First look: The new jet that will ignite a fresh era for air travel

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-15 16:13:22 | Updated at 2024-11-28 12:55:27 1 week ago

First look: The new jet that will ignite a fresh era for air travel
Telegraph - UK ^ | November 14, 2024 | John Arlidge

Posted on 11/15/2024 8:04:11 AM PST by Red Badger

The Airbus A321XLR, which makes its maiden flight today, promises to give passengers more holiday options than ever before

The A321XLR is the newest model in the Airbus A320 family of planes At 12.35pm today, Captain Jose Del Valle, Iberia’s chief pilot, will push forward the throttle on flight IB347. The plane will race down the runway at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport and fly for nine hours to Boston. Iberia has been flying from Madrid to Boston for years, so why will Del Valle tell customers they are “making history”?

The Boeing 747 veteran will be captaining the first long-haul passenger flight of the new Airbus A321XLR jet. It marks the start of a new era in air travel that will offer passengers new cabins, new routes and more choice of when and where to fly.

The A321XLR is a single-aisle jet – the newest model in the Airbus A320 family of planes that most of us will have boarded on short-haul British Airways and easyJet flights to and from European destinations. Such jets can usually only fly for a few hours but improved aerodynamics, larger fuel tanks and engines that burn less fuel per mile mean the XLR can fly for up to 11 hours and cover 4,700 miles. That puts cities like Delhi or Atlanta in range of any western European airport.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Military/Veterans; Society; Travel
KEYWORDS: a321xlr; airbus; aviation; boeing

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1 posted on 11/15/2024 8:04:11 AM PST by Red Badger

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Thanks, montag813

2 posted on 11/15/2024 8:05:04 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)

To: Red Badger

Unable to get to the article. Something about signing up to look at it.

3 posted on 11/15/2024 8:08:43 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)

To: Red Badger

I no nothing of aviation or planes or jets.

I wonder when that jet that made it to Europe in one hour will be very commercially available.

I wouldn’t need any xanax for the trip :)

4 posted on 11/15/2024 8:08:56 AM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)

To: Red Badger

5 posted on 11/15/2024 8:10:25 AM PST by bobcat62

To: Red Badger

If the greenies have their way, this will be the future of air travel...

6 posted on 11/15/2024 8:11:50 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)

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