Airliner Facts for Kids

An airliner is a type of transport aircraft for transporting passengers and air cargo. Such aircraft are most often operated by airlines. The largest airliners are 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.

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

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The Boeing 737 (United, foreground) and the Airbus A320 (Virgin, background) are the most widespread airliners
Sikorsky Ilya Muromets
The Douglas DC-3 appeared in 1935
Prototype of the de Havilland Comet in 1949, the first jet airliner in the world
United Airlines DC-6, Stapleton Airport, Denver, September 1966
A Sud-Aviation Caravelle
The Airbus A320 family is the most ordered narrow-body aircraft
The first wide-body aircraft, the Boeing 747, rolled out in September 1968
Over 1,800 Bombardier CRJs have been delivered
Beechcraft 1900, short-range commuter aircraft
Assembly of a Boeing 767 nose section
Development of the capabilities of long-haul airliners shown by some notable ones
De Havilland Comet – the first jetliner
Wide body airliners of various airlines at Tokyo Narita Airport
Interior of a Qatar Airways Airbus. Video systems (the vertical white panels) are visible above the very centre seats of the aircraft
Overhead bins aboard a Sukhoi Superjet 100
Airbus A320 baggage hold
Loading luggage onto a Boeing 747 at Boston Logan Airport, during snow
An Airbus A300's cross-section, showing cargo (with Unit Load Devices), passenger, and overhead areas
Boeing 747 front lower compartment. Note the rollers for ULDs on the floor and the partition labeled "Caution: Do Not Hit – Potable Water Tank Inside".

Airliner facts for kids

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