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Lufthansa Airbus A320-211 taking off at
Stuttgart Airport, Germany. The
Airbus A320 family, consisting of the
A318,
A319, A320, and
A321, pioneered the use of digital
fly-by-wire flight control systems and
side-stick controls in commercial aircraft. Since the 1980s, a total of 7,442 Airbus A320-family aircraft have been delivered, of which 7,122 are in service. The largest
A320 fleet is that of
American Airlines, with 380 aircraft.
Photograph: Julian Herzog