Today air transport is one of the most popular means of transportation. There are so many pieces of passenger equipment in the modern world that one passenger airliner lands somewhere on the globe every 3 seconds. Below is the most common classification of airplanes.

Wide-body
These aircrafts are large in size and designed for medium and long distance flights (some models can fly distances up to 11 000 km). The hull length can reach 70 meters and the width of the cabin can accommodate 7-10 seats in a row. Aircraft such as the Boeing 747 and A380 have two decks. Due to their high cost, the airliners of this group are at the disposal of a relatively small number of airlines.

Narrowbody
This is the largest group, the airliners of which are usually used for routes of short or medium length. The diameter of the fuselage is usually no more than 4 meters. The most famous aircraft in this category is the Boeing 737, to be exact, the 10 types of aircraft belonging to the Boeing 737 family.

Regional and Local.
The former include small aircraft that carry up to 100 passengers for distances not exceeding 2-3 thousand kilometers. It is noteworthy that both turboprop and jet engines can be used. As examples of aircraft from this group we can mention ERJ, ATR, Dash-8 and SAAB.

Local aircrafts overcome at a time route length of not more than 1000 km, the cabin provides a maximum of 20 seats. The most famous manufacturers of these vehicles are Cessna and Beechcraft.