Well it‘s an Airbus. I would step on the first flight after the airplane leaves the hanger for the first time. I would be afraid for my life if it was a Boeing
I think this is a great move from Airbus, this will be a great tool for airline companies. That said, I do not fancy long flights on narrow bodies, in my opinion, 3 hours or more in a narrow body are struggle. My favorite aircraft is the A330 because I have very good experiences with it: I like how it looks on the outside, I love how it lands and how well it flies, it's basically a giant glider and even being older, it also features a much more quieter cabin than this one. However, exclusively as a passenger, nothing beats the A380.
@@davidcole333it’s not really for all airlines either. It’s really only certain airlines. It’s unlikely you’ll see a narrow body traversing the pacific not because it can’t but because it wouldn’t be profitable for any airline. Especially considering most of the destinations whether you’re coming to the west coast or leaving the west coast are high profile locations where the fees would be high.
Have you flown recently on A321LR aircraft? I have, and in my opinion it was great! I had an Air Astana flight of 5.5 hours, and everything was great about. When the airline configures the narrow body for long haul, it really doesn't matter in my opinion.
The intricate design of the Concorde is simply phenomenal. And to think this jet was being designed at the time of the 747 design and first flight. The 60's were a magnificent time for aviation. Also the lunar race and landing.
Concorde was never a commercial success. Unique aircraft and technically ahead of its time. Wonderful. Still needed to make money. And did not. The crash, not Concorde's fault, allowed the airlines to run away from it. Not because it was a bad plane; but a financial disaster.
Excellent video, Chris and it was great to listen to Senior Engineer Mike explaining a bunch of complex operational concepts very professionally. Many thanks indeed to Airbus and FlightRadar24 🙏
I absolutely hate the concept of single aisle long haul. Anyone who has flown long haul will tell you two aisle are necessary for mobility during the flight. It will be sheer torture to the passengers to subject them to 8 plus hours of hell on this pig.
Lol game changer in what way? The 757 already trailblazed the single aisle, long haul routes. This just expands on that with additional range, at the expense of speed.
@@davidcole333why do you need two isles? If you want to stretch your legs, don’t you simply stay in your isle? I’ve never gone over to the other isle. 🙄
@@eniolafolorunso1095it’s absolutely a game changer. The hourly operating cost remains significantly lower than the B757. The airplane won’t need major airports either. So instead of the hub and spoke, they can do direct flights to and from small cities.
The A321 A21N stretched variant currently flys with Jet Blue between London Gatwick and New York JFK. Slower than larger carrier aircraft such as the B777, B787, A330 and A350, although cheaper.
Nice video. Does anyone know if the additional weight from the fireproofing material placed on the rear internal fuel tank (as required by European regulatory authorities) actually reduced the A321XLR's maximum range? I had read about a 200 nautical mile reduction.
Bear in mind Airbus would have been slightly conservative with their estimates. So even if there is a reduction in range, their conservative initial estimates will be able to somewhat absorb the hit. I doubt it will be anything above 200nm. A slight MTOW bump and aero cleanup would also help.
Nice video, however I'm still hoping to get as many widebodies as possible on long haul travel in the future. This won't match up to an A350 anytime soon for me.
Well just accept many stops from hub to hub and you get your widebodies. Especially the 10 abrest new sardin can trend. I will enjoy the direct connections with too little traffic to support widebodies now being able to go direct instead of regional-hub-hub-regional these XLR will enable. And in case of the A320, nobody will ever be able to get more than 6 abreast into it, so the generously wide seats, far wider than the 10abreast hell, are there to stay, beancounter-proof.
@@TheRuben_music I do. First of all I'll support carriers with good service and aircraft choice and happily pay a bit more, also there's a reason why long haul budget carriers are struggling. Not that many people actually enjoy spending 8 hours without any legroom or any place to stretch your legs when you do get up.
How many flights do you take in a year? My worst flight ever was a 9-hour trip in a 747 aircraft. If you sit in the aisle seat on any aircraft regardless of its size, you have enough legroom. I fly approximately 4-6 times a month. I have never seen anyone standing in the aisle for more than 1-2 minutes. Your problem is not a universal problem, it is just complaining. @@the_bottomfragger
Nice to meet you, thank you very much. The plane was tested many times in this way. It will be bought by an airplane company. Nice video. thank you very much. Thank you for your continued support.
