The first centre wing box (CWB) for the Airbus A321XLR has been delivered to Hamburg, Germany, from Nantes, France, where it was assembled. The A321XLR is the latest version of the A320neo (for new engine option) family, a new-generation development of the company’s A320 single-aisle airliner family. XLR stands for extra long range, and the A321XLR will be the world’s longest-ranged single-aisle airliner. The Airbus facility at Nantes specialises in the production of CWBs, which form the structural ‘heart’ of an airframe. “The CWB is always the first major component on each new aircraft development to be produced so we must mature its design very early and manage its interdependencies with fuel systems, load calculations, as well as physical interfaces to the airframe aerostructure components developed in France, Germany and the UK,” jointly explained Integrated Product Team Nose & Forward Fuselage A321XLR programme leader Yannick Valette and CWB project leader Richard Hue.
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