Takeoffó for the first time on its initial certification flightóin the brand new Airbus A321XLR, the grandfatherón with which Airbus seeks to change the distance that an aircraftón from a hallway can fly. Airbus press photo
Právirtually no competitors in this segment, Airbus hopes to advance the certification processón of this new aircraft in the shortest possible time, meeting all the requirements of the EASA and alsoén the observations that were made at the timeá Boeing regarding the safety of the additional fuel tanks that were added to the XLR to fulfill its long missionón of flights málong s.
Takeoffó el primer Airbus A321XLR
The first A321XLR (Xtra Long Range) from Airbus has done with ésuccess your first flight. The aircraft, MSN 11000, took offó from Hamburg-Finkenwerder Airport at 11:05 h CEST to carry out a test flight that lastedó approximately four hours and 35 minutes. The crewón of the aircraft was made up of experimental test pilots Thierry Diez and GabrielDiaz de Villegas Giron, así as by test engineers Frank Hohmeister, Philippe Pupin and Mehdi Zeddoun. During flight, the crewón probó flight controls, aircraft engines and major systems, including flight envelope protections, both high and low speed.
Philippe Mhun, Executive Vice President of Airbus Programs and Services, declareó:
«This is an important milestone for the A320 family and its customers around the world.. With the entry into service of the A321XLR, the aerosolsíneas podrán offer long-haul comfort in an aircraftósingle aisle, thanks to its exclusive Airspace cabin. The A321XLR opená new routes with an economyíunbeatable a and environmental performance». Entry into service isá scheduled for early 2024.
The A321XLR is the next evolutionary step in the Aisle Aircraft Family único A320neo, which meets market requirements to increase range and payload úto, creating más value for aerolílines by allowing economical servicesóonly viable on m routesás longer than any model of airplaneón comparable.
Characterístatic
The A321XLR offerá an autonomousíunprecedented number of airliners úonly up to 4700 nm (8700 km), with a fuel consumption per seat a 30% minor in comparisonón with generation airplanesón anterior, así like a reductionón NOx emissions and noise. At the end of May 2022, The A320neo Family has accumulated más de 8.000 m requestsás de 130 clients all over the world. Orders for the A321XLR amounted to más de 500 by más de 20 customers.
Obviously for Boeing it is a nightmare not to have created a replacement for the Boeing 757-200 for transatlantic routes and without a doubt that with this variant of the Airbus A321XLR it surpasses the A321Neo and LR in performance. Boeing does not have an opponent for the Middle Size Market.
Precisely because of the demand regarding the safety of the extra fuel tank that Boeing has presented, It will take a few years, as I read a few weeks ago, for the aeronautical authorities to certify this revolutionary plane and make sure that what Boeing alleges is not true..
That's the beauty of the certification process, Lets clarify all these doubts.