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Have noticed that photos of Volotea A319s show some with single overwing exit per side, some with two as easyJet and on A320s, plus a third layout which looks like a second exit added a row or two back from the first as a retrofit?
Could anyone confirm if this unique to Volotea or do other operators have this layout?
DaveReidUK
2nd Apr 2019, 20:14
Some of Volotea's A319s have a "Cut here" outline 4 windows aft of the E/E. Are you sure that's not what you're seeing ?
I believe that if the A319 has more than 150 seats, 4 overwing exits are required.
DaveReidUK
3rd Apr 2019, 15:20
I believe that if the A319 has more than 150 seats, 4 overwing exits are required.
There's a little bit more to it (i.e. if the aircraft has Type C* exits), but that's essentially the case. Volotea's ex-EZY A319s have the double E/E for that reason.
Silence from the OP - perhaps he didn't get the answer he was looking for.
rog747
3rd Apr 2019, 17:23
Easyjet wanted 156 seats in their A319's so an extra pair of over-wing exits were added by AB.
A few other airlines such as Germania also took this option to enable high density Ops.
I think Volotea obtained a couple of a/c with the extra exits.
No aftermarket exits have ever been added to any Airbus' -
Dan Air and Monarch both added extra exits to secondhand 727-100's and 720B's to enable more pax, and at BMA we enlarged the aft of the wing hatch on our 3 707-320C's in 1982 with a new 757 type (aka door 3) to enable 212 pax ( with a slide...)
DaveReidUK
3rd Apr 2019, 18:48
I think Volotea obtained a couple of a/c with the extra exits.
Yes, as I alluded to in my previous post, some of Volotea's A319s are ex-EasyJet (5 of them). Those have the double E/E on each side and 156 seats.
Thank you all for your explanations.I had not realised the added cut here markings existed these days.