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EASA Certifies GTF-powered Airbus A321XLR
First A321XLR airliner with Pratt & Whitney’s engines will enter service this year
Airbus A321XLR
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EASA has certified the version of the Airbus A321XLR narrowbody airliner equipped with Pratt & Whitney’s PW1100G-JM geared turbofan (GTF) engine. Announcing the news on February 21, Pratt & Whitney said it had updated the PW1100G-JM engine’s type certificates with both the European air safety regulator and the FAA to add the A321XLR model.

EASA’s certification of the GTF-powered A321XLR comes seven months after it certified the initial version of the aircraft with Leap 1A engines, which are built by CFM International, a joint venture between GE Aerospace and Safran Aircraft Engines. The FAA certified the GTF-powered A321XLR in December, two months after it approved the Leap-powered version. 

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