Qantas Airways’ subsidiary Jetstar is set to become the Australian low-fare launch operator of the Airbus A321XLR following the delivery of its first aircraft from the Airbus assembly line in Finkenwerder, Hamburg.
Powered by Pratt & Whitney GTF engines, the Qantas Group has ordered 40 A321XLRs under its fleet modernisation programme, with 28 aircraft allocated to Qantas and 12 to Jetstar. These are part of the airline’s outstanding orders with Airbus for 128 single-aisle aircraft and 24 A350-1000 widebodies.
The A321XLR is the next step of the A320neo Family, responding to market needs for more range and payload, creating even more flexibility and value for the airlines.
In typical airline service, it offers the longest range of any single-aisle aircraft – up to 4,700 nautical miles – and brings a reduction in fuel consumption and carbon emissions of 30% compared with previous generation competitor aircraft. To date, Airbus has secured more than 500 orders for the type.
Qantas’s first A321XLR departs from Airbus Hamburg bound for Sydney.
