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Directory* world siriiners • HI i' 1111••••••—— Flight International's annual World Airliner directory is published in two parts on consecutive weeks. This week's Part 2 comprises civil airliners/utility air craft seating from 10-12 passengers to 100 passengers, or with equivalent cargo capacity (including members of families that seat slightly more than 100, ie, the Avro RJ100/RJ115). Part 1, published last week, comprises airlin ers with more than 100 seats. Two aircraft, the 737-600 and Airbus A318, appear in both editions as they straddle the regional and large aircraft markets. The aircraft data tables, compiled by Flight International's sister on-line news and information service Air Transport Intelligence from, where possible, infor mation supplied by the manufacturers, includes dimensions, operating weights, powerplants, operating performance and passenger accommodation. All data, and the performance measures in particular, are intended only as a guide and must be interpreted with care. They should not be used for opera tional purposes. Powerplant data includes engine manufacturer, type and variant with the nominal sea level/ISA static thrust or power of each (lb thrust or kW). Performance data includes maximum and normal cruise speeds in knots and where applicable Mach number under ISA conditions. Maximum operating altitude is also provided. Field lengths for take-off and landing are for a typical mission under sea level ISA conditions. Take-off field lengths include the dis tance required to accelerate the aircraft to flying speed, reject the take-off and stop within the runway length remaining. Design range with pax/payload is the typical mission data with stated passenger or cargo load, published by manu facturers. Option range(s) data is for higher MTOW(s). Accommodation Seating capacity is provided for typical one-, two- and three-class layouts as quoted by the manufacturer. In many cases, the one- class layout is also the exit limit. Sales and in service figures, sourced from manufacturers and the Airclaims CASE database (+44 (0) 20 8897 1066), are correct to October 2002. Conversions Except for altitude, which is quoted in feet, (1,000ft = 305m), speed, which is quoted in knots (1kt = 1.85km/h = 1.15mph), and jet engine thrust which is quoted in pounds (11b = 0.00445kN); metric measure is used as follows: 1kW = 1.34hp (shp); 1m = 3.28ft; 1m2 = 10.76ft2; 1m3 = 35.3ft3; 1kg = 2.2lb; 1 litre = 0.264 US gal = 0.22 Imp gal; 1km = 0.54nm. Some figures are rounded for ease of reading. Abbreviations APB Aviation Partners Boeing ARIA Aeroflot-Russian International Airlines BA British Airways BAe British Aerospace CAA UK Civil Aviation Authority CFMICFM International EA GE/P&W Engine Alliance EADS European Aeronautic Defence and Space EFIS electronic flight instrumentation system ETOPS extended-range twinjet operations FAA US Federal Aviation Administration FAR US Federal Aviation Regulation FCS flight control system FMS flight management system GE General Electric GECAS GE Capital Aviation Services GPS global positioning system IAE International Aero Engines IAI Israel Aircraft Industries ICAO International Civil Aviation Organisation ISA international standard atmosphere ILFC International Lease Finance JAA European Joint Aviation Authorities JAR European Joint Aviation Requirement LCD liquid crystal display MoU memorandum of under standing MTOW maximum take-off weight P&W Pratt & Whitney P&WC Pratt & Whitney Canada R-R Rolls-Royce STC supplemental type certificate TCAS traffic alert and collision avoidance system. The CFM56-powered A318 variant, which has taken the programme lead, began testing in August A319, with 4.5 fuselage frames removed. Airbus pursued the A318 development after pulling out of evaluations to co-operate with China and Singapore on an all-new 80- to 100-seat family (AE31X). The other members of the family are the 150-seat A320, which first flew in February 1987, and the 185-seat A321, which entered service in 1994. The aircraft is offered with P&W PW6000 and CFMI CFM56-5B turbofans and features a 0.8m vertical extension to its fin over the A320 to compen sate for the shorter fuselage. The PW6000-powered version of the A318 had its first flight on 14 January. The PW6000 had by then encountered major development problems and in March P&W decided to delay the programme by 30 months for a redesign. Deliveries of PW6000- powered A318s have been pushed back from early 2003 to mid-2005 and the CFM56-powered A318 has become the lead variant. In June the first aircraft was re-engined, making its first CFM-56-5B powered flight on 29 August. Certification and delivery of the CFM-powered version to launch customer Frontier is due in June next year, having been brought forward by three months to compensate for delays in the PW6000 programme. The prototype A318 will be re-engined with the revised PW6000 engine in October 2004, to enable certification efforts to resume. PW6000 customers Frontier Airlines and International Lease Fjnance (ILFC) switched to the CFM56 as a result of the delays. ILFC is now a launch customer for the CFM-powered variant. Air China dropped its firm commitment for eight Airbus A318s in August and switched to the larger A319s. BA has also cancelled six of the 12 PW6000-pow- ered A318s it had on order. Production The A318 is assembled by Airbus Deutschland at Hamburg, along with the A319 and A321. Ordered: 103 Delivered: 0 Hl:i:ifef.*ll-&LUB mil IHI Length (m) Wingspan (m) Height (m) Wing area (m2) Cabin width (m) Max take-off weight (kg) Option Option Option Option Option Max landing weight (kg) Option Operating empty weight (kg) Max zero fuel weight (kg) Option Max payload (kg) Option 31.44 34.1 12.56 122.6 3.7 59,000 61,500 63,000 64,500 66,000 68,000 56.000 57,500 39,470 53,000 54,500 13,340/12.892' 15,500 Powerplant 2 x 21,600-23,300lb CFM56-5B/P or 2 x 22,100-23,800lb P&W PW6000 Standard fuel capacity (litres) Normal operating speed (Mach) Max cruise speed (Mach) Max operating altitude (ft) Take-off field length (m) Landing field length (m) Accommodation (typical) Design range with pax Option Option Option Option 23,860 0.78 M.82 39,000 1.355" 1.356" 107 (two class) 2,775km/107 3,700km/107 4,350km/107 4,850km/107 5,270km/107 Option 6,010km/10 Notes 'P&W/CFM Engines "P&W engines www.flightinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 12-18 NOVEMBER 2002 43
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