Iberia has just completed the world's first passenger flight with the Airbus A321XLR, touching down at Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) this morning. The A321XLR has become one of the most hotly-anticipated aircraft in recent years, and this maiden short-haul voyage from the Spanish flag carrier's hub at Madrid Barajas Airport (MAD) is a key milestone, with long-haul operations looming on the horizon. Parisian debut Registered as EC-OIL, Flightradar24 shows that Iberia's first Airbus A321XLR made its inaugural passenger-carrying departure from Madrid at 08:18 this morning.
While this represented a slight delay compared to flight IB1499's prescribed departure time of 08:00, the aircraft touched down in the French capital with plenty of time to spare, landing at 09:55 (scheduled 10:10) after 97 minutes in the air. Check out all the latest European aviation news here! The remainder of the day will also have a distinctly French flavor for EC-OIL. Indeed, Flightradar24's scheduling data showed at the time of writing that, after returning from Paris to Madrid as flight IB586, the aircraft is penciled in for another return trip to the French capital, outbound as IB589 and back as IB590.
According to AeroRoutes , trips to Stockholm (ARN) are also planned for the coming days. All about the A321XLR While Iberia had been earmarked as the operational launch customer for the Airbus A321XLR for quite some time, it took longer than the Spanish flag carrier might have liked to make this dream a.
