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Airbus A321LR Completes First Transatlantic Flight
On Tuesday, the newest product of the Airbus A320 family, the A321LR, completed the first transatlantic flight, from Le Bourget Airport in Paris, France, to New York’s JFK. The trip was made by a test aircraft, with registration D-AVZO, in 8-hours and 44-minutes. (airlinegeeks.com) Daha Fazlası...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
757s are single aisle, aren't they? And plenty of them fly over the Atlantic daily. People seem to go on them with no problem for 8-9 hours. I am looking at flightradar24 right now, and there is flight AA203 AMS-PHL with the same exact flight time of 8:44.
If you think I would voluntarily buy a coach ticket on a narrow body from Paris to New York with a 9-hour block time you should have your head examined.
Almost 9 hours on a narrow-body single aisle? I consider this passenger torture.
Try flying for 9 hrs in a 737
Depends on the seats and pitch. Personally I wouldn’t have a problem with it, and the ability of the 321LR to serve smaller markets directly without having to take connecting flights on both sides of the pond could more than make up for the inconvenience and save time as well as money.
Not really.
Several years ago, 2009 or '10, I flew KLM's 737-operated flight from AMS to IAH--THAT was a long day in a relatively small aircraft. :-)
Several years ago, 2009 or '10, I flew KLM's 737-operated flight from AMS to IAH--THAT was a long day in a relatively small aircraft. :-)
Sorry, meant to add--and it was quite comfortable.
IF, you did not mind sleeping on the floor!! The all-business class configuration required the seats to lie-flat on the floor. BUT, the additional flight offered a nice late alternative departure A