A318 is the smallest member of the Airbus A320 series. It is short, sleek and cute, and is called "baby bus".
A318 is a new shortening based on A319, and the maximum number of passengers is reduced to 132 people. The intention of Airbus to tinker with this thing is to make it adapt to the short runway market; Airbus also hopes that all airports will treat it as a "sub-line" and do not collect the take-off and landing fees according to the standard of trunk passenger planes. In this way, the operating cost of is reduced and the competitiveness can be improved.
Picture: British Airways A318 Network image
But all hopes were lost, and the ending was unexpectedly bad. The A318 can be said to be a more failed model than the A380. This aircraft was produced in 2003 and was discontinued in 2013, and barely built 81 aircraft.
The reasons for the complete failure of the A318 summarized by the flying friends include but are not limited to: 1. This guy has six seats in each row, and everyone does not agree to it as a "sub-line"; 2. The short runway airport believes that having ERJ and CRJ is enough; 3. Some airports say that when needed, they expand the runway to welcome A320, and there is no need for A318; 4. The fuselage is too short and it is not economical enough; 5. The range behind the fuselage is limited, so it is not far away!
Picture: Air France is still operating A318. Network image
. There are so many shortcomings, and the companies that introduced it to carry out passenger transport are very miserable, including British Airways Air France Columbia, and also Romania . Now, in addition to Air France still insisting on using a few aircraft, many companies have retired the A318. Because spare parts are common to the A320 series, most of the A318s in the world have been disassembled, so it is also the "fastest disassembly model" in history.
In order to retain the A318, Airbus once changed the A318 to a "business jet" called A318CJ. In history, some of the "short, thick, and horizontal" models were popular among the rich, such as the 747SP and the A340-200. Unreliable comments said that this may be because the space is smaller after the body is shorter, making it easier to clean.
Picture: A318CJ Business jet Photo: zhangmx969
But A318CJ did not encounter such a good thing. Rich people don’t care about fuel consumption, but the voyage is concerned. The A318CJ can only fly up to 7,000 kilometers, which is too cumbersome to use. Therefore, changing to a business jet did not save the fate of the A318. Except for Middle East and China, A318CJ only retains one in the United States, Luxembourg , Turkey and Russia.
There are 6 A318CJs in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and only 3 in mainland China: one appeared in 2008 (A), one appeared in 2009 (B), and one appeared in 2012 (C). According to data, A and C have changed hands many times. A has gone from Asia United to China Eastern Airlines and then to Asia Merchants, and is now painted in a similar way to the US Air Force One . C changed from GCL Energy to Asia United business jet, and the logo on his face disappeared.
Picture: B-6936 no LOGO Photo: Pull up the curtains
The most mysterious of the three frames is B, registration number B-6188, a very lucky license. According to data, it was introduced by "Anzhong Petroleum Corporation" in 2009, and the property rights have not been changed since then. But from the coating, it wiped off the tail logo shortly after it arrived, and sprayed the Air China and Beijing Airlines marks successively. In August this year, it was suddenly dismantled and transported to Guangzhou.
B-6188 doesn’t fly much and is rarely captured by the cameras of flying friends. But since 2014, it has basically been thrown near the cargo pings of Hong Kong Airport , and you can always see it every time you come and go. This plane was shipped in 2008. Why did it stop flying after only six years?
Picture: "Anzhong Petroleum" has been thrown in Hong Kong for eight years. Photo: Pull up the curtains
Recently, there are photos showing that it has been painted as China Southern Airlines painted and used as a "training tool". It is a pity that a plane worth tens of millions of dollars has become a teaching aid for corpses at such a variety of ages. However, most A318s in the world have the same fate, and the "organ" of B-6188 may have been transplanted by China Southern Airlines for other aircraft, which is not a waste. Although
may not be wasted, in short, the A318 in mainland China suddenly decreased by one third!
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