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Airbus A320neo: best selling and competitive. First A320neo in Russia! New A320 aircraft from the heat

In 2010, the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus announced the start of design work on the A320neo. This narrow-body jet was the result of a deep redesign of the basic version of the A320.

At the launch of the A320neo in Paris in 2011, Airbus closed deals worth more than sixty billion dollars.

In 2014, the first copy soared into the skies of France. Two years later, the German carrier Lufthansa received this novelty for use. The cost of the liner is up to 110 million dollars.

The A320neo family also includes the A319neo (short) and A321neo (long).

Airbus A320neo is an improved model with a fundamentally new category of engines. Installing large (more than 2 meters in diameter) LEAP-1A or PW1100G motors on the aircraft contributes to the following changes:

  • reduction in kerosene consumption by 15 - 17%
  • reduction of operating costs by 8 - 10%
  • reduction of harmful emissions into the natural atmosphere by more than 10%
  • noise reduction
  • increase in flight range by 960 kilometers
  • increase in load capacity by 2000 kilograms

The glider itself was also modernized: “sharklets” (shark fin) were installed at the tips of the wings, the air conditioning system was reworked, and the luggage compartment was made larger.

Thanks to the latest engines and unique wingtips (2.4 meters), the manufacturers say that maintenance and operation costs will be reduced by almost a quarter compared to the base model. The Airbus A320neo has the lowest noise level of its class.

Externally, the A320neo almost completely repeats the appearance of the A320 model. The difference was the widespread use of composites (plastic reinforced with fiberglass and carbon fiber) and aluminum alloys. This made the design stronger, lighter and more ergonomic.

The aircraft has modern cockpit equipment. Thomson-CSF supplied a unique set of software. "Intellectual filling" displays data on LCD monitors, warns of emergency situations. All equipment is certified and complies with the requirements of the ARINC 700 standard.

Changes in the interior of the cabin

Improvements have also been made to the passenger compartment. Illumination is made with current LEDs. The interior decoration will satisfy the most demanding taste.

The distance between the rows has increased, creating more space for the passenger. Stands for gadgets (tablets, smartphones, laptops), sockets and USB connectors appeared: two pieces for three row chairs. These changes affected both the business class and the economy cabin. Press, booklets are placed in pockets at the top of the chair. The kitchen areas have also become much larger, which is favorable for flight attendants.

A distinctive feature and advantage of the new liner was the absence of toilets directly behind the last row. Now two bathrooms are equipped in the tail section of the aircraft.

Overview of places (diagram)

In the Airbus A320neo cabin, the first two rows (8 seats) are reserved for business class. Location - two chairs in two rows.

Economy class can accommodate 156 people. Single pass seating system 3/3. Compared to the A320, there are six more seats.

The best rows are 3 (no seats in front), 10, 11 (seats at emergency exits). In the twenty-eighth row, the seat backs do not have the ability to recline.

Flight parameters of the A320neo model:

  • Wingspan - 35.8 meters
  • Machine length - 37.57 meters
  • Aircraft height - 11.76 meters
  • Takeoff weight - 73900 kilograms
  • Type of motors (2 pieces) - LEAP-1A
  • Maximum thrust - 2 * 120.6 kgf
  • Maximum speed - 876 km / h
  • Soaring speed (cruising) - 833 km / h
  • Flight range - 6500 kilometers
  • Flight altitude (maximum ceiling) - 12,000 kilometers
  • Crew - 2 pilots
  • Payload (passenger capacity) - 189 people in economy class or up to 150 people in a two-class layout.

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In 2017, S7 Airlines (brand of the Russian air carrier Siberia) purchased the first A320neo. In total, it is planned to buy 16 copies. The car is painted in the traditional, bright green color of the company. Passengers have already appreciated the level of comfort offered. It is noted that in the future, these airbuses will form the basis of the S7 fleet. In the spring of 2018, S7 Airlines will launch direct flights between Moscow and the Spanish resort island of Tenerife. There will be flights from Domodedovo Airport twice a week.

The Russian holding "Engineering" has modernized the painting hangar, it is here that the painting of liners for the S7 fleet is carried out. On the basis of the aviation training center S7 "Engineering", technical specialists are being trained who will be able to service A320neo airbuses. Contractual relations were concluded for the implementation of heavy repairs at the sites of this technical holding.

Aviation conglomerate Airbus at its plant in China plans to bring the monthly number of produced A320 machines to five copies. At the beginning of 2020, this figure will increase to six. A corresponding bilateral agreement has already been signed.

Prospects and competition in the sky

Airbus plans to manufacture and sell more than 4,700 of its A320 aircraft to commercial customers over the next fifteen years. Back in 2011, she signed an unprecedented contract with the Malaysian carrier AirAsia for the supply of two hundred aircraft.

