Join us on our A321XLR journey
Passenger Experience Flight completed!
9th of October 2023
Following the successful route proving campaign, our A321XLR has just completed its latest milestone "en route" to certification with the Passenger Experience Flight! Powered by 30% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) the aircraft flew for 6hrs across Europe to test the comfort and cabin systems maturity in as close to airline operating conditions as possible.
Passengers onboard included 167 employees involved in the A321XLR development from France, Germany, Spain and the UK as well as 22 experts and 11 Airbus Flight Test and cabin crew members.
Their feedback will provide valuable insights in gauging passengers' perception, an important contribution to the A321XLR’s verification and validation, ensuring full maturity at entry into service for customers in 2024
Our Passenger Experience Flight album
A321XLR 'En route' to certification
13-22 September 2023
Fasten your seatbelts as we take off for a non-stop 10 days - 100 hours - one aircraft - international flight test campaign across the world, September 13-22.
The world is a beautiful place and the A321XLR takes you there!
Ladies and gentlemen, fasten your seatbelts as we take off for a ten day international flight test campaign across the world. This exciting campaign will demonstrate the A321XLR’s technical reliability and maturity through varying climatic conditions and flight durations - typical of what airlines might fly when the aircraft enters into service.
Our A321XLR route-proving photo album
Hear from our experts
A321XLR en route to certification with Jim Fawcett
Meet Deborah Vintner our A321XLR Expert Safety Management
Meet Rémy Vallois our A321XLR Expert Test Flight Engineer
Meet Jean-Philippe Pascal our A321XLR Expert Operation control centre
Meet Estelle Poulin our A321XLR Expert Security
Meet Thomas Latour our A321XLR Expert Flight Operation
Route proving flights schedule
A321XLR INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT TEST CAMPAIGN
Day 1 13 Sep. 2023
Day 2 14 Sep. 2023
Day 3 15 Sep. 2023
Day 4 16 Sep. 2023
Day 5 17 Sep. 2023
Day 6 18 Sep. 2023
Day 7 19 Sep. 2023
Day 8 20 Sep. 2023
Day 9 21 Sep. 2023
- Day 1 13 Sep. 2023
- Day 2 14 Sep. 2023
- Day 3 15 Sep. 2023
- Day 4 16 Sep. 2023
- Day 5 17 Sep. 2023
- Day 6 18 Sep. 2023
- Day 7 19 Sep. 2023
- Day 8 20 Sep. 2023
- Day 9 21 Sep. 2023
- Day 10 22 Sep. 2023
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