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Airbus Plots Flight Path to A320neo Service Entry

Eight A320neo flight-test aircraft will be involved in the certification campaign, split between the PW1100G- and CFM Leap-1A-powered variants.

In the cockpit for the September 25 first flight of the Airbus A320neo were pilots Philippe Pellerin and Etienne Miche De Malleray, along with flight-test engineer Jean-Paul Lambert. [Photo: Airbus]

By Ian Goold • Senior correspondent

October 3, 2014

Airbus has acknowledged it will require "two or three months" to obtain a realistic understanding of the A320neo's performance, following the September 25 first flight of the re-engined single-aisle twinjet. "It's not just measuring cruise and climb performance, but also engine-out behavior [and everything else] and then asking 'What does it all mean?'" commented flight and integration tests senior vice president Fernando Alonso.

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