Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ318
The ACJ318 was the corporate version of the A318, the smallest member of the A320 family, announced in 2005 as the A318 Elite and delivered from 2007, with Swiss charter operator Comlux as launch customer. With two additional centre tanks it offered a 4,200 nm range and cabins for 14 to 18 passengers, and about 20 were delivered before production ended in 2013.
In short: The Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ318 is a Bizliner with a range of 4,200 nm, a cruise speed of 470 knots and room for 14 passengers. and costs roughly $8,500 an hour to operate (estimate).
4,200 nm
Range
470 kts
Max cruise
14–18
Passengers
—
New price
Highlights
- 4,200 nm range with two additional centre tanks
- 71 ft cabin on the A320 family cross-section
- About 20 delivered between 2007 and 2013
Performance
- Range
- 4,200 nm
- Max cruise
- 470 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.82
- Max altitude
- 41,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 5,860 ft
- Landing distance
- 4,050 ft
- MTOW
- 149,900 lb
- Engines
- 2 × CFM International CFM56-5B9
- Thrust per engine
- 23,300 lbf
- Fuel burn
- 700 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Airbus A320 family fly-by-wire glass cockpit
Cabin
- Passengers
- 14 / 18
- Cabin length
- 70.9 ft
- Cabin width
- 12.1 ft
- Cabin height
- 7.3 ft
- Cabin volume
- 5,526 cu ft
- Baggage
- Not published
- Min. crew
- 2
Economics
- New price
- —
- Variable cost / hr
- $8,500
- Fixed cost / yr
- $2,600,000
- First delivery
- 2007
- Out of production
- 2013
- Units built
- 20
- Pre-owned range
- Not published
Estimates. Operating costs and pre-owned prices are modelled from industry benchmarks and updated quarterly. Data reviewed 2026-09-13. Sources & methodology.
Dimensions & weights
- Length
- 103.2 ft
- Wingspan
- 111.9 ft
- Height
- 41.2 ft
- Max fuel
- 48,640 lb
Programme milestones
- 2002-01-15First flight · A318 airliner first flight en.wikipedia.org
- 2005-11-10Announced · A318 Elite announced en.wikipedia.org
- 2013Production ended · A318 production ends en.wikipedia.org
Sources (6)
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
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Estimates. Operating costs and pre-owned prices are modelled from industry benchmarks and updated quarterly.
Residual value curve
Estimated value retention over 10 years from new, by category depreciation model.
Year 10: 45% ≈ $0M
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