Thu, Mar 22, 2018
Features New Door Configuration To Accommodate Up To 240 Passengers
A delivery ceremony for the first Airbus A321 LR fuselage section took place in the last days at Leonardo Aircraft Division’s site located at Nola near Naples.
The A321LR features a new door configuration, enabling its operators to accommodate up to 240 passengers in Airbus’ widest single aisle fuselage in the sky. The new ‘Airspace’ by Airbus cabin available on the A320 Family additionally enhances the passengers’ unrivalled travel experience. With further options, combining an increased maximum takeoff Weight (MTOW) of 97 metric tons and a third additional centre fuel tank (ACT), the aircraft’s range extends to 4,000nm, allowing airlines to tap into new long range market opportunities.
Leonardo collaboration with Airbus on the A321 program dates back to 1991 when an agreement was signed for the design and production of the front section of the aircraft’s fuselage. Aircraft sections made at Leonardo’s Nola site are shipped to Airbus’s site in St. Nazaire, France, where fuselage sub-assembly takes place.
Activity at the Nola site began in 1995 with the manufacture of aero-structures for several international aircraft programs, including Airbus. Leonardo employs around 1,000 highly skilled personnel at Nola which produces machined and sheet metal parts and carries out the assembly of advanced aero-structures with a high level of industrial integration and automation. The site uses “computerized integrated manufacturing” with control of the production process mainly managed by a single computerized system. The Nola plant also manufactures components and aero-structures for several major international aeronautics programs including the Eurofighter Typhoon and the Airbus A380.
(Image provided with Leonardo Company news release)
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