@@rtbrtb_dutchy4183 no... more space, quieter, usually wider more comfortable seats, just the bigger cabin makes you feel so much less cramped and for some less claustrophobic. And wide body's are just so much cooler. Idk what you're on about bud. I'm a pilot and I spend a lot of time on planes in the cockpit and out. I don't need to "change isle or do laps" or whatever you're gabbering on about.
@@elliott7268 seats are the same. That depends on the airline anyway. You can have as much space in a narrow body than a wide body. You’re not the only pilot bud. 🙄 and I’m surprised that if you are, that you aren’t familiar with seats and their size etc. Narrow body long haul flying isn’t new.
Nice, but if you do a 11 hour flight north and south on the same longitude you won't have any jet lag and this should be easier for body clock adjustments.
Odd question: is there any way you could get the official route with waypoints taken on this flight? I'm trying to recreate this flight in my simulator.
personally, i would wish the 321XLR to be fitted with 3+2 econ plus seats if it was ever to be an option. otherwise it's true nightmare for 11hr flight.
Qantas will be interested in this report as they are believed to have ordered several of this type. The plan is to use them on long haul skinny passenger ports.
I heard that these were primarily due to replace the 737 fleet on international routes where the a220 will replace the b737 and 717 on domestic routes.
Long haul wide bodied aircraft have sealed off crew rest areas, eg for cockpit crew immediately behind the cockpit, or up or below. What do they provide on this aircraft?
With a max of 11 hours flying time, provided the crew has a layover at the destination, 2 pilots is enough per FTL and there won't be a need for a crew rest area.
@jsurfin1 - It is my understanding, happy to be corrected that over 8 hours one relief pilot is required. Now it could be that there have been successful negotiations between the airlines and the pilot unions to extend that. I understand that has been a long term strategy of Qantas.
@TheRuben_music It has been said that once you have avgas in your system it never leaves you. I started my professional career as a manager in one of the Australian domestic airlines as they were back then. I have maintained a general interest in aviation since then.
I'm curious as to how much the agreed upon added fuel tank reinforcements would impact actual usable range vis-a-vis A321LR, and if the rumors are true that its Boeing operatives who were bleating on about it to European authorities in an attempt to hinder or weaken the advantages that the XLR would bring versus the dinosaur 737 family. Boeing has nothing in 10-20 years to compete with this thing, so they're just resorting to undermine the competition in any way possible. 😬
It’s more like 35 years already that Boeing hasn’t given a proper response to the A320 family. They basically put some new more efficient engines and sell the dinosaur as a superior state of the art aircraft. As long as it decrease operational costs to operators and dispense new pilot certification, those seem to be happy as well. …and same goes for the vast majority of passengers that know little about these flying machines and many will even prefer a 737 to an A320 because of the manufacturer.
This is nothing. The real thing holding the A320 family back (esp the 321s) is the wing. Now Airbus has designed a new one, possibly with 777X foldable type wing tips. The new winged A321 Neos (possiblybcalled the A322) will be the true game changers and I think the final nail in Boeings narrow body commercial production coffin.
@@NovejSpeed3 Nothing is holding back the A320 family, because there's lack of competition in the narrow bodies. That's why they become the most successful aircraft to date. Better wings will help, but the main problem are the materials the aircraft is made of that make them heavier than if it they were made of modern light materials. The best next thing is the smaller A220-300, but that's still Airbus, since they acquired the design from Bombardier.
@@miks564Well, lets see… 737NG series, and 737MAX series, in response to what? The A320NEO series “they basicly put some more efficient engines on it” and sell their old design as new..
