Fairchild Dornier 728 Single Aisle Jet Airliner, USA/Germany
Key Data:
Order year
1998
Project type
Aeroplanes and Airships
Base country
International
Estimated investment
$1.2 billion
Completion
2002
Crew
4
Passenger capacity
70 - 85
Key Players:
Sponsor
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Allianz Capital Partners
Lead contractor
Fairchild Dornier
Financing
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Allianz Capital Partners
Others
Lufthansa, Honeywell, Parker Aerospace,B.F. Goodridge and Hamilton Sundstrand.
Dimensions:
Length
27.03 m (88 ft 8 in)
Cabin length
18.02 m (59 ft 2 in)
Height
9.04 m (29 ft 8 in)
Wingspan
27.12 m (89 ft)
Weights:
Max take-off weight
35,200 kg (77,602 lb)
Max landing weight
32,420 kg (71,473 lb)
Max zero fuel weight
30,300 kg (66,799 lb)
Max payload weight
8,554 kg (18,860 lb)
Engines:
Type
2 x General Electric CF34-8D1
Take-off thrust – normal
55.6 kN (12,500 lb)
Performance:
Maximum speed (Mmo)
0.82 Mach
Range
2550 km (1400 nm)
Max operating altitude
12,497 m (41,000 ft)
Take-off field length MTOW
1,463 m (4,800 ft)
Single engine service ceiling 95% of MTOW
6,202 m (21,350 ft)
Landing field length
1,420 m (4,659 ft)
Output:
Number
200 (on order)
