<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by PremEx:
[B]Of course, the reverse is true as well. Some aircraft actually got shortened for special markets and conditions![b]</font>
Shortening is quite common with Airbus. The A310 is a shortened version of the A300, the A319 is a shorther version of the original A320 and the A330-200 is a shortened version of the original A330-300.