | 1981–1998, 2009–present | 19 | 2×turboprop | ||
Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante | Brazil | 1968–1990 | 19 | 2×turboprop | ||
Evektor EV-55 Outback | Czech Republic | 2011–present | 9–14 | 2×turboprop | ||
Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner | US | 1968–2001 | 19 | 2×turboprop | ||
GAF Nomad | Australia | 1975–1985 | 12–16 | 2×turboprop |
Image gallery
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Two-abreastBeech 1900
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Three-abreast Saab 340
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Four-abreastDash 8
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Five-abreast Boeing 717
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Six-abreastAirbus A320
See also
Notes
- ^ with 2" armrests when not otherwise specified
- ^ except seven-abreast for Channel Airways[7]
- ^ +1 booster on some variants
- ^ limited production
- ^ up to eight-abreast in tourist class[27]
- ^ Series Aircraft, 300 cm (118 in) prototype
- ^ except six-abreast for some operators including CityJet[45] and Mahan Air[46]
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