Medium-haul aircraft

Airbus A321

A medium-haul aircraft is an aircraft that can be used most economically for non-stop flights between about 2000 km and 5000 km. Other classifications also take into account a number of passengers of around 100 to 200 or corresponding freight. The distinction between modern medium- haul aircraft and short-haul aircraft is fluid due to the many different variants in terms of range, drive or number of passengers of a type. The range also depends largely on the load.

Charter planes for vacationers are often medium- haul planes with very dense seating.

The most common modern medium-haul aircraft are types from the manufacturers Airbus , Boeing , McDonnell Douglas (also Boeing today) and Tupolew PSC .

Classification of typical medium-haul aircraft according to area of ​​application, dimensions and production

Aircraft type	commitment	Instinctual works ( PTL / Jet )	Production time	Length in m (from-to)	Clamping width in m (from-to)	Range (approx.)	Passover yaw (approx.)	Number of items in production (until mid-2008)	Number of units ready for use (mid-2008)	country	image
Airbus A300	current	2 jets	1972-2007	53-54 m	44 m	1,500– 7,000 km	250-345	561	411	France / European consortium
Airbus A318	current	2 jets	2002–	31 m	34 m	2,700– 5,900 km	100	64	53	France / European consortium
Airbus A319	current	2 jets	1993–	33 m	34 m	3,300– 6,800 km	120-159	1.104	1,040	France / European consortium
Airbus A320	current	2 jets	1987–	37 m	34 m	4,800– 5,700 km	150-180	1,978	1,857	France / European consortium
Airbus A321	current	2 jets	1989–	44 m	34 m	4,400– 5,600 km	185-220	475	445	France / European consortium
Boeing 717 (= MD-95)	current	2 jets	1998-2006	37 m	28 m	2,600 km	100-145	156	150	United States
Boeing 727	current (only a few)	3 jets	1963-1984	40-46 m	32 m	3,000– 4,000 km	131-189	1,832	838	United States
Boeing 737 (many variants)	current	2 jets	1968–	28-42 m	28-35 m	3,400– 7,200 km	85-215	5,857	5,344	United States
Boeing 757	current	2 jets	1982-2004	47-54 m	38 m	4,300– 7,800 km	200-280	1,050	1,034	United States
Airbus A220	current	2 jets	2013-	35-38 m	34 m	3,334	100-145	0	0	Canada
Douglas DC-9	current	2 jets	1965-1982	31-40 m	27-36 m	2,300– 3,400 km	90-139	976	495	United States
Douglas DC-9-81 / 82/83/87	current	2 jets	1979-1999	39-46 m	33 m	2,800– 5,400 km	130-172	1,191	1,070	United States
McDonnell Douglas MD-90	current	2 jets	1993-2000	46 m	32 m	3,860 km	172	116 (approx.)	112	United States
Sukhoi Superjet 100	current (prototype)	2 jets	2005–	24-35 m	28 m	3,000– 4,000 km	60-125	1	1	Russia / Italy
Tupolev Tu-154	current	3 jets	1968-2006	48 m	37 m	4,000 km	160-180	915	470	Russia (former Soviet Union )
Tupolev Tu-204/214 family	current	2 jets	1989–	40-46 m	42 m	6,500– 7,500 km	157-210	72 (approx.)	48	Russia
Tupolev Tu-334	not in series	2 jets	1999	31-37 m	29-33 m	2,200– 4,100 km	102-126	1		Russia

The members of the B737 and A320 aircraft families make up the majority of the airlines' fleets of commercial passenger aircraft worldwide.

Reference routes

Boeing 737-800

McDonnell Douglas MD-80

The typical reference route for medium-haul aircraft is the high-demand connection between the east and west coasts of the USA . Even short transatlantic routes (e.g. London - New York ) can still be counted towards the upper limit of medium-range routes. These short transatlantic flights are actually carried out in rare cases by medium-haul aircraft. For example, the Swiss PrivatAir carried out transatlantic flights from German airports (e.g .: Düsseldorf and Munich to Chicago and New York with Boeing 737 and Airbus 320) in pure business class seating on behalf of Lufthansa . Also, Continental Airlines flew from Newark various routes to Europe with the Boeing 757 .

See also

• Short-haul aircraft
• Long-haul aircraft

Web links

Wiktionary: Medium-haul aircraft  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ↑ compiled using the overview of the "Regionals" (limited to 10 to around 100 seats or corresponding freight) in: Flight International : World Airliners, Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2008, pp. 51–63.
2. ↑ here as abbreviations PTL = turboprop, jet = jet engine - s. corresponding article from Wikipedia: - Turboprop (combined from: turbine and propeller) is a common name for propeller turbine air jet engine (also known as PTL ). - jet engines (. And jet engines or jet turbines, English Jet engine ) are gas turbines, which are used primarily as engines and work on the principle of recoil drive. Jet engines suck in the ambient air and expel the combustion products and, in some cases, air as a propulsion jet, with the recoil generating a thrust. Because, in contrast to rocket engines, the oxygen required for combustion is taken from the sucked in air, they are also referred to as air-breathing engines.
3. ↑ ^{a b} The length and span dimensions are rounded to the nearest meter in order to keep the table clear. Different sizes for variants of a model: xy m, for swing-wing aircraft : maximum / minimum size.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Overview in: Flight International : World Airliners, 21. – 27. Oct. 2008, pp. 31-43 and Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2008, pp. 51-63. (All aircraft produced up to mid-2008 and all aircraft still in service, including temporarily decommissioned examples.)
5. ↑ Flight International: World Airliner Census, 28 Oct - 3 Nov 2008, pp. 46–63 (overview of all 26,675 aircraft currently in use).
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Overview in: Flight International : Airliner Survey, 19. – 25. Aug. 2008, pp. 37–63 (All aircraft types used by airlines in mid-2008, excluding military and private aircraft.)
7. ↑ Overview in: Flight International : World Air Forces, 11. – 17. Nov. 2008, pp. 48–76 ( introduction and list as PDF with an English-language overview of all aircraft types used in the Air Forces)