Wow..! Bravo IBERIA upon delivery of the first A321 XLR...! I have follow the development of this bird for long and I'm please to see it enter service. Good Luck IBERIA.
This is so awesome! Congrats AIRBUS and Iberia! They must feel honored to have the very first XLR. I want wait to see where the xlr will be in the future. Congrats, Iberia!
Aer Lingus is due to get one but are grounding an Airbus A330 and restructuring the use of their fleet because of a limit being put on the number of passengers at Dublin Airport. Ireland takes international flights from Knock (which can accommodate landing an A380 for maintenance, albeit not for passengers), Kerry (which has a short runway and a small terminal so is limited to what planes can land there), Cork and Shannon. Airlines should consider utilising these airports more in my opinion. Visitors can still include Dublin city in their stay and, with hotel prices the way they are in Dublin, it might work out better value for money with a base outside the capital. But the A321 XLR seems like a plane well suited for this situation.
I wonder what Shannon is like today. Many decades ago, when I first started flying transatlantic routes, Shannon was a key refueling and emergency airport. They also added a U.S. Customs operation, so you could clear customs there, and fly into a domestic terminal in the U.S. That was a real time-saver!
Wow a pilot’s strike: did it ever happen. Back in the 1980s, I was caught in what I recall was described as a lightning strike by pilots. JFK was a mess. People from Pakistan International in an adjoining gate were really helpful. I recall the EI chartered a PanAm B747, which took us to Shannon the next day. Apparently, the equipment was needed at LHR, so we had to make our own way to Dublin. Anyway, almost forty years later, I still have an aversion to Aer Lingus. I switched to a US carrier.
@TheMaartian the pandemic hit it hard, in terms of passenger numbers, but it's recovering now. You can still get pre-clearance there to the USA there. I feel it's under used given its runway length, experience with international flights and maintenance & cargo facilities. It's only a half an hour drive from Limerick city and just over an hour from Galway. It used to do training flights for concorde and sometimes, growing up in the 1980s, it used to fly over where I grew up on the other side of the river Shannon estuary. I also read that it was an emergency landing option for the space shuttle. It also used to be the fuelling station for the all first class configuration British Airways Airbus A319 from Heathrow to New York.
@hughofIreland the pilot strike did happen. That's why they were not the A321XLR launch customer. We've had a cost of living crisis in recent years in Ireland when energy companies were hiking prices using the pandemic as an excuse and then recording record profits. Pilots made sacrifices to help the company out through the pandemic and were promised their pay would reflect pre pandemic levels once the pandemic was over. The problem is, with the cost of living and the way Aer Lingus were starting to meet pre pandemic margins, it effectively became a pay cut for Pilots. That was the situation and reason for the strike as I understand it.
@ Very interesting. I think I was caught in a strike back in 1985. Many of us didn’t know it would happen until we arrived at the gate at JFK. The ground staff seemed frazzled too. They caught some unwarranted abuse, as I recall, and many left, so PIA staff relayed messages about buses, hotels and a flight the next day. If the strike was designed to irritate passengers, it had the desired effect.
A321 XLR will be popular among budget airlines for international service like transatlantic route. It can reach most Western European cities from most USA cities with less passenger seats, but with less fuel cost. Great boon for budget airlines.
Great news for both Airbus and Iberia. By getting this first XLR delivered it shows how efficient Airbus are in bringing new models to the market in a reasonable time span( Boeing please note) Hope that IAG ( BA) will transfer some options from the 737 MAX to the 321XLR
Guess five years to add a specialized additional fuel tank and associated systems puts Boeing's likely 15 year gestation of the far more complex 777X into perspective. Congrats to Airbus. This is huge for airlines looking to keep routes served profitably regardless of changes in seasonal demand.
@@jantjarks7946that still doesn’t negate his point though. Redesigning a fuel tank is not akin to making updates to the fuselage, wings, integrating a new engine variant and the long list of updates the 777X has in comparison to the existing 777 models.
