Airbus is proceeding apace with the final stages of testing before the first A321XLR aircraft is delivered to its launch customer, Iberia. 

On October 1, 2024, the first aircraft slated for delivery conducted its first flight test at Airbus’ airfield at Hamburg-Finkenwerder Airport (XFW), near Hamburg, already painted in Iberia’s livery. 

The four-hour flight took the aircraft on a course over the northernmost parts of Germany and the Netherlands and then over the North Sea, flying several circular patterns along this itinerary. 

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