June 2017

(Figures at end of May 2017)

A320 Family

A320 Family Market position

 The A320 Family is the world's best-selling single-aisle aircraft family – 13,111 orders
and 7,610 A320s delivered (including 116 NEO)
 The A320 Family includes the A318, A319, A320 and A321
 A320 Family is the leader in all market segments: traditional airlines, low-cost carrier,
charters and lessors
 The A320 Family offers unbeatable fuel efficiency from 100 to 240 passengers
 The A320 Family, best serves all market needs, from low-to-high-density routes to
longer-range thin routes
 With a seven-inch advantage over the 737, the A320 has the widest single-aisle cabin on
the market offering unmatched comfort with 18" seats standard
 The A320 has the largest operator base of any single aisle: > 300 operators
 Today’s A320 have an operational reliability of 99,7%
 Airbus has a record backlog of some 5,501 A320 Family aircraft
 The A320 fleet has clocked up more than 103 million flights.
 An A320 takes off or lands every 1,6 seconds
 Since the A320 first entered service in 1988, it has carried more than 11,5 billion
passengers
 With four final assembly lines in three continents, the A320 is a truly global programme.

A320neo
 The A320neo is an efficiency improvement package which Airbus is offering as an option
for the A319, A320 and A321 models of the A320 Family.
 Entry into service started in January 2016 with the A320neo powered by Pratt & Whitney
engines, to be followed by the A321neo and the A319neo.
A320neo is a success
 The A320neo Family is the market leader: over 5000 orders from 92 customers since the
launch in 2010, capturing 60% of the market.

A320neo offers unbeatable efficiency and environmental performance while keeping 95%
airframe spares commonality with the A320 Family
 Incorporating Sharklets, new more fuel-efficient engines and latest cabin innovations, the
key benefits of the A320neo compared to today’s A320 are:
o 15% fuel burn reduction per seat upon service entry and 20% before 2020
o 5% lower airframe maintenance costs
o 14% lower cash operating costs

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 Featuring the latest technology to our customers as it becomes available, the two new
engine options are:
o Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower PW1100G-JM geared turbofan
o CFM International’s LEAP-1A

A320neo offers best environmental performance

 Nearly 50% reduction in noise footprint* (20 EPndB lower noise than the latest Stage 4)
 5.000 tonnes less CO2 emissions per year per aircraft*
 NOx emissions 50% below current industry standard

A320neo outperforms the competition

 A320neo offers 8% lower fuel burn per seat compared to the Boeing 737MAX8
 A321neo offers 14% lower fuel burn per seat compared to the Boeing 737MAX9
 A319neo has lower fuel burn per seat than the CS300

A320 facts
 Every 7 hours, an A320 Family aircraft leaves one of the A320 Family Final Assembly
Lines all over the world (Europe, China and US).
 It takes about one month to complete the final assembly of an A320 Family aircraft.
 Production lead time of an A320 from the first piece manufactured to the delivery of the
aircraft is around 1 year
 All A320 Family aircraft produced lined up from nose to tail would make a 260km long
line which corresponds nearly to the length of 2500 soccer fields
 A320 operations are very similar to breathing. Every time you take a breath an A320
Family aircraft takes-off or lands.
A320 Family engines produce so much thrust that they could keep 6 elephants
stationary against the force of gravity on Earth.
 The A320 made its first flight in 1987; 200 years before in 1787, the first steamboat was
created in the US by John Fitch.
 The cruise altitude reached by an A320 is equivalent to 15 Burj Khalifa tower (highest
tower in the world).
 Fan diameter of the A320neo family engines is 2,05 meters. It is larger than most
business jet cabins, (such as Bombardier Learjet).
 At the end of its lifecycle, 85% of an A320 can be recycled in terms of weight. This figure
will go up to 95% in the next few years.
 Electric power produced by both A320 Family engines would be sufficient to provide
electricity for 30 standard apartments.
 The high pressure spool of A320 Family engines during take-off phase turns 11 times
faster than a washing machine during the spin cycle.
The A320 can accelerate from 0 to 200 km/h in less than 20 seconds. This is faster than a
305 HP Ford Focus RS.

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* Compared to previous generation aircraft