Editing Airliner (section)

==Notable airliners==
[[File:Development of long haul airliners.png|thumb|Development of the capabilities of long-haul airliners shown by some notable ones]]

[[File:De Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C, UK - Air Force AN1476165.jpg|thumb|[[De Havilland Comet]] – the first [[jetliner]]]]

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* [[Boeing 247]] – the first modern airliner, with all-metal construction and [[retractable landing gear]]
* [[Douglas DC-3]] – very widespread, still serving 
* [[Boeing 307 Stratoliner]] – the first with a [[pressurized cabin]]
*[[Boeing 377 Stratocruiser]] - popularized multiple passenger decks
* [[Vickers Viscount]] – the first [[turboprop]] airliner
* [[Lockheed Constellation]] – popularized the pressurized cabin
* [[Antonov An-2]] – a single engine biplane, a widespread large [[utility aircraft]] 
* [[De Havilland Comet]] – the first operational [[jetliner]], grounded by early crashes
* [[Tupolev Tu-104]] – the first [[twinjet]], developed into the first [[turbofan]]-powered airliner, the [[Tupolev Tu-124]] 
* [[Boeing 707]] – the most successful early jetliner, along the less widespread [[Douglas DC-8]]
* [[Sud Aviation Caravelle]] – the first jetliner with rear [[podded engine]]s, the configuration of the more widespread [[Douglas DC-9]]
* [[Boeing 737]] – the most successful jet airliner by deliveries as of 2022
* [[Tupolev Tu-144]] – the first operational [[supersonic transport]] in 1975, with passenger service 1977-78
* [[Concorde]] – the first supersonic airliner in passenger service, operating from 1976 to 2003; the first airliner with [[Fly-by-wire#Analog systems|fly-by-wire]] flight controls
* [[Boeing 747]] – the first [[wide-body aircraft]] and first [[high-bypass turbofan]]-powered airliner, the largest passenger airliner until the A380
* [[McDonnell Douglas DC-10]] – the first [[trijet]] wide-body, along the later [[Lockheed L-1011 TriStar]]
* [[Airbus A300]] – the first [[twinjet]] wide-body, followed by the [[Boeing 767]]
* [[Airbus A320 family|Airbus A320]] – the first airliner with [[Digital systems#fly-by-wire|digital fly-by-wire]] flight controls, the most ordered jet airliner {{as of|November 2019|lc=on}}<ref>{{cite web
| url          = https://www.flightglobal.com/orders-and-deliveries/a320s-order-total-overtakes-737s-as-max-crisis-persists/135347.article
| title        = A320's order total overtakes 737's as Max crisis persists
| last         = Kaminski-Morrow
| first        = David
| date         = 2019-11-15
| website      = Flight Global
| publisher    = DVV Media International Ltd
| access-date  = 2023-03-14
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20211026143931/https://www.flightglobal.com/orders-and-deliveries/a320s-order-total-overtakes-737s-as-max-crisis-persists/135347.article
| archive-date =2021-10-26}}</ref>
* [[Boeing 777]] – the largest twinjet
* [[Airbus A380]] – full [[double-deck aircraft]], the largest passenger airliner
* [[Boeing 787]] – the first airliner mostly constructed with [[composite materials]]