A320 Family tops 50 million flights

The A320 Family (A318, A319, A320 and A321) is recognised as the benchmark single-aisle aircraft family with over 6,500 aircraft sold, and more than 4,300 aircraft delivered to some 310 customers and operators worldwide.  

Over this period, A320 Family aircraft have carried in excess of five billion people, with ten take-offs every minute.

“One of our A320 Family aircraft takes off every six seconds somewhere around the world and they have carried more than five billion people, which is a huge achievement”, said John Leahy, Airbus Chief Operating Officer, Customers. “We are investing at least 100 million euros a year in the A320 Family in order to maintain it as the world’s most modern and fuel efficient aircraft family that will continue to bring people together for the decades to come”.  

Painted in some 250 different airline colours, A320 Family aircraft can be found 365 days a year at the world’s busiest and largest airport hubs. It also operates at smaller airports, including remote areas of the globe such as the Kingdom of Bhutan in the Eastern Himalayas .