Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group.&nbsp;He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion,&nbsp;the&nbsp;student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot&nbsp;magazine, he joined&nbsp;AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.

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Chad Trautvetter

The first Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ320neo has entered final assembly in Hamburg, Germany, the company announced yesterday. It is due to be delivered to Acropolis Aviation of the UK in the fourth quarter, along with another ACJ320neo for Comlux.

 


More than 300 A320neo family aircraft are in service with airlines, but deliveries of corporate jet versions are just beginning. The derivative aircraft features new-generation engines and Sharklets, reducing fuel burns by about 15 percent and increasing range. As a result, the ACJ320neo can fly 25 passengers 6,000 nm/11,100 km, enabling routes such as London to Beijing or Cape Town and Moscow to Los Angeles, while the ACJ319neo can fly eight passengers 6,700 nm/12,500 km.

 


ACJ320neo family variants differ from their airliner counterparts by including a lower cabin altitude, built-in airstairs and a cargo hold that is reinforced to carry additional center fuel tanks

 


Airbus said it has nine firm orders for the ACJ320neo family—three ACJ319neos and six ACJ320neos.

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