Mai jigilar tutar Spain Iberia ya karɓi A321XLR na farko, wanda ke nuna matsayinsa a matsayin kamfanin jirgin sama na farko da ya fara aiki da sabon jirgin sama guda ɗaya a duniya.
Wannan jirgin sama, sanye da injunan CFM LEAP-1A, Iberia za ta yi amfani da shi don zirga-zirgar jiragen sama daban-daban a cikin hanyar sadarwa ta Turai kafin fara sabis na transatlantic daga Madrid zuwa Boston wanda aka shirya daga baya a cikin Nuwamba.
Marco Sansavini, Shugaba kuma Shugaban Iberia, ya nuna alfaharin kasancewarsa kamfanin da aka ƙaddamar da wannan sabon tsarin. Airbus abin koyi. Ya ce, "A321XLR zai ba mu damar gano sabbin wuraren zuwa, sauƙaƙe hanyoyin teku tare da ingantaccen inganci."
Christian Scherer, Shugaba na Kasuwancin Jirgin Sama a Airbus, ya ce, "Bayan shekaru biyar na ci gaba, sabon ƙari ga dangin Airbus yana shirye don fara aiki tare da Iberia. A321XLR zai sauƙaƙe sabbin hanyoyin da ba na tsayawa ba da yawa, wanda ke nuna babban ci gaba a haɗin kai. Wannan nasarar tana wakiltar wani ci gaba ga Airbus a ci gaba da jajircewar mu na ƙirƙira da kuma isar da ƙima ga abokan cinikinmu. Muna farin cikin bikin wannan lokacin tare da abokin tarayya mai daraja: gracias y felicidades Iberia. "
A321XLR da aka samu kwanan nan don Iberia yana ɗaukar fasinjoji 182 a cikin tsari na aji biyu, wanda ke nuna kujerun ajin kasuwanci na karya waɗanda ke ba da hanyar shiga kai tsaye. An sanye shi da ingantacciyar gidan sararin samaniya, wannan jirgin yana tabbatar da kwanciyar hankali na dogon lokaci a duk azuzuwan. Kwancen saman saman XL yana haɓaka ƙarfin kaya da kashi 60%, yana sauƙaƙe ingantaccen tsarin hawan jirgi ga fasinjoji da ma'aikatan gida. Bugu da ƙari, kowane wurin zama yana sanye da haɗin kai a cikin wurin zama, kuma ingantaccen tsarin hasken wuta yana inganta ƙwarewar fasinja gabaɗaya.
A321XLR yana wakiltar ci gaba na gaba daga A320neo, yana magance buƙatun kasuwa don ƙarin kewayon da biyan kuɗi, ta haka yana haɓaka ƙimar kamfanonin jiragen sama. Yana alfahari da keɓaɓɓen kewayon Xtra Dogon Nauyi mai nisan mil 4,700 na nautical, wanda shine 15% mafi girma fiye da A321LR, yayin da yake samun raguwar 30% na yawan mai a kowane wurin zama idan aka kwatanta da jirgin sama na ƙarni na farko, tare da ƙananan hayaki na NOx da matakan amo. Zuwa yau, Airbus ya karɓi oda sama da 500 na wannan jirgin.
Jirgin farko na A321XLR na farko ya faru ne a watan Yunin 2022, sannan kuma wani cikakken shirin gwaji wanda ya kunshi jiragen gwaji uku. Daidai da duk samfuran Airbus, A321XLR ya riga ya iya aiki tare da mai dorewa mai dorewa na 50% (SAF).
Airbus yana da niyyar cimma nasarar 100% SAF don jirginta nan da 2030.
