Aircraft
Leap-powered Airbus A321XLR Wins EASA Type Certification
Powered by the CFM Leap-1A engines, the narrowbody airliner is ready for service entry
Florian Guillermet, Executive Director of EASA handing over the Type Certificate for the Airbus A321XLR to Isabelle Bloy
Florian Guillermet, executive director of EASA, hands over the type certificate for the Airbus A321XLR to Isabelle Bloy, the program's chief engineer.

The initial version of the Airbus A321XLR powered by CFM International's Leap 1A engines has received type certification from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), preparing the way for the entry into service of the narrowbody airliner at the end of the summer. The European regulator's executive director, Florian Guillermet, handed over the type certificate to A321XLR chief engineer Isabelle Bloy on Friday.

Airbus said it expects to gain certification of the alternative version of the A321XLR powered by Pratt & Whitney's Geared Turbofan later this year.