The irony is, it was Boeing who, rightfully, raised the safety concerns. And no, it's not akin to the redesign of the thrust links either. But why make up such comparisons in the first place?
At least not this one... Iberia has confirmed that it will operate the plane this month for domestic flights, and starting in December it will operate the Madrid - Boston route
Air india should really take this as it can open many routes like south india to perth and north india with osaka and many small eruopean towns and africa and also to russia
You can close the door to the aisle. Not that there much movement there anyway. And most people won’t spend their time looking out of the window. By utilizing the space for the legs as access they can also fit in a lot more seats.
stop overreacting all of u with this airplane!!! its a new more economical 757 that boeing never upgraded!!! do almost the same missions as the 757 did for almost 40 years!!!!
What will air pressure be like on the 321? Flew a 787 and 319 today and air pressure on the 319 was mich lower, which would make the flight more exhausting, especially on long haul.
Still not sure if I'd be happy flying long distance on a narrowbody. Sure the seat room could be the same, but you get the feeling of more space on a widebody due to not feeling so cramped up in a tube. Maybe the 797 (or whatever it gets called) could have a 2-2-2 layout to give widebody feelings for narrowbody capacity.
A never ending growth in air traffic, definitely not a good news for the planet, as we will see more and more events like the deadly and shocking floods in Valencia, Spain
@@AnetaMihaylova-d6fno they aren’t. They still have a huge order backlog and still have a revenue of like $75 billion a year. Their quality control and culture issues aren’t the “end of Boeing.” Lets not exaggerate
I have flown the 757 on transatlantic flight (7-8 hours) multiple times and let me tell you that it isn’t much of a deal, the seats for example are the same, in some instances better, as the ones found on widebodies Edit: The A321XLR isn’t the same as the packed A320 your go to low cost airlines uses to fly to the most popular holiday destinations, from the outside it may look the same but airlines will use it for a much different market
Very uncomfortable with only one aisle. Do not like the fact that there is no option for configuration 2 - 4 and 2. For long flights from the US to Europe I do not like it at all ... I always like to seat in the 2 seats configuration even if I have to pay more ...
@rtbrtb_dutchy4183 you have no idea what you are talking about. Have you noticed where one of the lavatories is located? Inside the back galley. We have a very similar configuration in the company I work for and it's a mess and stressful every time we fly that aircraft to flight's put to 4h. And of course it makes a difference having two isles, sometimes one of them is super busy and I just take the other one to move around or get to the front of the plain.
@@Topitopi14 so if one isle is super busy, you still have to get through it to get to the other isle. You can’t just cross over everywhere, unless you are in a middle seat. By the way, talking about middle seats: in a narrow body, 1/3 of the seats are middle seats, 1/3 is isle seat and 1/3 is window seats. Now figure that one out if you have 9 or 10 abreast, the majority of seats are middle seats. I don’t know what I’m talking about? 🤣. Yes I do.
@@Topitopi14 well, you said specifically that it’s not comfortable for the passengers. So there is that. As to cabin crew, it’s no difference as flying from NY to LA, except a bit longer. But you will have less passengers for most airlines. Besides if you don’t like it, don’t bid for it, problem solved. It’s not about crew comfort. It’s customers that matter.
I really can’t understand the general public enthusiasm. Does anyone prefer a single aisle over a narrow body on such distances? It’s only great for Airbus and the airlines
It‘s also great for passengers because or will offer more direct flights. Would I prefer a widebody over this? Absolutely! Would I prefer a widebody flight , then an hour at an airport then a connecting flight to my destination over just arriving directly where I want to saving time in the process? Absolutely not!
Well Done Airbus!! Best regards towards the future! Sadly Boeing is still a sleeping drunk! Not sure if or when they'll ever be awake and sober up. Very sad for such a good company.
@Prodagist that depends on the airline's cabin layout, winds, routes, and other factors. The XLR will seat only between 180 - 220 pax. Unless an airline ops out for a specially configured layout, an 11+ hour flight on a narrowbody is very unlikely. 6 to 8 hour flights on narrowbodies are becoming more popular, but many people don't even like that idea, simply because it's a "small" compared to widebodies. That said, I personally prefer a narrowbody, I think they're fun and unique.
