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Airbus Corporate Jet family

The ACJ story, from first flight to lasting reputation

Airbus single-aisle and widebody platforms adapted for private, corporate, and government passenger missions.

Airbus Corporate Jet family is a in service business jet built by Airbus. It first flew in 1995, entered service in 1999, and went on to shape airline fleets, passenger journeys, and aviation memory.

First flight

1995

Service entry

1999

Seating band

8 to 25

Airbus Corporate Jet family is an in-service business jet by Airbus, first flown in 1995 and introduced in 1999, with typical seating for 8 to 25 and range up to 6,000 nautical miles.

Its place in business aviation comes from the combination of mission capability, cabin layout, operator use, and the reasons buyers kept the type or moved to its successors.

Range band

6,000 nm

Notable operators

Corporate operators · Government fleets · VIP charter operators

Source stack

  • Official manufacturer product pages and brochures
  • FAA or EASA type certificate material
  • operator mission and cabin references

Variants

Representative variants

Variant

ACJ319neo

ACJ319neo is an in-service member of the Airbus Corporate Jet family, known for the compact long-range neo branch at the center of the single-aisle ACJ line.

Range 6,750 nm · Entry 2019

Variant

ACJ320neo

ACJ320neo is an in-service member of the Airbus Corporate Jet family, known for the larger single-aisle branch with substantially more floor area.

Range 6,000 nm · Entry 2020

Variant

ACJ330neo

ACJ330neo is an in-service member of the Airbus Corporate Jet family, known for the widebody ACJ option for the longest missions and largest private cabins.

Range 10,400 nm · Entry 2020

Specifications

Current public facts

Manufacturer
Airbus
Program history
Class
Business jet
Aircraft category
First flight
1995-08-25
Program history
Service entry
1999
Operator records
Current status
In service
Fleet references
Typical seating
8 to 25
Operator and cabin references
Range band
Up to 6,000 nm
Program literature
Cruise speed
447 kt
Planning data

Archive moments

Human context

The ACJ line brings mainline-airliner cabin width to private aviation, allowing lounges, bedrooms, offices, and support spaces within a familiar Airbus platform.
Business-aviation pages stay focused on engineering, cabin layout, and mission logic instead of celebrity shorthand or lifestyle fog.

Timeline

Program milestones

  1. 1995

    First flight

    The ACJ begins flight testing and establishes the public shape of the family.

  2. 1999

    Service entry

    The family enters passenger or executive service and begins building its operating footprint.

  3. Today

    Current role

    The family remains active in service and still shapes fleet, mission, or archive discussions.

Related news

Editorial context

All news
No editorial dispatches are attached to this family yet. The aircraft record is live, and newsroom or archive coverage can be layered onto it later without changing the URL.

Forum threads

Community memory

Family hub
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ACJ current fleet watch

Ongoing sightings, deployment shifts, new operators, route changes, and cabin updates for the Airbus Corporate Jet family.