How the Caravelle 10B3 fits into the Caravelle story
Caravelle 10B3 is the representative branch of the Sud Aviation Caravelle family, capturing the higher-thrust late branch that kept the family relevant into the JT8D era.
This page isolates the Caravelle 10B3 branch of the Sud Aviation Caravelle family, focusing on the engines, service entry, seating, range, and mission role that justify a dedicated variant page while keeping the family history on the canonical parent URL.
Service entry
1970
Seating
105 to 118
Range
1,800 nm
Variant history
Why it branches from the family
The Caravelle 10B3 is treated as the representative branch because it captures the higher-thrust late branch that kept the family relevant into the JT8D era.
Variant pages stay intentionally narrower than the family page so differences in cabin, engines, mission, and market role remain clear without duplicating the full program history.
Fact rows
Reference snapshot
- Engines
- Pratt & Whitney JT8D
- Type data
- Service entry
- 1970
- Operator records
- Typical seating
- 105 to 118
- Operator layouts
- Range
- 1,800 nm
- Planning data
Return to the family page
Variant pages stay intentionally narrower than family pages. They isolate meaningful technical or commercial differences while the canonical family page holds the broader historical narrative.