3 September 2019
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Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) introduces new 195 seater aircraft for its regional flights. The airline will add 15 new A321neo Short Range (SR) aircraft as part of its fleet modernization program with the new Airbus A321neo SR aircraft which will serve as the primary single-aisle jetliner for its Asian regional flights. It has 12 seats for business class and 183 seats for economy, all with back-seat Inflight Entertainment system (IFEs). PAL said the brand new A321neo SR is different from its also new A321neo LR (Long Range) aircraft as the former is optimized for short haul flights in Asia Pacific, China, Korea and Japan, while the latter caters to medium haul flight covering flight time of more than 5 hours to places like Brisbane, Port Moresby, Sydney and Sapporo. It is also envisioned to be flown to India. Some existing A321s which has seating capacity of 199 will be flown exclusively in trunk-line domestic and charter routes while the rest of the fleet will be return to lessors when their leases expires. PAL has 6 A321neo LR, and 24 A321 classics in operation, supported by 19 A320s. |
Lols at SR for Short Range
ReplyDeleteCabin config does not change aircraft type.
The aircraft weight affects the range, but it is still A321neo.
The diff is the IFE on each seat. That is what they meant of upgrading. Upgrading the amenities
DeleteEven American Airlines named their full cabin A321 as A321T (Transcon). It's all in the matter of branding.
DeleteThe SR is pretty much like a code-name to differentiate the aircraft of its A321 NEO's.
DeleteI think "SR" is a wrong designation for the A321 NEO. It is actually a medium range aircraft but configured for routes in Asia and in some cases domestic. They should have called it a regional version, or simply A321 NEO. They should have called the first 6 A321 NEO as "LR"
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