AIRBUS has delivered its first A318, to Frontier Airlines the first of five A318s to cross the Atlantic to the Denver, Colorado-based, carrier by the end of 2004. The smallest member of the A320 family the A318 can accommodate up to 114 passengers in a single-class configuration. Like all A319s and A321s, the A318s are delivered from Airbus” Single-Aisle Centre in Hamburg, Germany. Frontier, currently operating 19 of the larger A319s in its fleet, is on its way to becoming an all-Airbus operator and has confirmed plans to add another 52 A319s over the next five years. http://www.airbus.com top