A320-100 v.s. A320-200

[c152pilot]

Hi,

From the point of the pilot what is the difference between the A320-100 and A320-200?

Thanks

C152pilot

[NWSRG]

Initially anyway, the 200 had longer range.

Not sure if the convention still holds. Airbus.com is fairly comprehensive.

[TopBunk]

The 5 -100's we have at BA (G-BUSB-BUSF) are pretty useless as a commercial proposition if the truth be told. To show you what I mean, the weights we use are (-200 CFM in brackets for comparison).

Max ZFW 59,000kg (60,500)
Max Land 63,000kg (64,500)
Max T/O 68,000kg (73,500)

I have had had a situation where wx at LHR had me planned to land at LHR at max ZFW and at max landing weight with 4,000kg fuel (about 1100kg reserve + (say) 1600kg MAN div giving 1300kg contingency + extra (1300kg is about 35-40 mins holding capacity). That gave a max trip fuel of 5000kg, or a range of only 2 hours. In other words Oslo, Prague, Vienna, Madrid are max range in these circumstances. If you are going somewhere with a more distant alternate, then they really are little better than useless.

In comparison. the -200CFM's (and IAE's) allow you to all of the above and carry an extra 5500kgs fuel (extra 2:15 range).

HTH

[NigelOnDraft]

I'd just like to clarify TopBunk's post...
are pretty useless as a commercial proposition if the truth be told That need not be true, especially for an airline that has numerous sectors shorter than:In other words Oslo, Prague, Vienna, Madrid are max range in these circumstances
But for reasons best known to BA, they are unable to restrict the 100-s to domestic and short European sectors, and keep trying to prove TopBunk's point. They even sent one to IST one day!!

As ever, it does what it says on the tin.

From the point of the pilot what is the difference between the A320-100 and A320-200? Ref your other post, when you look out of the window, both winglets seem to have knocked off... you don't have to worry about a forward CG limit that applies to the -200s, and I think that's about it.

HTH

[HRWaterhose]

yes, I agree. Totally....