User:Mnw2000/Aircraft 1st Flights

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Passenger Jet Aircraft were introduced with the De Havilland Comet in 1949. Below is a list of passenger aircraft that have had first flights since then.

1 1940s and 1950s
2 1960s
3 1970s
4 1980s
5 1990s
6 2000s
7 Date Unknown

[edit] 1940s and 1950s

1st flight	Aircraft	Engines	Body Type	Seats	Service Entry	Notes
1949 July	De Havilland Comet 1	4 on wing	narrow	36-44	Jan 1952 (BOAC)	First commercial passenger jet First variation of De Havilland Comet
1949 Aug	Avro Jetliner	4 on wing	narrow	36	NEVER PRODUCED	First Canadian passenger jet prototype
1954 July	Boeing 707 Prototype	4 on wing	narrow	110-179	Oct 1958 (Pan Am)	First American passenger jet First variation of Boeing 707
1955 May	Sud Aviation Caravelle	2 at rear	narrow	55-65	July 1959 (Air France)	First French passenger jet First 2-engine passenger jet
1955 Jun	Tupolev Tu-104	2 on wing	narrow	50	Sep 1956 (Aeroflot)	First Soviet passenger jet
1958 Apr	De Havilland Comet 4	4 on wing	narrow	74-86	Oct 1958 (BOAC}
1958 May	Douglas DC-8	4 on wing	narrow	180-259	Sep 1959 (United & Delta)
1959	Convair 990	4 on wing	narrow		Mar 1962 (American Airlines)
1959 Jan	Convair 880	4 on wing	narrow	88-110	May 1960 (Delta Air Lines)
1959 June	De Havilland Comet 4B	4 on wing	narrow	74-86	Apr 1960 (British European Airways}

[edit] 1960s

1st flight	Aircraft	Engines	Body Type	Seats	Service Entry	Notes
1960 Mar	Tupolev Tu-124	2 on wing	narrow	56	Oct 1962 (Aeroflot)
1962 Jan	Hawker Siddeley Trident	3 at rear	narrow	111	Apr 1964 (British European Airways)	First three engine passenger jet
1962 June	Vickers VC-10	4 at rear	narrow	151	Apr 1964 (BOAC)
1963	Ilyushin Il-62	4 at rear	narrow	198	1967 (Aeroflot)	First variation of Ilyushin Il-62
1963 Feb	Boeing 727-100	3 at rear	narrow	189	Feb 1967 (Eastern Airlines)	First variation of Boeing 727
1963 July	Tupolev Tu-134	2 at rear	narrow	64-72	Sep 1967 (Aeroflot)
1963 Aug	BAC 1-11-200	2 on wing	narrow	89	Jan 1965 (British United Airlines)
1965 Feb	Douglas DC-9-10	2 at rear	narrow	90	Dec 1965 (Delta Air Lines)	DC-9 family include MD80/MD90 and Boeing 717 First variation of DC-9 family
1966 Oct	Yakovlev Yak-40	3 at rear	narrow	36	(Aeroflot)
1967 May	Fokker F28	2 at rear	narrow	65	Mar 1969 (Braathens)	First Dutch passenger jet
1967 Apr	Boeing 737-100	2 on wing	narrow		Dec 1967 (Lufthansa)	First Boeing twin-engine passenger jet First variation of Boeing 737
1967 Aug	Boeing 737-200	2 on wing	narrow		Dec 1967 (United Airlines)
1968 Oct	Tupolev Tu-154	3 at rear	narrow	180	1972 (Aeroflot)
1968 Dec	Tupolev Tu-144	4 supersonic	narrow	120-140	Nov 1977 (Aeroflot)	First passenger supersonic jet to fly (subsonic)
1969 Mar	Concorde	4 supersonic	narrow	100	Jan 1976 (British Air & Air France)	First passenger supersonic jet in passenger service
1969 Feb	Boeing 747-100	4 on wing	WIDEBODY upper deck	419-524	Jan 1970 (Pan Am World Airways)	First TWIN AISLE/WIDEBODY passenger jet First variation of Boeing 747

