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Airbus A320ceo
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Field marks
- Wingtip fences, not sharklets, are the tell against any neo
- Slimmer, round engine nacelles than a neo — visibly smaller relative to the wing
- Rounded cockpit windows and a pointed nose rule out any 737
Specs
- Length
- 37.57 m
- Wingspan
- 34.10 m
- Engines
- CFM56-5B / IAE V2500
- Typical seats
- 150–186
Variant notes
- Original CFM56/V2500-powered generation, produced 1988–2019 before the neo took over
- A sharklet retrofit became available from 2018 but uptake is limited — most ceos still fly with fences
- Still the single most numerous A320-family variant in service worldwide
Commonly confused with
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Airbus A320neo
Airbus
Sharklets plus visibly fat engine nacelles mark it as a neo
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Airbus A319
Airbus
Wingtip fences (flat plates above and below the tip) are the default — an upturned sharklet marks a rare neo or retrofit
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Airbus A321ceo
Airbus
Four overwing exits (two pairs) instead of the A320's two are the length tell up close
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Boeing 737NG
Boeing
The engine nacelle is sliced flat on the bottom — the classic 737 tell, needed for ground clearance on its low-slung gear