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Airbus A319

The Airbus A319 is the shortened member of the original A320 family. It first flew in 1995, was first delivered to Swissair in 1996, and shares its cockpit concept and fly-by-wire controls with the A320 and A321. This page covers the history of the A319, its engines, cabin layouts, and clues that help separate it from its siblings.

Manufacturer
Airbus
ICAO type code
A319
Engine type
Jet

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About the Airbus A319

The A319 first flew on August 25, 1995. Airbus delivered the first aircraft to Swissair on April 25, 1996. It brought a shorter fuselage to the family, alongside the A320 and the stretched A321.

The A319 belongs to the original engine generation of the family, now called ceo, or Current Engine Option. The later A319neo is a separate tracking type. Airbus lists a maximum takeoff weight of 75.5 tonnes for its published A319ceo configuration. The applicable limit depends on the individual aircraft's approved weight variant.

Airbus quotes an overall length of 33.84 m, a wingspan of 35.80 m with Sharklets, a height of 11.76 m, and a fuselage width of 3.95 m, with a range of 6,950 km for aircraft fitted with Sharklets and a maximum operating Mach number of 0.82. Underfloor, the A319 takes four LD3-45W containers plus bulk cargo. The same ICAO designator also covers the corporate A-319 ACJ and the military VC-1 ACJ, while the re-engined A319neo carries its own code, A19N.

Seating capacity and cabin layout

Airbus describes the A319 cabin as flexible, with layouts from a 110-seat configuration a 156-seat high-density layout.

  • Typical two-class layout, per Airbus: 110 to 140 seats.
  • Published high-density passenger layout, per Airbus: 156 seats.

The operating airline's seat map is the relevant reference for a particular journey.

How to recognize an Airbus A319

The A319 uses the same 3.95 m wide fuselage as the rest of the A320 family, so it looks like a shorter A320 with the same nose, tail, and underwing engines. Exit arrangements can vary between configurations, so door count should not be used on its own to identify the type.

  • Wingtips: A319s fly with both wingtip fences and Sharklets. The presence of Sharklets alone does not change an original A319 into an A319neo.
  • Engines: the A319 is certified with both CFM56 and IAE V2500 engines, so engine type alone does not identify it.

Variants and related aircraft

The original A319 uses CFM56 or IAE V2500 engines. The FAA designator list also includes the ACJ319 corporate aircraft and VC-1 ACJ under A319. A shared type code does not mean that these aircraft have an airline passenger cabin.

The A319neo has newer engines and its own designator, A19N. Other related types are the A320 and A321, with their longer fuselages. These distinctions keep a model-specific map separate from a view of the entire Airbus A320 family.

Frequently asked questions

Which airline received the first Airbus A319?

Swissair took delivery of the first A319 on April 25, 1996. A first delivery records the handover to a customer and is distinct from the date of the first passenger service.

Is the A319neo included under the A319 type code?

No. ICAO assigns the A319neo its own designator, A19N. It has different engines, the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-JM or the CFM LEAP-1A, while A319 covers the CFM56 and V2500 powered models and the ACJ319.

How long is an Airbus A319?

Airbus gives an overall length of 33.84 meters for the A319ceo. This shorter fuselage is one of the features that distinguishes it from the A320 and A321.

Sources

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