Iberia finalizes the purchase of the jewel Airbus to fly to America

Aer Lingus had to be the first airline in the world to operate the most revolutionary aircraft of recent times, the new Airbus A321XLR, which can cross the Atlantic without problems and fly up to eight hours non-stop being a single aisle. However, it is Iberia that plans to use this new Airbus model

But conflicts between management and pilots over a salary increase continue and the IAG group has definitely ruled out the first one going to the Irish airline.

As it will be for IAG, it is now much more likely that Iberia or Vueling will be the ones to launch the plane, although it could also be British Airways. However, a plane with an Iberia tail has already been seen at the Hamburg factory, suggesting what may happen.

An Aer Lingus spokesperson said on Tuesday that “yesterday, Monday was the last day to close an agreement and be able to dedicate ourselves to receiving the plane, doing the corresponding training. That is no longer possible today because IAG required documentation that we cannot offer without the salary agreement with the pilots. So the first plane will be assigned to another of IAG’s airlines.”

Aer Lingus had planned to use this model for a route from Dublin to Minneapolis that currently operates with an Airbus 330 but which has weaker demand than desirable for such a plane.

As reported REPORTUR.mxIberia, the airline of the IAG group, plans to open new routes to medium-sized cities in the United States and Brazil with its new A321 Extra Long Range (XLR) aircraft, which have less supply of seats, but with better operating costs than the Airbus A330. and A350, used for transoceanic Trips. (Iberia: 4 cities in the USA and 2 in Brazil where it would go with the A321 XLR)