airliner
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.4|A United Airlines [[Airbus A320 (foreground) and an Emirates Boeing 777-300ER (background) at Logan International Airport in March 2017, two of the world's most widely used airliners.]] An airliner is a type of airplane for transporting passengers and air cargo. Such aircraft are most often operated by airlines. The modern and most common variant of the airliner is a jet powered aircraft with a long, tube-shaped fuselage. The largest of them are wide-body jets which are also called twin-aisle because they generally have two separate aisles running from the front to the back o
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An airliner is an airplane designed to carry passengers and cargo, typically operated by airlines and powered by jets with a long, tube-shaped body. These aircraft matter because they enable the mass transportation of people and goods over long distances, forming the backbone of modern air travel.
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- History
- Emergence
- Interwar period
- The postwar era
- United Kingdom
- United States
- France
- USSR
- Types
- Narrow-body airliners
- Wide-body airliners
- Regional aircraft
- Commuter aircraft
- Engines
- Airliner variants
- Configuration
- Current manufacturers
- Notable airliners
- In production aircraft
- Fleet
- Market
- Storage, scrapping and recycling
- Cabin configurations and features
- Seats
- {{Anchor|Overhead bin}} Overhead bins
- Passenger service units
- Cabin pressurization
- Cabin climate control
- {{Anchor|Baggage hold}} Baggage holds
- Narrow-body airliners
- Wide-body airliners
- See also
- Lists
- Topics
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
thumb|upright=1.4|A United Airlines [[Airbus A320 (foreground) and an Emirates Boeing 777-300ER (background) at Logan International Airport in March 2017, two of the world's most widely used airliners.]] An airliner is a type of airplane for transporting passengers and air cargo. Such aircraft are most often operated by airlines. The modern and most common variant of the airliner is a jet powered aircraft with a long, tube-shaped fuselage. The largest of them are wide-body jets which are also called twin-aisle because they generally have two separate aisles running from the front to the back of the passenger cabin. These are usually used for long-haul flights between airline hubs and major cities. A smaller, more common class of airliners is the narrow-body or single-aisle. These are generally used for short to medium-distance flights with fewer passengers than their wide-body counterparts.
Regional airliners typically seat fewer than 100 passengers and may be powered by turbofans or turboprops. These airliners are the non-mainline counterparts to the larger aircraft operated by the major carriers, legacy carriers, and flag carriers, and are used to feed traffic into the large airline hubs. These regional routes then form the spokes of a hub-and-spoke air transport model.