@@ACPilot There's a big difference. A320 are computer operated aircraft. Meaning, despite still having one or another old legacy system on board, the neos are basically modern aircraft with all the modern flight systems available today, but in an old airframe. That also explains how easy it was for Airbus to compensate the A320 flight behavior for the more powerful engines. The Max is still the same pulleys and cables running along the airframe manual kind of aircraft. That's also the reason Boeing isn't able to get other Max versions approved. After the requalification of the MAX, FAA closed the eyes to the -9 as a compromise to allow Boeing to get the aircraft back in the air, but they kept the requirement of having EICAS installed (like in any other Boeing aircraft) on all remaining Max variants. This means Boeing has to somehow interconnect the 737 old flight systems with computer systems even if only for monitorization and troubleshooting purposes. Seems easy, but of course it isn't because 737s never had this level of monitorization on board. Boeing needed to start a new narrow body design by the time they launched the NG as a response to the original A320s. But instead they kept 'milking the cow'. 737s and A320s are direct competitors because they do the same with similar efficiency (cost of operation), but the similarities end there.
Have you seen the railings at around the six minute mark? Those are for the curtains to shield the resting cabin crew from passenger view. The crew complement most likely be for full service airlines 5-6 cabin crew and 2 pilots (who take their rest on the flight deck - as it is done already on sectors not requiring a three pilot crew (Europe to Mauritius for example is such a route, departing early afternoon allowing for a 14 hour duty time outbound) which means savings for the airline company.
In the 1960s, aircraft technology was less advanced, which could lead to higher maintenance costs and less fuel-efficient engines. However, labor costs and other expenses might have been lower relative to today's standards. So your comment is wrong@@WeMuckAround
@@TheRuben_musicrelatively I’m pretty sure the wages would be higher due to the ridiculous amount of inflation for example the minimum wage in the US in 1960 $1 that same dollar would be worth $10 today which is actually above current federal minimum wage which is $7.25
What commercial airline would fly to North Pole and back? Surely they should have flown over the North Pole and on to either Japan or Korea, or Vancouver or Los Angeles.
Great video, although the voice-over guy needs to work on his voice modulation. The ends of his sentences seem to fade into the distance making me strain to listen to what he said!!
Any aviation vloger reviewing long haul travel including for example, “Qantas Sunrise” should sit in the back in an economy seat. That’s the true test for these long haul narrow body flights. Isn’t it fair to assume that budget airlines will “sardine can” economy?
If you don't like budget airlines can pay an fly full service carrier. You get what you pay . It's that simple. Actually this is a test flight. No one bought tickets to fly.
I can not imagine myself in the narrow body plane for 11 hours, maybe in the business class, but still how do they plan to provide adequate toilets etc.
Your a spammer. IT DOES NOT MATTER LOL An aircraft can fly all day and empty their toilets at the end of the day. HOW and WHY is that even a question? :P
Does A321XLR Flying 11 hours With Maximum take off weight & Full tank fuel ???… Or Only some crew Test Flight & Full tank Fuel ??… I think its must be cleared …
Tells you quite a bit about their confidence level to test fly a plane in a region with barely any airports to divert to in case of problems.
Well it's still an A320 family aircraft, not anything totally different
That's SOP for this stage of testing, nothing special.
Well it‘s an Airbus. I would step on the first flight after the airplane leaves the hanger for the first time. I would be afraid for my life if it was a Boeing
It’s hardly a ‘new’ plane. It’s only a new variant.
@@xr6lad sure but until now they didn't do 11h flights...
The beluga saying hello at 8:03 😄
Great video Chris ! Amazing to witness a flight test with extensive explanations from the engineers.
1:16 that XLR livery be looking like a ready to scan QR code 😂😂
We are privileged to be able to see a test flight and hear what the test personnel have to say. This channel, like the app, is great!
I think this is a great move from Airbus, this will be a great tool for airline companies.
That said, I do not fancy long flights on narrow bodies, in my opinion, 3 hours or more in a narrow body are struggle.
My favorite aircraft is the A330 because I have very good experiences with it: I like how it looks on the outside, I love how it lands and how well it flies, it's basically a giant glider and even being older, it also features a much more quieter cabin than this one.
However, exclusively as a passenger, nothing beats the A380.
My favourite is A340 and A380.
I agree...single aisle long haul is good for the airline only, not for passengers. I will never fly on this aircraft.