Yes, it can. But you make more money on business seats than on economy seats. And it is easier to sell business seats on long flights than on 1 hour 20 minutes flight between Madrid and Paris.
Nothing worse than a single aisle on a long flight. When peopel start going to the barhroom and the food trolly is in the aisle one might as well piss in a bottle
Congrats Iberia! This is only the start of an amazing aircraft life!!
Congrats to Airbus and Iberia on the delivery of this new landmark aircraft. 🎉
Roll on the first commercial flight .
Wow..! Bravo IBERIA upon delivery of the first A321 XLR...! I have follow the development of this bird for long and I'm please to see it enter service. Good Luck IBERIA.
Absolutely stunning in the Iberia livery
Another huge step for Airbus.
This is so awesome! Congrats AIRBUS and Iberia! They must feel honored to have the very first XLR. I want wait to see where the xlr will be in the future. Congrats, Iberia!
First transatlantic, Madrid - Boston.
The beginning of a new era!!!
Congratulations Iberia!!
Amazing! Congrats Iberia ✈️💪🏼
Congratulations Iberia I hope it will be the aircraft that you were amimng for. Times will tell.
Congrat’s to all IBERIA Staff and wish your Great Success in your new Endeavor.
Congratulations to Airbus and Iberia for achieving this milestone by delivering the state-of-the-art a321 xlr.
Congratulations Iberia on receiving this game changing aircraft!!!
Im so glad to be here for this ground breaking news in Aviation! Congrats IB!
Bet they could resell that for more than the list price . Much sought after and it would enable someone like EZY to explore the transatlantic market.
Airbus is goated. Thanks for the news Simple Flying I saw the flight on Flight Radar 24
Aer Lingus is due to get one but are grounding an Airbus A330 and restructuring the use of their fleet because of a limit being put on the number of passengers at Dublin Airport. Ireland takes international flights from Knock (which can accommodate landing an A380 for maintenance, albeit not for passengers), Kerry (which has a short runway and a small terminal so is limited to what planes can land there), Cork and Shannon. Airlines should consider utilising these airports more in my opinion. Visitors can still include Dublin city in their stay and, with hotel prices the way they are in Dublin, it might work out better value for money with a base outside the capital. But the A321 XLR seems like a plane well suited for this situation.
I wonder what Shannon is like today. Many decades ago, when I first started flying transatlantic routes, Shannon was a key refueling and emergency airport. They also added a U.S. Customs operation, so you could clear customs there, and fly into a domestic terminal in the U.S. That was a real time-saver!
Wow a pilot’s strike: did it ever happen.
Back in the 1980s, I was caught in what I recall was described as a lightning strike by pilots. JFK was a mess. People from Pakistan International in an adjoining gate were really helpful. I recall the EI chartered a PanAm B747, which took us to Shannon the next day. Apparently, the equipment was needed at LHR, so we had to make our own way to Dublin.
Anyway, almost forty years later, I still have an aversion to Aer Lingus. I switched to a US carrier.
@TheMaartian the pandemic hit it hard, in terms of passenger numbers, but it's recovering now. You can still get pre-clearance there to the USA there. I feel it's under used given its runway length, experience with international flights and maintenance & cargo facilities. It's only a half an hour drive from Limerick city and just over an hour from Galway. It used to do training flights for concorde and sometimes, growing up in the 1980s, it used to fly over where I grew up on the other side of the river Shannon estuary. I also read that it was an emergency landing option for the space shuttle. It also used to be the fuelling station for the all first class configuration British Airways Airbus A319 from Heathrow to New York.
@hughofIreland the pilot strike did happen. That's why they were not the A321XLR launch customer. We've had a cost of living crisis in recent years in Ireland when energy companies were hiking prices using the pandemic as an excuse and then recording record profits. Pilots made sacrifices to help the company out through the pandemic and were promised their pay would reflect pre pandemic levels once the pandemic was over. The problem is, with the cost of living and the way Aer Lingus were starting to meet pre pandemic margins, it effectively became a pay cut for Pilots. That was the situation and reason for the strike as I understand it.
