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Spirit first A321NEO delivery
Yesterday, May 19th 2023, Spirit Airlines took delivery of its first Airbus A321-271NX. N702NK built as SN 11328 will become ship 6702 in Spirits fleet. The aircraft departed from Airbus’s facility in Hamburg, XFW around 1145am making a tech stop in Keflavik, KEF after a 3hr first leg. About an hour later, the aircraft made a 6 hour second leg arriving at Spirit’s Detroit metro, DTW base a little after 4pm local time. The Spirit Airbus 321Neo is expected to enter into revenue service starting… (www.youtube.com) More...
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That was a great video! I was out there catching the A321 Neo landing!!!!!
The A321neo is a pretty interesting piece of new equipment.
Having said that, though - Do we know if Spirit paid Airbus the upcharge to have access to the cargo hold and the second of the two engines?
Having said that, though - Do we know if Spirit paid Airbus the upcharge to have access to the cargo hold and the second of the two engines?
Perhaps paying a further upcharge for a third engine would be advisable, as Spirit uses the P&W GTF engines, which are having reliability issues.
They currently have 2 320Neos in DTW that are wrapped up and in short term storage because a lack of engines/ parts. They have some in DFW in the same state.
"Dig deep and you will read a tale of the first GA-GTF, the Honeywell, nee, Garrett TFE731-5 that met a similar introduction as well as the new Falcon 900 it was designed to power. Harmonic issues with the planetary set resulted in blown front frame, fan fails that grounded the fleet. An extra gear in the planetary set (from 4 to 5) solved the problem, at considerable expense and 'voila' the TFE731-5 became the TFE731-5BR and the Falcon 900 became the 900B. Don't waste your time on wiki, it ain't there."
Just an aside from a thread not long ago nor far away.
Just an aside from a thread not long ago nor far away.
LOL !! A trijet for Airbus ? Back to the future. Hey, Toulouse pick one for starters:
B-727, L-1011, MD-10.
Or, cheaper and simpler: Carry the spare GTF engine on a third pylon, (like carrying a spare auto tire)
B-727, L-1011, MD-10.
Or, cheaper and simpler: Carry the spare GTF engine on a third pylon, (like carrying a spare auto tire)
Rather like fifth-podding on the 747 when JT9Ds were popping with monotonous regularity at the start of 747 life.
