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Originally Posted by thewave46
The newest generation of narrowbody aircraft sure has legs.
It wasn’t long ago that Pearson to Europe was a widebody mandated trip.
I look forward to increased secondary European destination options from YYZ.
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Agreed. A few things to consider though.
The A321LR range is 4,000 nm, no wind. ARN-YYZ is over 3,400 nm. Should be fine in the summer, but it will be interesting to see this route operate westbound in the dead of winter, with those nasty headwinds, which can easily add 1-2 hours to the flight time compared to the summer ops.
CO/UA operated their B757s (same range as the -LR) on TXL-EWR (almost same distance as ARN-YYZ) for years, and diversions were pretty standard in the winter months.
One thing going for SAS is that their A321LRs don't have many seats. Only 157 seats in a 3 class configuration. Compare that to TS, which has 199 seats on their A321LR's. So SAS should be able to fly further will a full passenger load.
When it comes to the -LR, this route is probably at the limits of what the plane can do,
consistently, year round. Anything further would require the extra legs of the -XLR.
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