Manufacture of the first ACJ320neo
has begun, with elements taking shape across Europe and final assembly due to
begin in June, followed by the first delivery of the “green” aircraft to
Acropolis Aviation of the UK in the last quarter of this year. A second
ACJ320neo will follow by year-end.
Deliveries of the first ACJ319neo,
for K5 Aviation, will begin in the second quarter of 2019, marking a further
step in the creation of the new corporate jet family. Orders for the ACJ320
Family now total nine aircraft, comprising three ACJ319neo and six ACJ320neo
aircraft.
Airbus Corporate Jets is
highlighting the ACJ320neo Family, which also includes the ACJ319neo, at the
EBACE show , where it will be present with a stand shared with Airbus Corporate
Helicopters. Two of today’s ACJ319s are also on display at EBACE.
“New engines and Sharklets
enable the ACJ320neo Family to link even more of the world nonstop, in a large
and comfortable cabin that is the envy of other business jet manufacturers,”
says ACJ President Benoit Defforge.
The ACJ319neo can fly eight
passengers 6,750 nm/12,500 km or 15 hours, while the ACJ320neo can transport 25
passengers 6,000 nm/11,100 km or 13 hours.
With wider and taller interiors
than any other business jet, the ACJ320neo Family capitalises on the trend
toward bigger cabins, delivering unmatched comfort, space and freedom in an
aircraft of similar size and operating costs, with the modernity and value
sought by customers today. |