Gonna be honest, with modern economy cabins at least, I'd take a 321XLR over a 777 any day of the week... Just because of the seat width.
@@davidcole333it’s not really for all airlines either. It’s really only certain airlines. It’s unlikely you’ll see a narrow body traversing the pacific not because it can’t but because it wouldn’t be profitable for any airline. Especially considering most of the destinations whether you’re coming to the west coast or leaving the west coast are high profile locations where the fees would be high.
Have you flown recently on A321LR aircraft? I have, and in my opinion it was great!
I had an Air Astana flight of 5.5 hours, and everything was great about.
When the airline configures the narrow body for long haul, it really doesn't matter in my opinion.
What a special report this was. Thank you for taking us along.
Really great video and introduces us to a whole new world of aviation
The intricate design of the Concorde is simply phenomenal. And to think this jet was being designed at the time of the 747 design and first flight. The 60's were a magnificent time for aviation. Also the lunar race and landing.
Concorde was never a commercial success. Unique aircraft and technically ahead of its time. Wonderful. Still needed to make money. And did not. The crash, not Concorde's fault, allowed the airlines to run away from it. Not because it was a bad plane; but a financial disaster.
Excellent content and a nice overview of what a test flight at Airbus is like. Thanks for posting.
Excellent video, Chris and it was great to listen to Senior Engineer Mike explaining a bunch of complex operational concepts very professionally. Many thanks indeed to Airbus and FlightRadar24 🙏
Amazing video Chris!! It´s so fascinating to learn the XLR features. Kudos!
Loved the video! I was waiting for this for a while
Brilliant - thank you for a great video. Amazing quality testing by Airbus.
Great video! Thanks for showing us how these test flights are done! Also love your dinner.
Great to see Chris back on TH-cam 😊
I can’t wait for this to be in service. Game changer in the long haul biz
I absolutely hate the concept of single aisle long haul. Anyone who has flown long haul will tell you two aisle are necessary for mobility during the flight. It will be sheer torture to the passengers to subject them to 8 plus hours of hell on this pig.
Lol game changer in what way? The 757 already trailblazed the single aisle, long haul routes. This just expands on that with additional range, at the expense of speed.
@@davidcole333Don’t be a baby. It won’t be anywhere near that bad.
@@davidcole333why do you need two isles? If you want to stretch your legs, don’t you simply stay in your isle? I’ve never gone over to the other isle. 🙄
@@eniolafolorunso1095it’s absolutely a game changer. The hourly operating cost remains significantly lower than the B757. The airplane won’t need major airports either. So instead of the hub and spoke, they can do direct flights to and from small cities.
Such an incredible plane which is long overdue to fly in the sky regularly :)
Great video as always!😊
Excellent video. Thank you. I was surprised meals were served. I thought that one would have had to bring their own? Cheers, Peter.
Air Canada ordered like 20 of these things. If they can finally fly to Athens direct during the winter, my life will be complete.
Awesome an introvert boring Canadian likes to go to Athens.
@@eco8842 What's your problem?
Wow, great video!
well done Chris.
Nice work, Jum.
Gorgeous bird, I can’t wait to fly on it!
This is so cool. I enjoyed it. This means I can do DFW-LHR and back no problem. Even LAX-LHR round trip.
how neat!
Wow, beautiful!
flightradar deserves a lot of subscribers
Thanks!
Loved your video Chris! Have they confirmed the maximum range yet?
Absolutly Fantastic, if this aircraft can get "off the ground" then the XLR will be a game changer and a revolution for smaller airports! 😃😃
They are advertise london to vancouver on this thing. That could makes Victoria or Abbotsford to London Gatwick or manchester an option
The A321 A21N stretched variant currently flys with Jet Blue between London Gatwick and New York JFK. Slower than larger carrier aircraft such as the B777, B787, A330 and A350, although cheaper.
I like that one of the Airbus guys has a yellow LEGO lanyard. :D
Super!
North Pole! Incredible
Those meals look so good :DD
Would have like to have seen the video of the magnetic/true north switch
Not really that much to see. The heading just swings around a bit.
Fascinating. How was media allowed on a test flight?
