Le Bourget: long plane and fighter jet route in the spotlight

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On the air show in Paris, on the first day of ground-breaking contracts have been signed. Airbus introduces a fuel-saving long plug flyer. And Europe wants to build a new fighter jet.

The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus wants to come up with a new Super-long-range version of its top-selling A321neo is a new development of the rival Boeing before. The Airbus A321XLR should be able to cope with distances of up to 4700 nautical miles (8700 km) and from the year 2023 to be available, said Airbus sales chief Christian Scherer at the Start of the world’s largest aviation fair in Le Bourget, near Paris. As the first customer for the aircraft financiers to Air Lease Corporation announced an Order for 27 Jets of the type to be signed at the same time, a preliminary agreement on 23 normal Airbus A321neo, as well as 50 smaller machines of the type A220-300.

The new A321XLR to 15 percent more flying than the previous long version of the A321LR (Long Range) route. That they may be for example between Europe and America or between Europe and India, suitable, pointed out Airbus. “Compared with previous aircraft such as the Boeing 757, the way to fly such routes typically saves the A321XLR around 30 percent in fuel and CO2 emissions,” said Scherer.

Still, it is a computer animation: The new A321 XLR Airbus

Also, Boeing is trying to fill this market segment with a new medium-sized Jet. The New Midsize Aircraft (NMA), which is unofficially called already Boeing 797 should stretch in size between the medium and the Langstreckenjets are. The US group has not decided, even after several years of discussions, whether and how he builds the Jet. Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg continues to assume that the machine in the year 2025 is finished. Currently, the processing of crisis is going on at Boeing, but the Mittelstreckenjet 737 Max, for the after two fatal crashes, a world-wide flight ban.

New European fighter jet is planned

On the sidelines of the air show, signed the Federal defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen, the contracts for the billion-dollar arms projects of a European fighter jets. Came to the ceremony, the French head of state, Emmanuel Macron – he landed in a military version of the Airbus A330 in Le Bourget – as well as the French defence Minister Florence Parly, and your Spanish colleague Margarita Robles.

Previously, a first model of a combat aircraft was unveiled. The so-called air combat system of the future (FCAS) will be from 2040 to operational – in the end it should be only a single combat aircraft of the new Generation, but also a complete system that can control drones or satellites.

So far, only a model of the new fighter jets – it was unveiled in Le Bourget

So far, Germany, France and Spain in the billion-dollar projects. Under a framework agreement (“Framework Agreement was signed according to the government information”), in the project organization and management structures to be established. In addition, there is a so-called first implementing agreement, the Germany Work on a until the end of 2021 planned a concept study for accession.

In Paris, the mood in the Sector is likely to be this time subdued. The customs conflicts, the deterioration of the world economy, and growing geopolitical tensions to worry about. Analysts expect that the trade fair, 400 to 800 orders and Commitments to be sealed. Last year at the air show in the British Farnborough, it had been 959.

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