FAA grants Airbus certification of A321XLR, P&W EASA approval slips into 2025

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The Federal Aviation Administration has quietly certified the Airbus A321XLR, clearing the way for U.S. operators of the aircraft to begin taking deliveries in 2025.

According to the Type Certification Data Sheet that accompanies each certified aircraft family, the A321-253NY, the technical designation of the extended-range A321XLR powered by CFM International Leap-1A engines, was granted certification by the FAA on Oct. 2, 2024. This was not disclosed by the U.S. aviation regulator until Dec. 5, 2024 as part of the most recent revision to the A320-family data sheet. 

Airbus confirmed the aircraft was granted FAA certification with CFM engines. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency certified the aircraft with CFM engines on July 19. 

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Jon Ostrower
Jon Ostrower is Editor-in-chief of The Air Current, where he leads coverage of the global aerospace and aviation industries. Prior to launching TAC in June 2018, Mr. Ostrower served as Aviation Editor for CNN Worldwide, guiding the network’s global coverage of the business and operations of aviation. Mr. Ostrower joined CNN in 2016 following four and a half years at the Wall Street Journal. Based first in Chicago and then in Washington, D.C., he covered Boeing, aviation safety, and the business of global aerospace. Before that, Mr. Ostrower was editor of FlightBlogger for Flightglobal and Flight International Magazine covering the development of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and other new aircraft programs from 2007 to 2012. He is also an instructor at the University of Southern California in the Viterbi School of Engineering's Aviation Safety and Security program. Mr. Ostrower, a Boston native, graduated from The George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs with a bachelor’s degree in Political Communication. He is based in Seattle.
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