The Airbus 320-200 is the second series in the amazingly successful international jet airliner manufacturer Airbus Europe. As a consortium of European nations, this company has had a colorful history in both developing and building heavy jet airliners and the development of the Airbus 320-200 proved no different. After the Joint European Transport (JET) program was launched in 1977, it immediately became muddled in politics, which slowed both development and manufacture.