article_snippet: The Airbus A320 is a very sophisticated and popular model,' Smith told MailOnline Travel. '
article_snippet: All Airbus models are designed similarly, and The Airbus A320 is the blueprint for other variations such as the A319 and the A321. '
article_snippet: The Airbus A320 is described as a 'workhorse' of the aerospace industry, transporting more than a million people a day from business travellers to backpackers.
article_snippet: Put together with the rest of the A320 family of twin-engine, single-aisle jets - the A318, A319 and A321 - more than 6,000 are in use several times a day.
article_snippet: The Airbus A320 has been described as the 'workhorse' of the aerospace industry (file photo)
article_snippet: To airlines, the main value of the £65million ($97million) jet is reliability and quick turnarounds, the features The Airbus A320 shares with the rival 737.
article_snippet: Germanwings parent Lufthansa recently placed orders for over 100 new A320s.
article_snippet: To ordinary passengers, the A320 that crashed looks much like other jets.
highlights_snippet: The Airbus A320 is one of world's most intensively used aircraft .
  