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Now it's official: Airbus is building an A321 with longer range. Also, a first customer, the aircraft already has.
It was in the last few weeks, the most open secret of air travel. Now it's been revealed officially, Airbus is building a new variant of the A321 Neo, which has even more range. With around 8700 miles, the A321 XLR comes significantly more than the A321 LR, with its 7400 km. 15 percent is the additional Plus. This allows for non-stop flights from Frankfurt to Chicago or Vienna to Bangalore.
The Airbus A321 XLR'm in 2023 on the market, as reported by the manufacturer on Monday (17. June) at the Paris Air Show. So he is around two years earlier than the NMA New Middle of the Market Airplane from Boeing, which is unofficially called already 797. It would be delivered – if it is built, actually – at the earliest, 2025 to customers. The A321 XLR offers a proper Business Class of around 180 passengers. In a particularly dense One-class Seating also 244 traveler to go but.
New Tanks, custom wings and reinforced landing gear
The larger the range of the A321 XLR allows for a new, in the rear region of the fuselage situated to the fixer Tank. Optionally, also a Tank leave in the middle of installing, so Airbus. This is necessary in order to achieve the maximum range of the Jets at full load. The location of the rear Tanks – Rear-Center Tank called Airbus this makes it possible to transport more freight than with a number of optional auxiliary tanks that are currently installed in the LR Version. The increased maximum takeoff weight to bear of 101 tons, was revised in the chassis. Also, the wing had to be slightly revised, so as to reduce the performance of the plane compared to the Other members of the family.
Airline bosses had outed himself as a Fan of the Jets, even before he was officially announced. American Airlines, Jetblue, or Indigo flirt with the Jet. Even Willie Walsh, boss of International Airlines Group IAG, said in an Interview with aeroTELEGRAPH that he was "very interested" on the A321 XLR. He would allow the daughter of Aer Lingus more passenger capacity. For Iberia, the plane would allow, "for example, destinations such as Recife. But also Africa or the US East coast would be feasible," says Walsh. Airbus also called India – Europe and China – Australia, new possibilities for routes with the A321 XLR.
First Order landed
Also, a first Order was able to pull the A321 XLR directly after the introduction already in the country. The Leasing company Air Lease Corporation has ordered from Airbus 100 aircraft – including 27 A321 XLR. The rest of the order consists of 23 A321 Neo and 50 A220.
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