AirAsia is targeting Airbus A321LR
According to a CAPA Center for Aviation report, AirAsia is negotiating to adjust its order for 100 of A330-900 aircraft. He wants to convert 40 among them into the new A320neo and A321LR.
Airbus has launched the new generation of Airbus A320neo aircraft, including the A321neo and A321LR models. The latter is worthy of a long-haul plane, even if it has only one corridor and can carry up to 240 passengers. In March 2018, Airbus A321LR flew nonstop in the direction of Seychelles - Toulouse. It was a flight of 11 hours and traveled 7610 kilometers.
A321LR (Long Range) is a modified A321neo. An additional tank was fitted, the maximum take-off weight was increased from 93.5 to 97 tons, the front door was removed from the engines and 2 emergency exits were added over the wings, thus increasing to 5 emergency exits on each side. .
AirAsia is targeting Airbus A321LR
According to a CAPA Center for Aviation report, AirAsia is negotiating to adjust its order for 100 of A330-900 aircraft. He wants to convert 40 among them into the new A320neo and A321LR. Aircraft would enter the fleets of Thai AirAsia X and Malaysia AirAsia X. Subsidiaries. Following that, AirAsia X, a low-cost air carrier for long-haul flights, will receive the remainder of the A330-900 aircraft order.
Apparently A321LR is competing with A330neo. But Airbus has announced that it will increase the MTX A330neo (maximum allowable take-off mass) to 251 tonnes and flight range up to 13300 kilometers.
The new adjustments will facilitate direct flights operated by AirAsia X with A330neo from Kuala Lumpur to London. While A321LR will be effective on flights from the Asia-Pacific region.