@ Very interesting. I think I was caught in a strike back in 1985. Many of us didn’t know it would happen until we arrived at the gate at JFK. The ground staff seemed frazzled too. They caught some unwarranted abuse, as I recall, and many left, so PIA staff relayed messages about buses, hotels and a flight the next day. If the strike was designed to irritate passengers, it had the desired effect.
The 737 MAX 10 IS STILL WAITING CERTIFICATION 😭🤲
I don’t think the MAX 10 is even a real competitor to the XLR. The MAX 10 seems more like a successor to the 900ER (even those the MAX 9 exists).
@@FlyByWire1 the MAX 10 will always only compete with Max 9 and A321neo (standard version)
@@kingsharkoon I agree. The 757 was more of a competitor to the XLR (in range and capacity).
Looks beautiful 🤩
NEW AIRPLANE DROPPED🔥🗣️
Nice work Iberia.
A321 XLR will be popular among budget airlines for international service like transatlantic route. It can reach most Western European cities from most USA cities with less passenger seats, but with less fuel cost. Great boon for budget airlines.
Great news for both Airbus and Iberia.
By getting this first XLR delivered it shows how efficient Airbus are in bringing new models to the market in a reasonable time span( Boeing please note) Hope that IAG ( BA) will transfer some options from the 737 MAX to the 321XLR
Simple flying once again with Concorde levels of editing speed :D
AWESOME
Looking forward to flying it on its maiden flight to Boston on Nov 14th!
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉well done airbus
Lightyears ahead of Boeing!
Not.
Guess five years to add a specialized additional fuel tank and associated systems puts Boeing's likely 15 year gestation of the far more complex 777X into perspective. Congrats to Airbus. This is huge for airlines looking to keep routes served profitably regardless of changes in seasonal demand.
Well, Airbus had to redesign the fuel tank design after safety concerns. Better safe than Boe... sorry.
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@@jantjarks7946that still doesn’t negate his point though. Redesigning a fuel tank is not akin to making updates to the fuselage, wings, integrating a new engine variant and the long list of updates the 777X has in comparison to the existing 777 models.
The irony is, it was Boeing who, rightfully, raised the safety concerns.
And no, it's not akin to the redesign of the thrust links either. But why make up such comparisons in the first place?
Can you make a viedo on the opera stelia SA seats , its the perfect seatfor this type of plane, unlike the vantage, it faces the wondow…
Bien por Iberia!!!
Congratulations, Airbus! Rest in pieces, boeing!
I will be very interested to see if IAG order any for the company and if any of them get handed to British Airways!
Iberia and Aer Lingus are part of IAG
This is a great aircraft for secondary markets. Something like MAD to CLT I assume?
❤❤❤. Nice brand spanking new A321 XLR
Oh yeah
Excellent!!!!!!!¡😊😊😊😊
Finally, the long-range raccoon was delivered. I heard Iberia will use them on the northeast part of Brazil
TAP already uses A321LR for flights to Belem. The A321XLR has range to fly all the way to São Paulo.
At least not this one... Iberia has confirmed that it will operate the plane this month for domestic flights, and starting in December it will operate the Madrid - Boston route
Yet still the Max 10 can’t get certification
I think the over wing exits are a bit forward 😂 1:52
Ibiria not Ibaria
Im just wondering how the crew will rest….?
In the first classic seats, probably
last rows of economy will be reserved
@@OptareOlympus93my guy is making stuff up 😂
@@kingsharkoon go on let's see what you think
Air india should really take this as it can open many routes like south india to perth and north india with osaka and many small eruopean towns and africa and also to russia
Why position the premium seats to face inwards where movement will be distracting rather than giv8ng the view out of the window?
You can close the door to the aisle. Not that there much movement there anyway. And most people won’t spend their time looking out of the window.
