Airbus med B757 erstatning

Du husker kanskje hvordan flygerne beskrev B757: Long legs, slim body and two big ones..... 4000NM med full pax load, står det.

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Airbus Sees 1,000-Aircraft Market For A321LR

Airbus launches A321LR as a Boeing 757 replacement; its competitor decides to wait

Jan 15, 2015Jens Flottau and Guy Norris | Aviation Week & Space TechnologyHow to replace the Boeing 757 has been one of the last open portfolio questions for civil aircraft manufacturers. Airbus’s A321LR has one answer. Boeing may have a second. But if its model is launched, it will be a longer-term step. Airbus formally launched a long-range version of the A321 with a 97-ton maximum takeoff weight (MTOW). Air Lease Corp. (ALC) is the first customer for this type, with a memorandum of understanding for 30.