Can't wait for these! Such a shame Boeing won't make a new 757, but the XLR looks really sweet though.
Very good and thank you! Do you know whether the concerns about the extra fuel tank safety has been satisfied?
It was satisfied by reducing the range. They must have done something with the tanks.
Thank God u rested
Man, I'd love being a passenger in one of these flights.
Airbus
Never saw such a clean cabin wondows 😂😂
i spotted this on flightrader yesturday
Nice new walls
Will the primary flight controls also be available to all the passengers over the WiFi too? 😎
Cool flight radar 24 has an official channel...
do they have xlr cable support on the A321 XLR?
Ahaha Chris from Airways ?!!
clear winner in narrow body long haul , competition no where near .
Just how long was that test flight? In terms of hours flown, as well as miles/km flown. Thanks!
Why not fly to Fairbanks instead of returning to Toulouse?
I Am Looking Forward To Be Passenger One The A321XLR
Nice video. Does anyone know if the additional weight from the fireproofing material placed on the rear internal fuel tank (as required by European regulatory authorities) actually reduced the A321XLR's maximum range? I had read about a 200 nautical mile reduction.
Bear in mind Airbus would have been slightly conservative with their estimates. So even if there is a reduction in range, their conservative initial estimates will be able to somewhat absorb the hit. I doubt it will be anything above 200nm. A slight MTOW bump and aero cleanup would also help.
What was it's TOD?
Sounds rather quiet in the cabin; engine noise intrusion is minimal.
Scoot should replace a321nx to xlr
Did he say in the back of the aircraft? Wow that aircraft is extremely quiet wow
Yes Airbus' new planes are amazing!
Awesome, your channel has way too few subscribers compared to the quality of the content!🤩
What you say is so true!
8:04 Hello Beluga....
Is there a reason the test is at night? A 9PM departure for a 12+ duty does not sound like fun, however fascinating the job may be.
Nice video, however I'm still hoping to get as many widebodies as possible on long haul travel in the future. This won't match up to an A350 anytime soon for me.
Well just accept many stops from hub to hub and you get your widebodies. Especially the 10 abrest new sardin can trend.
I will enjoy the direct connections with too little traffic to support widebodies now being able to go direct instead of regional-hub-hub-regional these XLR will enable.
And in case of the A320, nobody will ever be able to get more than 6 abreast into it, so the generously wide seats, far wider than the 10abreast hell, are there to stay, beancounter-proof.
Yeah like you have a choice hehe
@@TheRuben_music I do. First of all I'll support carriers with good service and aircraft choice and happily pay a bit more, also there's a reason why long haul budget carriers are struggling. Not that many people actually enjoy spending 8 hours without any legroom or any place to stretch your legs when you do get up.
How many flights do you take in a year? My worst flight ever was a 9-hour trip in a 747 aircraft. If you sit in the aisle seat on any aircraft regardless of its size, you have enough legroom. I fly approximately 4-6 times a month. I have never seen anyone standing in the aisle for more than 1-2 minutes. Your problem is not a universal problem, it is just complaining. @@the_bottomfragger
Nice to meet you, thank you very much. The plane was tested many times in this way. It will be bought by an airplane company. Nice video. thank you very much. Thank you for your continued support.
As cool as this is to see I'm certainly not going to be jumping on a narrow body long haul flight anytime soon, or ever if I can avoid it.
Why? Cuz u switch isles on a twin isle? U need to do laps? 🙄
@@rtbrtb_dutchy4183 no... more space, quieter, usually wider more comfortable seats, just the bigger cabin makes you feel so much less cramped and for some less claustrophobic. And wide body's are just so much cooler.
Idk what you're on about bud. I'm a pilot and I spend a lot of time on planes in the cockpit and out. I don't need to "change isle or do laps" or whatever you're gabbering on about.
@@elliott7268 seats are the same. That depends on the airline anyway. You can have as much space in a narrow body than a wide body.
You’re not the only pilot bud. 🙄 and I’m surprised that if you are, that you aren’t familiar with seats and their size etc.
Narrow body long haul flying isn’t new.