By utilizing the space for the legs as access they can also fit in a lot more seats.
Was the 777x already late when the 321xlr was announced?
Thomson Aero seats? Are they reliable?
stop overreacting all of u with this airplane!!! its a new more economical 757 that boeing never upgraded!!! do almost the same missions as the 757 did for almost 40 years!!!!
It can fly almost a thousand miles further… that’s an increase of 25%. So no, they are not at all the same.
Punctuation marks are no pack animals.
It can fly almost 1000 NM further and it cost about 60% of the operating cost, compared to the 757. Come on man.
@@rtbrtb_dutchy4183Only took them 40 years to do it. How impressive.
@@okay_then3337 LOL. You missed the point why it’s such a feat.
Happy for Iberia. Now they just need to focus their efforts on improving their lack of customer service.
Deliver to indigo on time, it has maximum no of orders of thus plane❤
It was Meant to go aer lingus even after the aer lingus strike
Thought the A321 XLR isn't launched yet
It will be the launch when it first flies !
This is the delivery.
@Rasscasse it is launched already . Iberia has taken delivery
Not everything is under Americas freedom 😂😂😂😂
Clever stuff CGI. 😄
Boeing should bring back the 757 to compete.
What will air pressure be like on the 321? Flew a 787 and 319 today and air pressure on the 319 was mich lower, which would make the flight more exhausting, especially on long haul.
it's the same as other long haul planes. The odd one out are A350 and 787. The others are roughly the same
The A321XLR is for "short" long haul flights and the cabin pressure is the same as the A330, A340, B747, B767 and B777.
Has the F.A.A. certified this yet?
Evidently so, if they're already planning direct Boston flights.
no and it also isn't necessary. FAA certification is only needed for US carriers operating the aircraft
Still not sure if I'd be happy flying long distance on a narrowbody. Sure the seat room could be the same, but you get the feeling of more space on a widebody due to not feeling so cramped up in a tube. Maybe the 797 (or whatever it gets called) could have a 2-2-2 layout to give widebody feelings for narrowbody capacity.
2-2-2 will never happen because you're wasting fuselage diameter (weight, drag, material) for nothing.
Naturally the FAA still hasn’t certified it
The dislikes are all from the boeing management and executives
Another nail in the coffin of Boeing
I wonder what route they will use it on? Mad > JFK?
The first destination is going to be Boston I think!
A never ending growth in air traffic, definitely not a good news for the planet, as we will see more and more events like the deadly and shocking floods in Valencia, Spain
If only Iberia found a way to up their soft product….
Boeing crying their eyes out
Boeing is done mate
Boeing has other things to care about (money, shareholders, money, did I mention money?)
@EuropeanRailfanAlt yes money, sales and shareholder value
@@AnetaMihaylova-d6fno they aren’t. They still have a huge order backlog and still have a revenue of like $75 billion a year. Their quality control and culture issues aren’t the “end of Boeing.” Lets not exaggerate
@@FlyByWire1It wont end boeing yet, but if this keeps up long term then it may happen. Let's wait and see.
It is really interesting that nobody is showing how economy class looks like. Everything is about business 😁
EC-OIL
Hello!
I mean with its capabilities why is it flying from MAD-BOS? Shouldn’t the first flight be like over 10 hours? Isn’t that’s why airlines ordered it?
by that logic no one should use a 777 to fly from London to New York because it can fly much farther
@ Well I thought the reason Airbus created it was for long flights. Iberia could use the regular A321neos they have for MAD-BOS.
@@JungleJetAviation06 it is a long flight. You don't have to use an aircraft range to the absolute limit
Okay, sorry to upset you.
@@JungleJetAviation06 I'm not upset, I just answered your question
im not going to sit in single aisle for more than 5 hours.
Not excited at all, single aisle long haul is not my idea of comfy flights.
A seat is a seat, doesn't matter if it's wide body or not! 😂
The only difference is if you are 500 sardined inside a B747 in rows of 10 seats or 170 people in rows with 6 seats.
