narrowbody
An airliner with a single-aisle cabin, typically three to four metres across.
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narrow body
The narrowbody fleet — Boeing 737 and 757, the Airbus A320 family, the Embraer E-Jets, the Airbus A220 — is most of the world's commercial movements. That abundance is what makes a particular narrowbody interesting: an unusual operator, a special livery, or a variant that has become rare.
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