Airliner Facts for Kids

An airliner is a type of large airplane designed to carry many passengers and goods. These planes are usually flown by airline companies.

The biggest airliners are known as "wide-body aircraft." They are often called twin-aisle aircraft because they usually have two separate aisles running down the middle of the passenger area. These huge planes are typically used for very long flights, connecting major cities and airline hubs with lots of people.

A more common type of airliner is the "narrow-body aircraft," also known as a single-aisle plane. These smaller airliners are generally used for shorter or medium-distance flights and carry fewer passengers than the wide-body ones.

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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, front) and the Airbus A320 (Virgin, back) are very common airliners.
Sikorsky Ilya Muromets
The Douglas DC-3 first flew in 1935.
Prototype of the de Havilland Comet in 1949, the world's first jet airliner.
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, was shown in September 1968.
Over 1,800 Bombardier CRJs have been delivered.
Beechcraft 1900, a short-range commuter aircraft.
Assembly of a Boeing 767 nose section.
How long-haul airliners have developed, shown by some famous ones.
De Havilland Comet – the first jetliner.
Wide-body airliners from different airlines at Tokyo Narita Airport.
Inside a Qatar Airways Airbus. Video screens (the white panels) are above the middle seats.
Overhead bins inside a Sukhoi Superjet 100.
Airbus A320 baggage hold.
Loading luggage onto a Boeing 747 at Boston Logan Airport, during snow.
A cutaway view of an Airbus A300, showing cargo (with Unit Load Devices), passenger, and overhead areas.
Boeing 747 front lower compartment. Notice the rollers for ULDs on the floor and a sign about the water tank.

Airliner facts for kids

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