I have flown the 757 on transatlantic flight (7-8 hours) multiple times and let me tell you that it isn’t much of a deal, the seats for example are the same, in some instances better, as the ones found on widebodies
Edit: The A321XLR isn’t the same as the packed A320 your go to low cost airlines uses to fly to the most popular holiday destinations, from the outside it may look the same but airlines will use it for a much different market
Very uncomfortable with only one aisle. Do not like the fact that there is no option for configuration 2 - 4 and 2. For long flights from the US to Europe I do not like it at all ... I always like to seat in the 2 seats configuration even if I have to pay more ...
Now they are gonna make us sit on anarrow body for hours which being would also be mire turbulent? I am not excited.
Boeing will release Boeing 777 Ultra Pro Max
daily mail journalist.777 is too big to compete with that.go back to making articles explaining why maintenance is boeings fault.
やっぱりA321での長距離フライトは窮屈。これは座席の問題ではない。
It's going to be a nightmare for the cabin crew to work there and uncomfortable for the passengers. I don't understand why everybody is so excited
Seats are the same or better than most widebody aircraft. And cabin crew can just as easily work 1 isle as 2 isles. Makes no difference.
@rtbrtb_dutchy4183 you have no idea what you are talking about. Have you noticed where one of the lavatories is located? Inside the back galley. We have a very similar configuration in the company I work for and it's a mess and stressful every time we fly that aircraft to flight's put to 4h. And of course it makes a difference having two isles, sometimes one of them is super busy and I just take the other one to move around or get to the front of the plain.
@@Topitopi14 so if one isle is super busy, you still have to get through it to get to the other isle. You can’t just cross over everywhere, unless you are in a middle seat.
By the way, talking about middle seats: in a narrow body, 1/3 of the seats are middle seats, 1/3 is isle seat and 1/3 is window seats. Now figure that one out if you have 9 or 10 abreast, the majority of seats are middle seats.
I don’t know what I’m talking about? 🤣. Yes I do.
@rtbrtb_dutchy4183 I was talking from the perspective of the flight attendant not the passenger. I'm a cabin crew and I know what I'm talking about.
@@Topitopi14 well, you said specifically that it’s not comfortable for the passengers. So there is that.
As to cabin crew, it’s no difference as flying from NY to LA, except a bit longer. But you will have less passengers for most airlines.
Besides if you don’t like it, don’t bid for it, problem solved.
It’s not about crew comfort. It’s customers that matter.
❤🎉🎉🎉
Congratulations Iberia! Not trying to hate, but your newest livery is a huge downgrade…
I really can’t understand the general public enthusiasm. Does anyone prefer a single aisle over a narrow body on such distances? It’s only great for Airbus and the airlines
It‘s also great for passengers because or will offer more direct flights. Would I prefer a widebody over this? Absolutely!
Would I prefer a widebody flight , then an hour at an airport then a connecting flight to my destination over just arriving directly where I want to saving time in the process? Absolutely not!
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Well Done Airbus!! Best regards towards the future! Sadly Boeing is still a sleeping drunk! Not sure if or when they'll ever be awake and sober up. Very sad for such a good company.
Can it fly 9Hrs non stop with 220+ passengers?
It can fly up to 11 hours non-stop and carry up to 244 passengers.
@Prodagist that depends on the airline's cabin layout, winds, routes, and other factors. The XLR will seat only between 180 - 220 pax. Unless an airline ops out for a specially configured layout, an 11+ hour flight on a narrowbody is very unlikely. 6 to 8 hour flights on narrowbodies are becoming more popular, but many people don't even like that idea, simply because it's a "small" compared to widebodies. That said, I personally prefer a narrowbody, I think they're fun and unique.
Yes, it can. But you make more money on business seats than on economy seats. And it is easier to sell business seats on long flights than on 1 hour 20 minutes flight between Madrid and Paris.
Nothing worse than a single aisle on a long flight. When peopel start going to the barhroom and the food trolly is in the aisle one might as well piss in a bottle
horrible aircraft.
horrible comment
Thats a horrible comment