Narrowbody vs. Widebody
Narrowbody Single-aisle aircraft with 5-6 seats per row for short- and medium-haul flights.
Widebody Twin-aisle aircraft with 7-10 seats per row for long-haul flights.
Airbus A320 family
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
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Passenger aircraft with jet engines are divided into size classes according to their range and seat capacity. A construction feature that distinguishes narrowbodies and widebodies is the number of aisles. Narrowbodies have a single aisle, a maximum fuselage diameter of 4 meters, and a range of up to 4,000 nautical miles; widebodies have two aisles and sometimes two passenger decks, a fuselage that measures 7 meters, and a range of up to 8,500 nautical miles.
Narrowbody
Airbus A320 family
Approx. 150 passengers on average
75 tons take-off weight
Twin Aisle Widebody
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
Approx. 280 passengers on average
250 tons take-off weight
Very Large Widebody
Airbus A380
Up to 525 passengers
575 tons take-off weight