The family was extended to include the stretched A321 (first delivered 1994), the shortened A319 (1996), and the further shortened A318 (2003). The first member of the A320 family was the A320 which was launched in March 1984 and first flew on 22 February 1987. American Airlines is the largest operator with 133 A319ceo in its fleet. In addition, another 68 airliners are on firm order (comprising 2 A319ceo and 66 A319neo). The A319neo sales are much lower than other A320neo variants, with around 1% of orders by June 2020.Īs of November 2021, a total of 1,488 Airbus A319 aircraft have been delivered, of which 1,380 are in service. The aircraft promises fuel savings of up to 15%. The similarly shortened fuselage A319neo variant offers new, more efficient engines, combined with airframe improvements and the addition of winglets, named "sharklets" by Airbus. In December 2010, Airbus announced a new generation of the A320 family, the A320neo (new engine option). The aircraft shares a common type rating with all other Airbus A320 family variants, allowing existing A320 family pilots to fly the aircraft without the need for further training. The A319 is a shortened-fuselage variant of the Airbus A320 and entered service in April 1996 with Swissair, around two years after the stretched Airbus A321 and eight years after the original A320. Final assembly of the aircraft takes place in Hamburg, Germany and Tianjin, China. The Airbus A319 is a member of the Airbus A320 family of short- to medium-range, narrow-body, commercial passenger twin-engine jet airliners manufactured by Airbus. The A319 is a shorter Airbus A320, keeping its low wing, underwing twinjet configurationġ,488 as of 30 November 2021