Airbus has gained European Union Aviation Safety Agency type certification for the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-powered version of the A319neo.
Airbus has gained European Union Aviation Safety Agency type certification for the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-powered version of the A319neo.
EASA has already certificated the smallest member of the A320neo-family with CFM International Leap-1A engines, approving this version in late 2018.
Airbus says it flew around 240h across 90 sorties to certificate the Pratt-powered variant, since the first flight on 25 April. The airframer used the same A319neo test aircraft, MSN6464, it previously used for the Leap-1A-powered version.
Two corporate version ACJ319neo have been delivered since that variant was certificated in July.
Deliveries to airlines will begin in 2020, Airbus says. The manufacturer holds firm orders for 36 A319neos.