Nice, but if you do a 11 hour flight north and south on the same longitude you won't have any jet lag and this should be easier for body clock adjustments.
If you start and end at the same location you also won't have jetlag...
Lol there are no jetlag if staying in the same timezone
How much fuel was used?
Odd question: is there any way you could get the official route with waypoints taken on this flight? I'm trying to recreate this flight in my simulator.
We can ask if that information is available.
@@Flightradar24DotCom Thank you! Let me know...
Absolutely jealous
personally, i would wish the 321XLR to be fitted with 3+2 econ plus seats if it was ever to be an option. otherwise it's true nightmare for 11hr flight.
That would be nice! But is 3+3 really any worse than 3+4+3 on a widebody?
Where’s the other guy?
Qantas will be interested in this report as they are believed to have ordered several of this type. The plan is to use them on long haul skinny passenger ports.
I heard that these were primarily due to replace the 737 fleet on international routes where the a220 will replace the b737 and 717 on domestic routes.
I support having brownies for breakfast
What’s the load? Is it filled up to the MTOW?
If they do an 11 hour flight it definitely is
@@MrSchwabentierhe means passenger ballast. Just full of fuel and a few passengers isn’t MTOW.
@@rtbrtb_dutchy4183 full of fuel leaves you with 10-11t payload. Add in some test equipment and „a few people“ get you close to MTOW pretty quickly
Long haul wide bodied aircraft have sealed off crew rest areas, eg for cockpit crew immediately behind the cockpit, or up or below. What do they provide on this aircraft?
With a max of 11 hours flying time, provided the crew has a layover at the destination, 2 pilots is enough per FTL and there won't be a need for a crew rest area.
I wonder if you work for Boeing
@jsurfin1 - It is my understanding, happy to be corrected that over 8 hours one relief pilot is required. Now it could be that there have been successful negotiations between the airlines and the pilot unions to extend that. I understand that has been a long term strategy of Qantas.
@TheRuben_music It has been said that once you have avgas in your system it never leaves you. I started my professional career as a manager in one of the Australian domestic airlines as they were back then. I have maintained a general interest in aviation since then.
Where is the other guy? 😅
Wow… 11h flight??
I didn’t know flightradar has this gorgeous guy
11 hours? Is that right?
And ETOPS is covered...
I'm curious as to how much the agreed upon added fuel tank reinforcements would impact actual usable range vis-a-vis A321LR, and if the rumors are true that its Boeing operatives who were bleating on about it to European authorities in an attempt to hinder or weaken the advantages that the XLR would bring versus the dinosaur 737 family. Boeing has nothing in 10-20 years to compete with this thing, so they're just resorting to undermine the competition in any way possible. 😬
It’s more like 35 years already that Boeing hasn’t given a proper response to the A320 family.
They basically put some new more efficient engines and sell the dinosaur as a superior state of the art aircraft.
As long as it decrease operational costs to operators and dispense new pilot certification, those seem to be happy as well. …and same goes for the vast majority of passengers that know little about these flying machines and many will even prefer a 737 to an A320 because of the manufacturer.
This is nothing. The real thing holding the A320 family back (esp the 321s) is the wing. Now Airbus has designed a new one, possibly with 777X foldable type wing tips. The new winged A321 Neos (possiblybcalled the A322) will be the true game changers and I think the final nail in Boeings narrow body commercial production coffin.
@@NovejSpeed3 Nothing is holding back the A320 family, because there's lack of competition in the narrow bodies. That's why they become the most successful aircraft to date.
Better wings will help, but the main problem are the materials the aircraft is made of that make them heavier than if it they were made of modern light materials.
The best next thing is the smaller A220-300, but that's still Airbus, since they acquired the design from Bombardier.
@@miks564Well, lets see… 737NG series, and 737MAX series, in response to what? The A320NEO series “they basicly put some more efficient engines on it” and sell their old design as new..
@@ACPilot There's a big difference. A320 are computer operated aircraft. Meaning, despite still having one or another old legacy system on board, the neos are basically modern aircraft with all the modern flight systems available today, but in an old airframe. That also explains how easy it was for Airbus to compensate the A320 flight behavior for the more powerful engines.
