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Airbus[2][4] release: "25 September 2014. The first A320neo to fly has landed back at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport France at 02:22 pm local time after successfully completing its first flight which lasted around two and a half hours."- Start
- Sep 25, 201490% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
The Airbus A320neo Makes Its First Flight
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The first A320neo, F-WNEO with Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines, flew from Toulouse-Blagnac on 25 September 2014, starting a 3,000-hour test campaign.
- F-WNEO lifted off from Blagnac at around 60 tonnes and landed at 2:22 pm local time after about two and a half hours, flown by test pilots Philippe Pellerin and Etienne Miche de Malleray with flight engineer Jean-Paul Lambert[1]
- The crew explored the envelope and systems while engineers followed live over a telemetry link; AIN says it took off around noon[1][5]
- Airbus planned eight test aircraft covering all three neo models and both engine options, about 3,000 flight hours, and entry into service in the fourth quarter of 2015 (it slipped to January 2016)[1][4][5]
- CEO Fabrice Brégier said the neo "will consume 20 percent less fuel per passenger", a figure Airbus first promised at 15 percent at launch[1][6]
Notable features
- A320neo: 37.57 m long, 35.80 m wingspan, 3.70 m maximum cabin width; typically 150-180 passengers in two classes, up to 194 in one class[2]
- Range up to 3,400 nmi (6,300 km); maximum take-off weight 79.0 tonnes; Mmo 0.82[2]
- Prototype engines: two Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-JM geared turbofans; CFM LEAP-1A is the alternative[1][2]
- Large Sharklet wingtip devices as standard; SAS reports a cruising speed of 850 km/h for its A320neo[2][3]