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Passenger Jet Aircraft were introduced with the De Havilland Comet in 1949. Below is a list of passenger aircraft that have had first flights since then.

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[edit] 1940s and 1950s

1st
flight		 Aircraft Engines Body
Type		 Seats Service
Entry		 Notes
1949
July		 De Havilland Comet 1
 4
on wing		 narrow 36-44 Jan 1952
(BOAC)		 First commercial passenger jet
First variation of De Havilland Comet
1949
Aug		 Avro Jetliner
 4
on wing		 narrow 36 NEVER PRODUCED First Canadian passenger jet prototype
1954
July		 Boeing 707 Prototype
 4
on wing		 narrow 110-179 Oct 1958
(Pan Am)		 First American passenger jet
First variation of Boeing 707
1955
May		 Sud Aviation Caravelle
 2
at rear		 narrow 55-65 July 1959
(Air France)		 First French passenger jet
First 2-engine passenger jet
1955
Jun		 Tupolev Tu-104
 2
on wing		 narrow 50 Sep 1956
(Aeroflot)		 First Soviet passenger jet
1958
Apr		 De Havilland Comet 4
 4
on wing		 narrow 74-86 Oct 1958
(BOAC}
1958
May		 Douglas DC-8
 4
on wing		 narrow 180-259 Sep 1959
(United & Delta)
1959
 Convair 990
 4
on wing		 narrow Mar 1962
(American Airlines)
1959
Jan		 Convair 880
 4
on wing		 narrow 88-110 May 1960
(Delta Air Lines)
1959
June		 De Havilland Comet 4B
 4
on wing		 narrow 74-86 Apr 1960
(British European Airways}

[edit] 1960s

1st
flight		 Aircraft Engines Body
Type		 Seats Service
Entry		 Notes
1960
Mar
 Tupolev Tu-124
 2
on wing		 narrow 56 Oct 1962
(Aeroflot)
1962
Jan		 Hawker Siddeley Trident
 3
at rear		 narrow 111 Apr 1964
(British European Airways)		 First three engine passenger jet
1962
June		 Vickers VC-10
 4
at rear		 narrow 151 Apr 1964
(BOAC)
1963 Ilyushin Il-62
 4
at rear		 narrow 198 1967
(Aeroflot)		 First variation of Ilyushin Il-62
1963
Feb		 Boeing 727-100
 3
at rear		 narrow 189 Feb 1967
(Eastern Airlines)		 First variation of Boeing 727
1963
July		 Tupolev Tu-134
 2
at rear		 narrow 64-72 Sep 1967
(Aeroflot)
1963
Aug		 BAC 1-11-200
 2
on wing		 narrow 89 Jan 1965
(British United Airlines)
1965
Feb		 Douglas DC-9-10
 2
at rear		 narrow 90 Dec 1965
(Delta Air Lines)		 DC-9 family include MD80/MD90 and Boeing 717
First variation of DC-9 family
1966
Oct		 Yakovlev Yak-40
Soviet Union		 Image:Jakowlew Jak-40.jpg 3
at rear		 narrow 36  
(Aeroflot)
1967
May		 Fokker F28
 2
at rear		 narrow 65 Mar 1969
(Braathens)		 First Dutch passenger jet
1967
Apr		 Boeing 737-100
 2
on wing		 narrow Dec 1967
(Lufthansa)		 First Boeing twin-engine passenger jet
First variation of Boeing 737
1967
Aug		 Boeing 737-200
 2
on wing		 narrow Dec 1967
(United Airlines)
1968
Oct		 Tupolev Tu-154
 3
at rear		 narrow 180 1972
(Aeroflot)
1968
Dec		 Tupolev Tu-144
 4
supersonic		 narrow 120-140 Nov 1977
(Aeroflot)		 First passenger supersonic jet to fly (subsonic)
1969
Mar		 Concorde
 4
supersonic		 narrow 100 Jan 1976
(British Air & Air France)		 First passenger supersonic jet in passenger service
1969
Feb		 Boeing 747-100
 4
on wing		 WIDEBODY
upper deck		 419-524 Jan 1970
(Pan Am World Airways)		 First TWIN AISLE/WIDEBODY passenger jet
First variation of Boeing 747

