narrow body
/ˈnɛroʊˌbɑdi/
noun
- An aircraft with a single aisle and a fuselage width of typically 3–4 meters, designed for short to medium-haul flights.
- The airport expanded its gates to accommodate more narrow-bodies.
- Most narrow-bodies can carry between 100 and 200 passengers.
- The pilot trained on both narrow-bodies and wide-bodies.
adjective
- Relating to an aircraft with a single aisle and typically fewer than 200 seats, used for short to medium-haul flights.
- The airline uses narrow-body planes for its domestic routes.
- Passengers on narrow-body flights often board through a single door.
- Narrow-body aircraft are more fuel-efficient for short trips than wide-body jets.
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