The Max is still the same pulleys and cables running along the airframe manual kind of aircraft.
That's also the reason Boeing isn't able to get other Max versions approved.
After the requalification of the MAX, FAA closed the eyes to the -9 as a compromise to allow Boeing to get the aircraft back in the air, but they kept the requirement of having EICAS installed (like in any other Boeing aircraft) on all remaining Max variants. This means Boeing has to somehow interconnect the 737 old flight systems with computer systems even if only for monitorization and troubleshooting purposes. Seems easy, but of course it isn't because 737s never had this level of monitorization on board.
Boeing needed to start a new narrow body design by the time they launched the NG as a response to the original A320s. But instead they kept 'milking the cow'.
737s and A320s are direct competitors because they do the same with similar efficiency (cost of operation), but the similarities end there.
Long way in a small airplane.
1:17 you said “fox”, isn’t it “foxtrot”???
A lot of people shorten foxtrot to fox.
Foxtrot has kind of died a death.
It’s so cool, but where will the flight attendants rest? Haha
Have you seen the railings at around the six minute mark? Those are for the curtains to shield the resting cabin crew from passenger view. The crew complement most likely be for full service airlines 5-6 cabin crew and 2 pilots (who take their rest on the flight deck - as it is done already on sectors not requiring a three pilot crew (Europe to Mauritius for example is such a route, departing early afternoon allowing for a 14 hour duty time outbound) which means savings for the airline company.
I remember back in the day commercial planes were interesting now its just how to put maximum amount of people in the smallest plane😅
Operating costs are a lot higher than they were in 1969
In the 1960s, aircraft technology was less advanced, which could lead to higher maintenance costs and less fuel-efficient engines. However, labor costs and other expenses might have been lower relative to today's standards. So your comment is wrong@@WeMuckAround
Well Capitalism. America. Go figure
@@TheRuben_music is there one better??
@@TheRuben_musicrelatively I’m pretty sure the wages would be higher due to the ridiculous amount of inflation for example the minimum wage in the US in 1960 $1 that same dollar would be worth $10 today which is actually above current federal minimum wage which is $7.25
Where is Gabriel?
Still around not to worry!
What commercial airline would fly to North Pole and back? Surely they should have flown over the North Pole and on to either Japan or Korea, or Vancouver or Los Angeles.
That's why this is called test flight. Done to measure performance in 11 hours.
How do I apply for this job?
been waiting for this video since the facebook post. got to made the first comment
11 hr in a narrow body n narrow wing ...polar route....on test flight,yes, on pax flight, no thanks. But very interesting video, merci AIB,
Can you send all your performance data to Toliss?
Did you get them?
I enjoy this video brother could you please tell me how I could work with you, do you need an assistant😅
Great video, although the voice-over guy needs to work on his voice modulation. The ends of his sentences seem to fade into the distance making me strain to listen to what he said!!
Any aviation vloger reviewing long haul travel including for example, “Qantas Sunrise” should sit in the back in an economy seat. That’s the true test for these long haul narrow body flights.
Isn’t it fair to assume that budget airlines will “sardine can” economy?
He wasn’t reviewing the flight comfort or the served meals but was attending an 11 hour long Airbus test flight.
Yes, this wasn't a normal flight trip review/report but trials of the new A321 Neo XLR aircraft!
If you don't like budget airlines can pay an fly full service carrier. You get what you pay . It's that simple. Actually this is a test flight. No one bought tickets to fly.
I don’t wanna travel with small plane for 11hours
Why? makes no sense.....
I can not imagine myself in the narrow body plane for 11 hours, maybe in the business class, but still how do they plan to provide adequate toilets etc.
Your a spammer. IT DOES NOT MATTER LOL
An aircraft can fly all day and empty their toilets at the end of the day. HOW and WHY is that even a question? :P
Does A321XLR Flying 11 hours With Maximum take off weight & Full tank fuel ???… Or Only some crew Test Flight & Full tank Fuel ??… I think its must be cleared …
that's going nowhere fast!
Air India & Indigo ordered large number of this A321XLR .
china should order these.