[edit] 1970s

1st
flight		 Aircraft Engines Body
Type		 Seats Service Entry Notes
1970
Feb		 McDonnell Douglas DC-10
 3
wing/rear		 WIDEBODY Aug 1971
(American Airlines)		 First WIDEBODY 3-engine passenger jet
1970
Oct		 Boeing 747-200
 2
on wing		 WIDEBODY
partial upper deck		 June 1971
(KLM)		 Hold record for most passengers in flight
(1087 took off and one was born enroute)
1971 Ilyushin Il-62M
Soviet Union		 4
on rear		 narrow 198 1973
(Aeroflot)
1971
Apr		 Boeing 737-200 Adv
 2
on wing		 WIDEBODY 250-375 May 1971
(All Nippon Airways)
1971
Nov		 Lockheed L-1011
 3
wing/rear		 WIDEBODY Apr 1971
(Delta Air Lines)
1972
Oct		 Airbus A300
European Union		 2
on wing		 WIDEBODY 250-375 May 1974
(Air France)		 First WIDEBODY 2-engine passenger jet
First Airbus aircraft
1975
March
 Yakovlev Yak-42
Soviet Union		 3
at rear		 narrow 104-120 1980
(Aeroflot)		 Similar in design to Boeing 727
1975
July		 Boeing 747SP
 4
on wing		 WIDEBODY
upper deck		 Mar 1976
(Pan Am)
1976
Dec		 Ilyushin Il-86
Soviet Union		 4
on wing		 WIDEBODY
upper deck		 1980
(Aeroflot)		 First Soviet WIDEBODY passenger jet

[edit] 1980s

1st
flight		 Aircraft Engines Body
Type		 Seats Service Entry Notes
1980
Sep		 Shanghai Y-10
China		 4
on wing		 narrow NOT PRODUCED First Chineese passenger jet prototype
1981
Sep		 Boeing 767-200
 2
on wing		 WIDEBODY 181-252 Sep 1982
(United Airlines)		 First variation of Boeing 767
1981
Sep		 BAe 146-100
 4
on wing		 narrow 70 1983
(Dan-Air)		 First variation of BAe 146/Aero RJ
1981
Sep		 Boeing 767-200ER
 2
on wing		 WIDEBODY 181-252 1983
(El Al)
1982
Feb		 Boeing 757-200
 2
on wing		 narrow 150 Jan 1983
(Eastern Airlines)		 Replacement for Boeing 727
1982
Apr		 Airbus A310
European Union		 2
on wing		 WIDEBODY 200-280 Dec 1985
(Lufthansa and Swissair)
1984
Feb		 Boeing 737-300
 2
on wing		 narrow Nov 1984
(Southwest Airlines)
1986
Jan		 Boeing 767-300
 2
on wing		 WIDEBODY 218-351 1983
(Japan Airlines)
1986
Nov		 Fokker F100
 2
at rear		 narrow 100 1983
(Swissair)
1986
Dec		 Boeing 767-300ER
 2
on wing		 WIDEBODY 218-351 1987
(American Airlines)
1987
Feb		 Airbus A320
European Union		 2
on wing		 narrow 180 Mar 1988
(Air France)		 First variation of Airbus A318/A319/A320/A321
1988
Apr		 Boeing 747-400
 4
on wing		 WIDEBODY
upper deck		 347-594 Jan 1989
(Northwest Airlines)
1988
Sep		 Ilyushin Il-96-300
Soviet Union Russia		 4
on wing		 WIDEBODY 235 1993
(Aeroflot)