[edit] 1970s

1st flight	Aircraft	Engines	Body Type	Seats	Service Entry	Notes
1970 Feb	McDonnell Douglas DC-10	3 wing/rear	WIDEBODY		Aug 1971 (American Airlines)	First WIDEBODY 3-engine passenger jet
1970 Oct	Boeing 747-200	2 on wing	WIDEBODY partial upper deck		June 1971 (KLM)	Hold record for most passengers in flight (1087 took off and one was born enroute)
1971	Ilyushin Il-62M	4 on rear	narrow	198	1973 (Aeroflot)
1971 Apr	Boeing 737-200 Adv	2 on wing	WIDEBODY	250-375	May 1971 (All Nippon Airways)
1971 Nov	Lockheed L-1011	3 wing/rear	WIDEBODY		Apr 1971 (Delta Air Lines)
1972 Oct	Airbus A300	2 on wing	WIDEBODY	250-375	May 1974 (Air France)	First WIDEBODY 2-engine passenger jet First Airbus aircraft
1975 March	Yakovlev Yak-42	3 at rear	narrow	104-120	1980 (Aeroflot)	Similar in design to Boeing 727
1975 July	Boeing 747SP	4 on wing	WIDEBODY upper deck		Mar 1976 (Pan Am)
1976 Dec	Ilyushin Il-86	4 on wing	WIDEBODY upper deck		1980 (Aeroflot)	First Soviet WIDEBODY passenger jet

[edit] 1980s

1st flight	Aircraft	Engines	Body Type	Seats	Service Entry	Notes
1980 Sep	Shanghai Y-10	4 on wing	narrow		NOT PRODUCED	First Chineese passenger jet prototype
1981 Sep	Boeing 767-200	2 on wing	WIDEBODY	181-252	Sep 1982 (United Airlines)	First variation of Boeing 767
1981 Sep	BAe 146-100	4 on wing	narrow	70	1983 (Dan-Air)	First variation of BAe 146/Aero RJ
1981 Sep	Boeing 767-200ER	2 on wing	WIDEBODY	181-252	1983 (El Al)
1982 Feb	Boeing 757-200	2 on wing	narrow	150	Jan 1983 (Eastern Airlines)	Replacement for Boeing 727
1982 Apr	Airbus A310	2 on wing	WIDEBODY	200-280	Dec 1985 (Lufthansa and Swissair)
1984 Feb	Boeing 737-300	2 on wing	narrow		Nov 1984 (Southwest Airlines)
1986 Jan	Boeing 767-300	2 on wing	WIDEBODY	218-351	1983 (Japan Airlines)
1986 Nov	Fokker F100	2 at rear	narrow	100	1983 (Swissair)
1986 Dec	Boeing 767-300ER	2 on wing	WIDEBODY	218-351	1987 (American Airlines)
1987 Feb	Airbus A320	2 on wing	narrow	180	Mar 1988 (Air France)	First variation of Airbus A318/A319/A320/A321
1988 Apr	Boeing 747-400	4 on wing	WIDEBODY upper deck	347-594	Jan 1989 (Northwest Airlines)
1988 Sep	Ilyushin Il-96-300	4 on wing	WIDEBODY	235	1993 (Aeroflot)

