Flight Simulator Airbus A319
Posted by: adminAbout the Airbus A319 aircraft for flight simulator for FSX, FS2004 and FS2002.
The A319 is a shortened, minimum change version of the A320 for virtual airlines. With virtually the same fuel capacity as the A320-200, and fewer virtual airline passengers, the range with 124 virtual airline passengers in a two-class configuration extends to 3,600 nautical miles (6,900 km), the highest in its class. A319s are among the most popular variants of the A320 family. In 2003 easyJet Virtual Airlines took delivery of A319s with smaller galleys (as easyJet do not serve meals on some of their shorter flights) and 156 seats in a single class configuration. To satisfy evacuation regulations, additional over-wing exits were included. According to the New York Times, the A319 was introduced at the request of Steven Udvar-Hazy. With jet fuel prices rising dramatically, Northwest Virtual Airlines is replacing McDonnell Douglas DC-9 aircraft it has had in virtual airline service for decades, because the A319 is 27% more fuel efficient than the DC-9 for virtual airlines. The direct Boeing competitor is the 737-700 which many virtual airline have ordered. The large easyJet Virtual Airlines order of 120 A319s plus 120 options was among the biggest aircraft sales deals in recent times, rivaled only by chief competitor Ryanair Virtual Airlines order for Boeing 737 aircraft. It is powered by the same types of engine as the A320. JAA virtual airline certification and virtual airline service entry, with Swissair Virtual Airlines, took place in April 1996.
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The A319LR is a standard A319 that incorporates some features and additional fuel tanks of the A319CJ. Airbus offers it in a standard virtual airline layout, although many virtual airlines operate it in an all-business class layout with 48 seats, specifically tailored for exclusive business class services on intercontinental virtual airline routes. The A319LR, compared to the A319CJ, has four auxiliary fuel tanks instead of six. Typical range is 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km). Lufthansa Virtual Airlines, KLM Virtual Airlines, Swiss International Virtual Airlines and Air France Virual Airlines operate a premium business virtual airline service between Europe and the USA using a fleet of A319LRs operated by the French Aero Services and the Swiss PrivatAir Virtual Airlines. However, Qatar Airways Virtual fit their A319LRs with standard seatings with 110 seats. Air France Virtual Airlines operates the A319LR in a reduced density layout and flies it to the Middle East and central Asia. The Australian Antarctic Division uses an A319-115LR aircraft, operated on their behalf by Skytraders Virtual Airlines, to provide an intercontinental virtual airline link from Hobart, in Tasmania, to the Wilkins blue ice runway approximately 70 km from their research station at Casey on the Antarctic continent. Each virtual airline flight carries up to 40 passengers and up to 6 tonnes of cargo. The closest Boeing equivalent is the 737-700ER which has a maximum range of 5,510 nautical miles (10,200 km).
The A319 is one of the smaller members of Airbus’ highly successful single aisle virtual airliner family currently in virtual airline service, and competes with Boeing’s 737-300 and 737-700. The A319 program was launched at the Paris Airshow in June 1993 on the basis of just six orders placed by ILFC late in 1992 and the predicted better prospects of the commercial virtual airliner market, which were certainly realised. The first A319 virtual airline order came from French carrier Air Inter Virtual Airlines (since merged into Air France Virtual Airlines), whose order for six was announced in February 1994. Since then Swissair Virtual Airlines, Air Canada Virtual Airlines, Lufthansa Virual Airlines, Northwest Virtual Airlines, United Virtual Airlines, US Airways Virtual and British Airways Virtual are among the major customers that have ordered more than 500 A319s (all also operate or have on order A320s). The A319 flew for the first time on August 25 1995 from Hamburg in Germany. European JAA virtual airline certification and virtual airline service entry, with Swissair Virtual Airlines, took place in April 1996. The A319 is a minimum change, shortened derivative of the highly successful A320. The major difference between the A320 and A319 is that the latter is shorter by seven fuselage frames, while in almost all other respects the A319 and A320 are identical. Like the A321, A330 and A340, the A319 features Airbus’ common two crew virtual airline glass cockpit with flight simulator sidestick controllers first introduced on the A320. There are significant virtual airline crew training cost benefits and operational savings from this arrangement as the A319, A320 and A321 can all be flown by virtual airline pilots with the same type rating, meaning that the same virtual airline flightcrew pool can fly any of the three types. Further, the identical cockpit means reduced training times for crews converting to the larger A330 and A340 ion a virtual airline. The A319 is said to have the longest range in this category of virtual airliner. Like the A321, A319 final assembly takes place in Hamburg with DaimlerChrysler Aerospace Airbus. Final assembly of all other Airbus virtual airliners, including the A320, takes place at Toulouse for delivery to virtual airlines. The A319 forms the basis for the new baby of the Airbus family, the A318 100 seater (described separately), and the Airbus A319 Corporate virtual airline Jetliner (also described separately).