[edit] 1990s

1st
flight		 Aircraft Engines Body
Type		 Seats Service Entry Notes
1990
Jan		 McDonnell Douglas MD-11
 2
on rear		 WIDEBODY
323-410
 Dec 1990
(Finnair)
1991
May		 Bombardier CRJ-100
Canada		 2
on rear		 narrow 50 1992
(Lufthansa)
1991
Oct		 Airbus A340
European Union		 4
on wing		 WIDEBODY 261-440 Jan 1993
(Lufthansa)		 Uses same components as 2 engine, A330
First variation of Airbus A340
1992
Nov		 Airbus A330
European Union		 2
on wing		 WIDEBODY 253-440 Dec 1993
(Air Inter)		 Uses same components as 4 engine, A340
First variation of Airbus A330
1993
Mar		 Airbus A321
European Union		 2
on wing		 narrow 220 Jan 1994 lengthened 6.94m from A320
1994
June		 Boeing 777-200
 2
on wing		 WIDEBODY 301-500 June 1995
(United Airlines)		 First variation of Boeing 777
1995
Jan		 Airbus A319
European Union		 2
on wing		 narrow 145 Apr 1996 shortened 3.77m from A320
1995
Aug		 Embraer ERJ145
Brazil		 2
at rear		 narrow 50 Dec 1996
(ExpressJet Airline)
1996
Oct		 Boeing 777-200ER
 2
on wing		 WIDEBODY 301-500 Feb 1997
(British Airways)
1997
Jul		 Boeing 737-800
 2
on wing		 narrow Apr 1998
(Hapag-Lloyd )
1997
Oct		 Boeing 777-300
 2
on wing		 WIDEBODY 365-550 May 1998
(Cathay Pacific)		 extended 10.1m from 777-200
1998
Jan		 Boeing 737-600
 2
on wing		 narrow
1999
Feb		 Tupolev Tu-334
Russia		 2
at rear		 narrow 102
1999
Oct		 Boeing 767-400ER
 2
on wing		 WIDEBODY Sept 2000
(Continental Airlines)

[edit] 2000s

1st
flight		 Aircraft Engines Body
Type		 Seats Service Entry Notes
2000
Sept		 Boeing 737-900
 2
on wing		 narrow May 2001
(Alaska Airlines)
2001
Apr		 Airbus A340-600
European Union		 4
on wing		 WIDEBODY 314-419 Aug 2002
(Virgin Atlantic)		 lengthen 6.5m from the A340-500
2002
Jan		 Airbus A318
European Union		 2
on wing		 narrow 136 Oct 2003 shortened 6.17m from the A320
2002
Feb		 Airbus A340-500
European Union		 4
on wing		 WIDEBODY 313 Nov 2003
(Emirates Airline)
2002
Feb		 Embraer 170
Brazil		 2
on wing		 narrow 70 May 2004
(LOT Polish Airlines)
2002
July		 Boeing 747-400ER
 4
on wing		 WIDEBODY
upper deck		 Nov 2002
(Qantas Airlines)
2003
Feb
 Boeing 777-300ER
 2
on wing		 WIDEBODY 365-550 Apr 2004
(Air France)
2004
March		 Embraer 190
Brazil		 2
on wing		 narrow 98 Dec 2004
(jetBlue)
2005
March		 Boeing 777-200LR
 2
on wing		 WIDEBODY 301-500 Feb 2006
(Pakistan International Airlines)		 Holds record for longest non-stop flight
(11,664 nautical miles (21,601 km))
2005
Apr		 Airbus A380
European Union		 4
on wing		 WIDEBODY
upper deck		 555-840 Late 2006
(Singapore Airlines)		 First full double deck passenger jet
2005
Nov		 Airbus A340-600HGW
European Union		 4
on wing		 WIDEBODY 2006
(Qatar Airways)		 High Gross Weight version of A340-600
2007? Boeing 787-3
 2
on wing		 TWIN AISLE 200-350 2008?
(All Nippon Airways)
2007? Boeing 787-8
 2
on wing		 WIDEBODY 200-350 2008?
(All Nippon Airways)
2007? Boeing 787-9
 2
on wing		 WIDEBODY 200-350 2008?
(Air New Zealand)
2007? Sukhoi Superjet 100
Russia		 2
on wing		 narrow 60-95 2007?
 
2007?
 Antonov An-148-100
Ukraine		 2
on wing		 narrow 70-80 2008?
(Ilyushin Finance Co.)
2007? ARJ21-700
China		 2
on wing		 narrow 70-80 2008?
(Shanghai Airlines)
2007? ARJ21-900
China		 2
on wing		 narrow 90-100 2009?
 		 Streched version of ARJ21-700
2008? Boeing 747-8
 2
on wing		 WIDEBODY
upper-deck		 450 2009?
 		 Streched version of Boeing 747-400
2012? Airbus A350XWB
European Union		 2
on wing		 WIDEBODY 250-300 2012?
(Air Europa)

[edit] Date Unknown

1st
flight		 Aircraft Engines Body
Type		 Seats Service
Entry		 Notes
Tupolev Tu-204 Soviet Union 2 wing-mounted single aisle
196
 1989
(Aeroflot)
Tupolev Tu-214 Russia 2 wing-mounted single aisle
164-210
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