CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Mumbai-based airline Go First inducted its 55th Airbus A320 Neo in its fleet on Wednesday, expanding it to 60 aircraft, of which 55 are A320 Neo and 5 are A320 Ceo.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nearly 28 years after the first A320, on 25 January 2016, the A320neo entered service with Lufthansa, the type’s launch customer. It has a range of 6, 300 km (3, 400 nmi). Six months later at Farnborough Airshow, John Leahy reported that the eight in-service aircraft had achieved 99.7% dispatch reliability.

Detailed explanation-3: -American Airlines is the largest A320 operator with 467 aircraft in its fleet. In October 2019, the A320 family surpassed the Boeing 737 to become the highest-selling airliner.

Detailed explanation-4: -Airbus’s A320, whose program was launched in 1984, was designed as a narrow-body, short-to medium-range aircraft that incorporated numerous technical innovations, most notably fly-by-wire (electric rather than mechanically linked), computer-based flight controls. The A320 entered revenue service in 1988.