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growth opportunities to our customers and
the travelling public. It provides airlines with
the efficiency of commonality inside the
A320/A321 product range and its versatile
cabin a range of service possibilities that are
just unique. It is quintessential Airbus!,” said
Christian Scherer, CEO of the Commercial
Aircraft business of Airbus. “With the certi-
fication, we have reached a key milestone.
The next step is to prepare the aircraft for its
first commercial missions with customers
worldwide. We look forward to working with
XLR customers to support the integration
of the aircraft in their fleets.”

The A321XLR sits side by side with wide-
Airbus A321XLR Receives bodies in an airline’s fleet. It introduces
the flexibility to add capacity, to open new
routes, or even to continue operating ex-
EASA Type Certification isting ones when demand is variable. All
while burning 30% less fuel per seat than
previous generation competitor aircraft,
The Airbus A321XLR powered by CFM days before the year’s biggest airshow, and at roughly half the trip cost of modern
widebodies.
LEAP-1A engines has received its Type by Florian Guillermet, Executive Director
Certification from the European Union of EASA, to Isabelle Bloy, A321XLR Chief
Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), preparing Engineer. Certification of the Pratt & Whitney The first A321XLR completed its maiden
the way for the entry-into-service of the new engine version is slated for later in 2024. flight in June 2022. This was followed by an
aircraft at the end of the summer. extensive test programme involving three
“With its long range, the A321XLR enables test aircraft. So far more than 500 Airbus
The Type Certificate was handed over, just a host of new direct routes, offering natural A321XLRs have been ordered.

44,000 New Aircraft Needed Over the Next 20 Years: Boeing

Boeing has forecast the need for 44,000 new
aircraft over the next 20 years as air travel
surpasses pre-pandemic levels.

Released ahead of the airshow, the Boeing
annual Commercial Market Outlook (CMO)
forecasts that the global passenger and
freighter fleet will nearly double over the
next 20 years and single-aisle aircraft will
account for 76% of deliveries.

The report says that half of deliveries will
replace older jets with more fuel-efficient
models, improving sustainability. Boeing
says that air travel demand continues to
outpace economic growth in an increasingly
connected world and four years after the The global commercial fleet is projected and Africa (6.4%), as emerging markets
pandemic grounded most of the global fleet, to grow 3.2% annually. With speed and re- return to historical growth trends through
air traffic growth has returned to the long- liability that consistently outperforms other the forecast period.
term trend Boeing forecast 20 years ago. modes of transport, the air cargo fleet will
increase by two-thirds by 2043, to support Eurasia is projected to lead all markets
Boeing found 84% of those surveyed said 4.1% annual air cargo traffic growth. with the most airplane deliveries (22% of
they would prioritize travel in their bud- total) with North America (20%) and China
get while 66% said they would travel more The number of global routes served by com- (20%) close behind. Single-aisle airplanes
than pre-pandemic. Compared to 2023, mercial airlines has returned to 2019 levels, will make up 71% of the 2043 fleet after
passenger air traffic will rise an average of even though nearly 20% of them are new. 33,380 new deliveries, serving short- to
4.7% annually over the next two decades, South Asia passenger traffic will increase medium-haul routes. The global widebody
according to the CMO. 7.4%, followed by Southeast Asia (7.2%) fleet will nearly double.

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