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First ACJ320neo Encounters Covid Headwinds

Acropolis Aviation's ACJ320neo "was just picking up a head of steam" when it was sidelined by the Covid-19 pandemic.

UK-based Acropolis Aviation was the launch customer for the Airbus ACJ320neo. With seating for 19 and sleeping capacity for 17, including a master suite with shower, the twinjet which entered service in March, represents the latest in long-range ultra-luxury charter service. (Photo: Acropolis Aviation)

By Curt Epstein • Business Aviation Services Editor

May 26, 2020

When Jonathan Bousfield, the CEO of Acropolis Aviation, signed his company on as the launch customer for the Airbus ACJ320neo five years ago at EBACE, like everyone he had no idea what the world would look like when it was scheduled to enter service in 2020. But given the current Covid-19 pandemic and its subsequent chilling effect on air travel, the aircraft that is intended to be the last word in private VVIP charter has had a somewhat inauspicious debut. “We managed to get two revenue trips in before the world shut down,” Bousfield told AIN. “The airplane was just picking up a head of steam and then the current crisis hit.”

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