The growing demand in the world to conquer regional distances laid the foundation for new developments by the world's leading aircraft builders. Many commercial carriers are beginning to move away from wide-body airliners. The most popular twin-engine liners with a narrow fuselage. There is a widespread replacement of heavy high-budget cars with more economical models.

The main competitors of the A320neo are the latest airliners for short and medium routes Boeing 737MAX, Bombardier CSeries, Comac C919 and MC-21. All models are exceptionally promising and comfortable.

Aircraft manufacturer Airbus has a huge number of orders for the A320neo, as well as other aircraft in the family: A319, A320 and A321.

Analyzing the first years of operation of this machine and the speed of receipt of applications, this liner can be called the leader in continental transportation.

What does the first Airbus A320neo of S7 airlines look like in a real flight, and not in pictures from presentations? Let's get a look.

↓ 2. A colleague got on one of the first Airbus A320neo (VQ-BCF) flights of S7 Airlines from Novosibirsk to Moscow. At my request, I shared photos - I will show you and save them here for history. I beg your pardon for the quality of the pictures (filmed on a phone), it’s just interesting to look at this iconic aircraft for S7 Airlines in real flight, and not just on beautiful cards from official presentations in Toulouse and Moscow. Externally, the A320neo differs from the usual A320 in larger engines (in the case of the S7, it also has a livery - the neo is already in the new one, and all 320s of the S7 are in the old one). New engines seem to be less noisy, more environmentally friendly and economical. However, at launch and takeoff, we didn’t feel that the engines were less noisy than usual (we filmed the takeoff at a distance of about 150 meters), on the contrary, the sound was more reminiscent of mighty wide-body airliners like the A330. However, they say that inside the aircraft during the flight, the noise is still really less than usual.

↓ 3. Safety instructions (safety card). There is a little more legroom than the previous version.

↓ 4. Cups and napkins have not changed :) But in the chairs themselves there are sockets with a USB connector (there is no photo with them, unfortunately), you can recharge the gadget.

↓ 5. On the back of the chair at eye level, there is a mount for a tablet or phone - if anyone wants to watch a movie on them, it will come in handy. Although it is more convenient to put the laptop on the table and look at it, but what if you don’t feel like hanging around with it and decide not to take it on a trip?

↓ 6. Salon A320neo and spacious luggage racks.

↓ 7. Portholes are new and clean, great view.

↓ 8. All A320neos are fitted with redesigned wingtips, which reduce aircraft maintenance costs and slightly increase flight range (+150 km) or maximum payload (+500 kg). Of course, it was a great idea to place the S7 logo on the sharklets — soon there will be a lot of such photos on Instagram.

Thank you for your attention.

Literally quite recently, just two years ago, Marina and I photographersha welcomed the first takeoff of the A320neo in Toulouse (I wrote more about this), and already in January 2016 the first aircraft was handed over to the first operator - Lufthansa. Until the summer, the A320neo aircraft of the German carrier flew almost all the time only on domestic flights, now they already fly around Europe. What do we know about the new aircraft that is interesting for an attentive passenger to know? Up to 15% fuel savings due to the use of new engines and sharklets, reduction of CO and NO emissions - all this is important for business and environmentalists, but for us, the interior, noise level and comfort are IMPORTANT!

But let's start with the look. However, only aviation enthusiasts will notice external changes... The A320neo differs from the aircraft of the previous A320 family simply by its huge engines... It is impossible not to notice them even from afar...


How to recognize him?

Here we are Marina photographersha in September 2014 we meet A320neo after the first flight. See the detailed report if you missed it -.

And here he is waiting for me at the air bridge on a regular scheduled Frankfurt-Berlin flight:

Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines are really visually very large!

D-AINB is the second A320neo delivered to the German National Guard.

I immediately go to the Flightradar24 application, study the list of flights where the plane flew in the previous 2-3 days, as well as the age of the plane and its history. You always do that before a flight, don't you?!

Salon

Lufthansa's cabin is standard in a narrow-body fleet, nothing out of the ordinary. The thin and light ergonomic Recaro seats, great step beside and legroom everywhere are enough for a comfortable flight for several hours.

Unfortunately, Airbus did not introduce a new interior concept in the A320neo generation and, in particular, redo the configuration of the luggage racks. I really like how Boeing implemented it in Sky Interior. Luggage racks in the new Boeing-737 close up, increasing the space in the cabin is very noticeable.

I note that in the spring of 2016, Airbus introduced a new interior concept “Airspace by Airbus”, that’s where all the innovations that make traveling much more comfortable are there, regardless of the class of service in which you fly.

The A320neo is not great, the luggage racks still open down. They are just as spacious.

New engines

The most discussed moment in the aviation environment is a very important technical nuance in the operation of the new Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines. Before starting the taxiing of the current engine modification, a relatively long period is needed to initiate work - up to 6-10 minutes. This is a very significant time for airlines, because every minute is important, the plane should not stand on the ground.

