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Airbus A321neo

The Airbus A321neo is a narrow-body single-aisle airliner created by Airbus. The A321neo was developed from the Airbus A321 and is part of the Airbus A320neo family, alongside the A319neo and A320neo, being the longest member of the family. It typically seats 180 to 220 passengers in a two-class configuration, with up to 244 passengers in a high-density arrangement.

Development
The A321neo's development was announced by Airbus in 2010, 16 years after the introduction of the original A321ceo. The first flight of the Airbus A321neo took place in Hamburg. The prototype, registered D-AVXB and equipped with CFM International LEAP-1A engines, was flown by test pilots Martin Scheuermann and Bernardo Saez Benito Hernandez. The flight lasted 29 minutes, and performed various tests during that time. AerCap was the first customer to order the aircraft on 27 April 2011, with IndiGo being the first airline to order the aircraft, on 22 June 2011, ordering 304 of the type. The first A321neo entered commercial service with Virgin America in May 2017, who merged with Alaska Airlines in 2018; the latter also acquired all of Virgin's aircraft. It received its type certification with Pratt & Whitney engines on 15 December 2016, and simultaneous certification from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the CFM LEAP-powered variant on 1 March 2017. The first A321neo, leased by GECAS, was delivered in Hamburg to Virgin America, configured with 185 seats and LEAP engines, and entered service on 31 May 2017. Delivery delays ' A321neos were delivered late. As Pratt & Whitney encountered early reliability issues with the PW1100G, retrofitting fixes affected the deliveries.