Fourteen months since the first fuselage sections entered the line, Airbus has finally delivered the A321neo that has been assembled in the former A380 Jean-Luc Lagardère complex in Toulouse. The aircraft was delivered on Wednesday to Pegasus Airlines as its 41st A321neo.
When AirInsight visited Airbus in February for the 2022 annual results press conference, we were offered a tour of the new final assembly facility. The forward and center/aft fuselage sections were already in stations 42 and 43, having arrived in October 2022. At the time, Airbus was unwilling to confirm that MSN11281 was indeed destined for Pegasus.
Active as a journalist since 1987, with a background in newspapers, magazines, and a regional news station, Richard has been covering commercial aviation on a freelance basis since late 2016.
Richard is contributing to AirInsight since December 2018. He also writes for Airliner World, Aviation News, Piloot & Vliegtuig, and Luchtvaartnieuws Magazine. Twitter: @rschuur_aero.
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