What is it? A-___, A___, A ___ or Airbus ___?

#1

How do you write the format of the Airbus planes? Is it with a hyphen in the middle (e.g. A-320), a space in the middle (e.g. A 320), is it together (e.g. A320) or is it like this (e.g. Airbus 320)?

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#2

The formal ICAO of the Airbus A320 is just “A320”

It really just depends on where you’re talking about the plane. Sometimes you say A320, sometimes you’ll say Airbus A320.

I don’t normally hear people say Airbus 320, unless I’m wrong.

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#3

A320 or Airbus A320

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#4

It is usually said like this, or Airbus A320.

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#5

Sometimes pilots say “Airbus 380” or “Airbus 350”

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#6

thank you for all the help!!!

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#7

I have a guy who used to go to my school and he always referred to them as 320 or 350, you know what I mean. Really triggers me 😑

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#8

It doesn’t matter.

  • Airbus A320

  • A320

Or it’s designated code such as for the
A350-900 would be

  • A359
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#9

They say it when it is obvious that it is a plane. If I say Airbus 160 you might not understand.

That’s why airbus add a letter before any aircraft code : A320 (A for Airplane) H160 ( H for Helicopter)

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#10

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#11

Ummm. sure

To the original question. A means airbus so saying Airbus A320 is basically saying Airbus Airbus 320. But most people use that terminology.

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#12

facepalm intensifies

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#13

Don’t forget that when you put a “B” before a set of numbers, it means BigAirplane! Example B747: called super jumbo.

;)

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#14

Hi Swiss,

If you refer to my link I posted in your Boeing thread, it contains the Airbus aircraft as well.

Including it here for easy reference.

#15

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Wait…

I think it actually stands for Airbus.

Just a thought.

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#16

@Tim_B

You can’t just highlight something and leave out all the explanation.

@Charles_L

I wasn’t answering to the main question but just adding a fact on why pilots often leave out the “A”

@anon41771314

Thanks for your addition

@1Bit

Not funny didn’t laugh, I provided an explanation and didn’t just threw a random statement. I believe the Boeing case has nothing to do with it since people clearly say Boeing 737, not Boeing B737.

@Altaria55

You can leave your thoughts then as I am sure about what I am saying.

Maybe the A was first used to shorten Airbus but now it is used to distinguish it from Airbus Helicopter since the renaming of Eurocopter’s helicopters (or the other way around).

#17

Okay…

A320 is the ICAO code for the Airbus 320. The A standing for Airbus, not airplane.

A good comparison might be, oh, the B738, where the B stands for Boeing.

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#18

You don’t seem to understand me.

ICAO or not, you don’t say Boeing B787, yet you say Airbus A320.

I explained why above, I wasn’t talking about the ICAO codes anywhere.

#19

It is not a naming standard but in fact the name. Airbus A320 or you can say A320.

Saying “Airbus 320” is the same as calling my truck a “Ford 150”. No. The name is “Ford F150”

I think you are looking for a naming convention when is reality it is simply the name of the aircraft which can vary. Don’t read too much into things.

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#20

why are you replying if you’re unsure about your answer