There are many types of planes in the world of commercial aviation today, which all seat different amounts of passengers and have a variety of flying ranges, not to mention the obvious difference of being driven by jet engines or propellers. Here I'm going to explain about the different ranges aircraft can have.
First of all, planes are made by companies in large factories. For example, two of the biggest plane manufacturers in the world (Airbus and Boeing) have main assembly factories in their countries of origin (France and USA respectively). Airbus' main assembly factory is located in Toulouse in the south of France, and Boeing's is located in 'Paine Field' which is just outside Seattle.
Aircraft are categorised by 'haul', according to how far they can fly on a full tank of fuel. In commercial aviation they are categorised into short-haul, medium-haul and long-haul. Some consider ultra long-haul to also be a category. Short-haul is defined as a flight shorter than 3 hours, medium is between 3 and 6, long is between 6 and 12 and ultra-long is over 12 hours. Typical examples of these aircraft include the Embraer 190 (short-haul), the Airbus A320 (medium-haul), the Boeing 747 (long- haul) and the Boeing 777-200LR (ultra long-haul).
A video of the brand new Airbus a330neo (a long-haul jet) taking off for the first time
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