Wei Li Lee's List: aircrafts

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• I like to know whats the difference between the A321 characteristic to B757s? Both about the same size however B757 have longer range if offering ER, why can't Airbus do the same with A321 offer ER so their range can be competitive to B757-200ERs.. I really love the airbus fleets including the 321s.
   It would be nice to see the A321s doing overseas too. I know there will have to be some modifications on the A321s and offer new engines more powerful.
  

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• The A321 is built upon the A320 platform and shares most components with its smaller siblings, most importantly apart from having double slotted flaps, it shares the same wing and landing gear assembly, limiting MTOW and therefore range.

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• 6 Aviator27: Quoting Mariner So is there no way that Airbus could get the range of the A321 up a bit, say to the range of the
• The A321 cannot offer more range than the A320 because it has the same wing. The two airplanes carry the same amount of fuel also. If you add larger fuel tanks for more fuel, you kill the payload, because the wing can only support a certain weight during cruise. Plus B757 = medium haul/low density (SAN-JFK) route. A321 = short haul/medium (CVG-JFK) density route. The two airplanes are not designed to do the same things. As someone pointed out in another thread, too many operators were using the B757 for missions it was not intended for. They were using the airplane for what the A321 does. Which is why the A321 effectively killed off the B757 when it came along.

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