Narrowbody airliner ·First flight 1987 · In service 1988
The Airbus A320 revolutionised the single-aisle market as the first commercial airliner with digital fly-by-wire controls and a side-stick in place of the traditional control yoke.
Efficient, comfortable and hugely successful, the A320 family — and its re-engined neo — trades blow for blow with the 737 as the backbone of short-haul fleets across the globe.
