{"id":274909,"date":"2025-07-06T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T19:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/?p=274909"},"modified":"2025-07-04T16:44:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T20:44:50","slug":"qantas-adds-first-airbus-a321xlr-to-asia-pacific-fleet","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/qantas-adds-first-airbus-a321xlr-to-asia-pacific-fleet\/","title":{"rendered":"Qantas adds first Airbus A321XLR to Asia-Pacific fleet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Qantas Airways<\/strong> has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321XLR<\/strong>, targeting direct flights from the Airbus plant in Finkenwerder, Hamburg, to Sydney, with a single technical stopover in Bangkok.<\/p>\n\n

The Airbus A321XLR model for longer routes<\/h2>\n\n

The arrival of the A321XLR<\/strong> marks a strategic shift for Qantas. For the first time, it integrates a single-aisle aircraft with the ability to cover routes of up to 4,700 nautical miles. Such flexibility allows the airline to operate high-demand domestic routes and, in the future, to explore new connections to secondary destinations in Asia. <\/p>\n\n

This transport is equipped with Pratt & Whitney GTF engines<\/strong> and has a two-class configuration: 20 seats in business class and 177 in the main cabin. Qantas Group<\/strong> has ordered a total of 40 aircraft of this model, of which 28 will be assigned to Qantas and the remaining 12 to its low-cost subsidiary, Jetstar<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n

The Airbus A321XLR <\/strong>joins the A320neo <\/strong>family and offers notable advantages in efficiency and range, with 30% savings in fuel consumption and emissions compared to previous generations of competing aircraft. In addition, the model is certified to operate on up to 50% sustainable fuel<\/strong>(SAF<\/em>), with a view to reaching 100% by 2030. <\/p>\n\n

Qantas’ decision<\/strong> to introduce this aircraft responds to both the need to minimize environmental impact and the pursuit of new business opportunities in regional markets. As the launch operator in Asia-Pacific, the airline strengthens its leadership in operational innovation in the region. <\/p>\n\n

With this addition, Airbus<\/a><\/strong> adds more than 500 A321XLR orders, consolidating its presence in the long-range single-aisle segment. For Qantas, this move represents a firm step towards a more versatile, efficient and future-oriented fleet. <\/p>\n\n

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Source and photo: Airbus<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This acquisition is part of a larger order that includes 128 single-aisle and 24 A350-1000 widebody aircraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8404,"featured_media":274631,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13030,13062],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-274909","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-industry","categoria_noticias-transport"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/274909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/274909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=274909"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=274909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}