However, A320neos are also supplied with an engine from another manufacturer - CFM International LEAP-1A, which was certified in the summer and since July A320neos have been supplied to new customers with engines from CFM. There is no such nuance in the work, there are no delays, which is critical for low-cost carriers.

I knew about this nuance of the work, I tried to fix the moment of delay between the return towing from the air bridge with the help of the tractor until the start of taxiing, the delay really was about 10 minutes. After landing, I also asked this question to the pilots.

Let's fly! :)

Time to have lunch!
I love Lufthansa for such little things, even on hourly flights:

Noise level in the cabin

Feels quieter, but just a little bit.
The flight was about 70% full, so I moved around the cabin trying to feel the difference. The advertisement speaks of a reduction in the noise profile level of up to 50%, but, obviously, this is some kind of marketing value, in real life the noise level is slightly lower. For example, in the A380 or A350, as well as in the Dreamliner, the noise level is significantly lower than in previous generations of wide-body airliners.

However, I downloaded the noise level app for iOS! Thank you for your advice Victor khmelikvictor ! Of course, these are toys, but you can get some kind of figure, but can you trust her?

My flight was on April 17 on Sunday, and literally the next day - on April 18, I again flew somewhere on the A320 and also Lufthansa. Therefore, the comparison turned out right away. The application allows you to measure the noise level for some time with the built-in microphone, then you can capture the result with a screenshot with a photo.

Left - A320neo
First - A320

1. During takeoff, the noisiest moment in the cabin is at the window, approximately 5-8 rows on the right.

Left - A320neo
First - A320

2. At an altitude of 10 thousand meters, standing in the aisle.

Left - A320neo
First - A320

In both cases, even my A320neo came out a little noisier, the conclusion is that this program cannot be trusted. All these are just toys from the app store.

Highlight - new toilet

And here everyone will notice the difference!
This is what the tail of the plane looks like. Now there are no toilets on the left and right, passengers in the last row sit a little more comfortably.

Thanks to the reconfigured cabin, both toilets are located at the rear, and they can also be configured into one large one for passengers with special needs. This, in my opinion, is a very serious customer-oriented step of the aircraft manufacturer.

interior lighting schemes

Lufthansa does not have any special lighting schemes in the A320, with the exception of one small but very pleasant moment - this is a yellow LED strip in the recessed luggage rack handles. In the evening, when the lighting is dimmed, it looks great. No one else in the A320 / A321 has seen this, with the exception of the A321 Transaero, which, unfortunately, has already become a thing of the past.

But this is not an A320neo innovation, all A320/A321 aircraft of the German airline have such lighting.

Cockpit

After landing in Tegel, I can't help but ask for permission to photograph the cockpit. I was allowed, even despite the very short time before the return flight.

View from above

Berlin-Tegel Airport has a wonderful observation deck on the roof of the main terminal, of course, having received my luggage, I went there. The weather was beautiful, but I only had a 50mm lens, and with it the spotting was so-so. How many times I was convinced that once you won’t take a telephoto or shirik, but it will be absolutely indispensable.

With big engines A320neo everyone takes pictures and selfies!

Already now (as of September 1, 2016) Airbus has 4,796 aircraft of the A320neo family (A319, A320, A321) in its order book. Since the beginning of the year, 18 aircraft have already been delivered to customers. It is the fastest-ordering aircraft in the world. And the market share in this segment in comparison with the Boeing-737MAX is 60/40 at the moment. So definitely - this is the plane that we will be flying very soon.

In July, Airbus delivered the first A320neo powered by CFM LEAP engines to Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus:

And in September, AirAsia received the A320neo.

On September 26, 2016, an A321neo test aircraft flew to Budapest, which is currently undergoing a certification program. Hungarian low-cost carrier WizzAir will receive the first of 110 Airbus A321neo aircraft ordered at the 2015 Paris Air Show in 2019. Deliveries of the A321neo will continue until the end of 2024.

The future has arrived

Very soon the first A320neo will be handed over to the first airline in the CIS - AirAstana. So look carefully during the next flight, we are already living with you in tomorrow, maybe at some point we will fly the A320neo?!

On the one hand, from the point of view of the passenger, this aircraft practically does not differ from the previous generation, being its evolutionary continuation. There are no things here that will cause a wow effect. However, thanks to invisible technical innovations, the aircraft is becoming more economical and efficient in use, ultimately reducing the cost of an air ticket for you and me and increasing reliability and safety. And this is the future!

My plane flies back to Frankfurt, I shoot it with fifty dollars from the observation deck. By the way, Angela Merkel's Airbus A340 is in the background.

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Alexcheban (popular travel blogger): On July 21, 2017, the first Airbus A320neo for the airline was handed over to the Delivery Center of the Airbus factory in Toulouse in France. This is the first Airbus in the new livery and became .

