Post by philidor on Feb 1, 2018 8:48:05 GMT 1
Fabien, it's Airbus who is saying so in a press release.
www.airbus.com/newsroom/news/en/2018/01/airbus--globetrotting-a321lr-performs-its-maiden-flight.html
We have been discussing this in the 'A321 LR' thread (this sub-type is officially dubbed 'A321 LR', no need for any '-neo' - we should be using the official name).
Since this bird has the ACF fuselage, she only needed a MTOW increase (97 T - just a software change ?) and a third additional conformal tank to be a -LR. Calling this aircraft 'the first ACF' until she was in the air, and then unveiling it was a -LR, Airbus probably wanted to show off the flexibility (more range or more seats) allowed by the ACF configuration.
