Qantas' New A321XLR

[pauly7]

I'm betting SYD-MEL

I think MEL got the inaugural A220 flight as well from memory.

I guess the plane is named after Victoria too.

 

[Saab34]

If you would like some Friday Night entertainment, checkout the PPrune thread.

 

[Brettmcg]

If you would like some Friday Night entertainment, checkout the PPrune thread.

The fact that some of the posters on that thread are in command of commercial aircraft is very concerning...

 

[jakeseven7]

The fact that some of the posters on that thread are in command of commercial aircraft is very concerning...

So they say FOS a lot of them.

 

[moa999]

Amazing how many still haven't realised that one of the pics was AI generated

 

[elanshin]

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Spotted this.

 

[moa999]

VH-OGB had its first engine run and taxi check on Monday, so might only be weeks away.

https://aviation.flights/aib/A320/12427/

 

[sevenfourtyseven]

OGA was doing some gate testing just earlier at BNE. Looks good in person!

 

[aaa99]

Saw the A321XLR at Sydney today. Was parked at gate 2 and seemed to be doing a series of SYD-MEL test flights

 

[aaa99]

Slightly OT, coincidentally picked one of these up in Hong Kong yesterday to add to my collection

Box says A321neo but the titles on the body seem to be fine

 

[moa999]

Saw the A321XLR at Sydney today. Was parked at gate 2 and seemed to be doing a series of SYD-MEL test flights

2 X SYD-MEL returns on both Sat and Sun.

 

[Saab34]

I find it interesting that it needs to do hundreds of flights over two months before entering service. Rex certainly didn’t do as many flights before adding its 737s to the AOC. I just thought with the likes of simulators and the same type already operating in the group, that a month would be suffice.

 

[SYD]

I find it interesting that it needs to do hundreds of flights over two months before entering service. Rex certainly didn’t do as many flights before adding its 737s to the AOC. I just thought with the likes of simulators and the same type already operating in the group, that a month would be suffice.

Maybe taking a little extra time to train, fire, hire, train aerobridge operators…?

 

[moa999]

that it needs to do hundreds of flights over two months before entering service.

First of it's type and presumably pilots switching over rather than new hires with recent type experience.

QLink did the same thing with the 220s. Indeed they launched services with two aircraft