At first, I was a little disappointed that there were no silhouettes of people in the new livery, but how perfect it looks now! Couldn't stop loving :)

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Mansur Badrakov, flight director of S7 Airlines in the cockpit:

The first Airbus A320neo in Russia is already on regular flights of S7 Airlines between Moscow and Novosibirsk!

5 Reasons to fly a modern aircraft in Russia

A convenient schedule, a comfortable seat on the plane with adequate legroom, a bright and quiet cabin, and… a low ticket price! All this can be purchased in a single flexible fare with various options and from one airline. Isn't that what the passenger appreciates when making his choice?!

An ordinary aircraft cabin, where I did not expect to see anything special, but, I confess that these FIVE reasons leave no choice, on board this aircraft a short one and a half hour flight will fly by in an instant, and even in 4-5 hours above the clouds you will not have time to get tired. The first Airbus A320neo in Russia, an example of future technologies that make flying more comfortable and cheaper today.

Welcome aboard?!

And the luggage racks have a very stylish green backlight in the color of the livery.

2. Rest in flight

Only modern technologies allow us to make things that are familiar to us lighter, more elegant, thinner and lighter. And, therefore, reduce costs.
The cabin of the A320 family aircraft is 18 cm wider than the Boeing 737 and 737 MAX, which allows for wider seats or a wider aisle for quick turnaround of the aircraft at the airport and for more convenient movement of passengers and flight attendants with carts during the flight.

The seats in the cabin of the first A320neo S7 are leather, black and very stylish. I love the new brand and livery so much, the color combination here is good and practical. Leather upholstery is worse on long flights, but on the A320/B737 it is quite logical, because it is more likely to wear out with frequent maintenance than fabric upholstery.

Also, magazine pockets and safety instructions up here, I'm tall and really don't like when the precious useful centimeters at knee level are hidden by logbooks. After all, I put my things in a special bag on the floor.

Pay attention to the space under the chairs. In modern aircraft, there are thin partitions, there are no blocks of the on-board entertainment system, even the life jacket is “drowned” deep into the seat. Hand luggage can be placed under the seat, in the new aircraft there is 20% more space below for it!

The A320neo S7 Airlines has 156 economy class seats and 8 business class seats.

The business salon has also been updated! Fewer airlines are ordering true business class configurations, preferring the flexible reconfiguration of economy class cabins. Everything is great here! The backrest and footboard recline, there are USB outlets and sockets.

The business class cabin is separated from the economy by a curtain, and not by a blank wall. Therefore, I advise you to choose an economy seat in the third row, these are “extra-space” seats.

I don’t like the first row, my legs rest against the wall.

A few words about the microclimate - Airbus engineers have developed a special catalytic converter for unpleasant odors, which guarantees the freshness of the air in the cabin. The air in the cabin of the A320neo is completely replaced every 2 minutes!

4. Fly Quieter

Do you know how to distinguish the new Airbus A320neo from all the others? The size of the engines - they are huge! Look at the ratio of human height to engine size in the photographs. The Airbus A320neo is available with either Pratt&Whitney or CFM LEAP-X engines. The S7 Airlines A320neo is powered by Pratt & Whitney Pure Power PW1100G-JM engines. These engines are quieter, so the noise level in the cabin is up to 20% lower!

This is especially felt during takeoff, the noise of the A320neo is more muffled and quiet in contrast to the “growling” A320ceo on takeoff.

And these are the Airbus A320 sharklets:

Airbus began installing the new Sharklets wingtips on its A319, A320 and A321 aircraft from the end of 2012. They are standard on all A320neo family aircraft and can also be installed on A320 aircraft already in service.

The sharklets are 2.4 meters high and are made of composite materials. Sharklets improve the aerodynamic performance of an aircraft and reduce drag by reducing “stall” from the wing edge.

Sharklets reduce fuel consumption by 4% on long routes, which is equivalent to reducing CO2 emissions by 1000 tons per year per aircraft. Sharklets increase flight range by about 185 km or payload by 450 kg.

The Russian airline S7 Airlines (Siberia) received the first Russian narrow-body aircraft of the new generation Airbus A320neo. The handover ceremony took place on July 21 at the European manufacturer's plant in Toulouse (France).

The aircraft was provided by the Chinese leasing company BOC Aviation. The aircraft is equipped with PW1127G-JM double-circuit turbofan engines with fan gear drive manufactured by American Pratt & Whitney. The interior of the car is made in a two-class layout for 164 seats - 156 in economy class and 8 in business class.

The cabin of the first A320neo of S7 Airlines is equipped with 164 seats in two classes. The interior design was developed by PriestmanGoode, which based its decisions on the updated corporate identity of S7 Airlines - "light and modern".

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