One of the biggest challenges for the Type Certification and entry-into-service (EIS) of any new aircraft off the production line – and now for the A321XLR – is for its manufacturer to provide a full set of accompanying documents known as the “Instructions for Continued Airworthiness” (IC...
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Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) conceded in its first-quarter financial report that the A321-200NY(XLR) will enter into service in early 2024, not in 2023, due to delays in certification. A source told Reuters the delay is about fire risk concerns concerning the design of the added ...
Cologne/Toulouse, 19th July 2024– The Airbus A321XLR powered by CFM LEAP-1A engines has received its Type Certification from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), preparing the way for the entry-into-service of the new aircraft at the end of the summer. The Type Certificate was...
Airbus has pushed back entry into service of the Airbus A321XLR until the second quarter of 2024 from its initial plan of early 2024. US lessor Air Lease is the launch customer for the A321XLR and already has long-term lease placements confirmed for 15 aircraft of the type with Air Canada...
During the earnings call on February 20, Airbus confirmed that the entry-into-service of the A350F would be postponed to the second half of 2027. It initially planned to deliver the first aircraft of the type in 2026, but problems with the production of fuselage Section 15 made by Spirit ...
--Pratt& Whitney, an RTX business, today marks the certification of the GTF-powered Airbus A321XLR by the European Aviation Safety Agency, preparing the way for entry into service. "The GTF is the most fuel-efficient engine for single-aisle aircraft, an
(which include the *ICAs) have been produced for the first customers to be ready for their EIS. At the time of writing in July 2024, with the programme teams having achieved the ‘readiness for service entry’ maturity gate – referred to as ‘MG13’ – the Type Certific...
s systems maturity well before entry into service, with a target of approximately 100 hours of flying time over 10 days with no systems power-down. Specific sectors, comprising around 15 flights in total, are intentionally typical of what airlines might fly when the aircraft enters service. ...
As the A321XLR's flight test and EASA certification programme draws to a close we look behind these scenes at what has led up to… StoriesCommercial Aircraft Preparing for the A321XLR’s entry into service The A321XLR’s ongoing certification and flight-test campaign is now in its final stag...