[edit] 1990s

1st flight	Aircraft	Engines	Body Type	Seats	Service Entry	Notes
1990 Jan	McDonnell Douglas MD-11	2 on rear	WIDEBODY	323-410	Dec 1990 (Finnair)
1991 May	Bombardier CRJ-100	2 on rear	narrow	50	1992 (Lufthansa)
1991 Oct	Airbus A340	4 on wing	WIDEBODY	261-440	Jan 1993 (Lufthansa)	Uses same components as 2 engine, A330 First variation of Airbus A340
1992 Nov	Airbus A330	2 on wing	WIDEBODY	253-440	Dec 1993 (Air Inter)	Uses same components as 4 engine, A340 First variation of Airbus A330
1993 Mar	Airbus A321	2 on wing	narrow	220	Jan 1994	lengthened 6.94m from A320
1994 June	Boeing 777-200	2 on wing	WIDEBODY	301-500	June 1995 (United Airlines)	First variation of Boeing 777
1995 Jan	Airbus A319	2 on wing	narrow	145	Apr 1996	shortened 3.77m from A320
1995 Aug	Embraer ERJ145	2 at rear	narrow	50	Dec 1996 (ExpressJet Airline)
1996 Oct	Boeing 777-200ER	2 on wing	WIDEBODY	301-500	Feb 1997 (British Airways)
1997 Jul	Boeing 737-800	2 on wing	narrow		Apr 1998 (Hapag-Lloyd )
1997 Oct	Boeing 777-300	2 on wing	WIDEBODY	365-550	May 1998 (Cathay Pacific)	extended 10.1m from 777-200
1998 Jan	Boeing 737-600	2 on wing	narrow
1999 Feb	Tupolev Tu-334	2 at rear	narrow	102
1999 Oct	Boeing 767-400ER	2 on wing	WIDEBODY		Sept 2000 (Continental Airlines)

[edit] 2000s

1st flight	Aircraft	Engines	Body Type	Seats	Service Entry	Notes
2000 Sept	Boeing 737-900	2 on wing	narrow		May 2001 (Alaska Airlines)
2001 Apr	Airbus A340-600	4 on wing	WIDEBODY	314-419	Aug 2002 (Virgin Atlantic)	lengthen 6.5m from the A340-500
2002 Jan	Airbus A318	2 on wing	narrow	136	Oct 2003	shortened 6.17m from the A320
2002 Feb	Airbus A340-500	4 on wing	WIDEBODY	313	Nov 2003 (Emirates Airline)
2002 Feb	Embraer 170	2 on wing	narrow	70	May 2004 (LOT Polish Airlines)
2002 July	Boeing 747-400ER	4 on wing	WIDEBODY upper deck		Nov 2002 (Qantas Airlines)
2003 Feb	Boeing 777-300ER	2 on wing	WIDEBODY	365-550	Apr 2004 (Air France)
2004 March	Embraer 190	2 on wing	narrow	98	Dec 2004 (jetBlue)
2005 March	Boeing 777-200LR	2 on wing	WIDEBODY	301-500	Feb 2006 (Pakistan International Airlines)	Holds record for longest non-stop flight (11,664 nautical miles (21,601 km))
2005 Apr	Airbus A380	4 on wing	WIDEBODY upper deck	555-840	Late 2006 (Singapore Airlines)	First full double deck passenger jet
2005 Nov	Airbus A340-600HGW	4 on wing	WIDEBODY		2006 (Qatar Airways)	High Gross Weight version of A340-600
2007?	Boeing 787-3	2 on wing	TWIN AISLE	200-350	2008? (All Nippon Airways)
2007?	Boeing 787-8	2 on wing	WIDEBODY	200-350	2008? (All Nippon Airways)
2007?	Boeing 787-9	2 on wing	WIDEBODY	200-350	2008? (Air New Zealand)
2007?	Sukhoi Superjet 100	2 on wing	narrow	60-95	2007?
2007?	Antonov An-148-100	2 on wing	narrow	70-80	2008? (Ilyushin Finance Co.)
2007?	ARJ21-700	2 on wing	narrow	70-80	2008? (Shanghai Airlines)
2007?	ARJ21-900	2 on wing	narrow	90-100	2009?	Streched version of ARJ21-700
2008?	Boeing 747-8	2 on wing	WIDEBODY upper-deck	450	2009?	Streched version of Boeing 747-400
2012?	Airbus A350XWB	2 on wing	WIDEBODY	250-300	2012? (Air Europa)