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Very exciting,hopefully Airblue's induction will set of a trend to induct the modern and efficient NEOs in Pakistan , serene sooner or later will have to get them too as 737-Max is anything but reliable now.
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First Flight!

Today, airblue brand new Airbus A321neo (aircraft construction number 9560) performing its first flight (Airbus test flight AIB560A) from Hamburg under German pre-delivery test flight aircraft registration D-AZAQ.

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Brand new airblue Airbus A321neo (aircraft construction number 9560) has completed its first flight (Airbus test flight AIB560A) from & to Hamburg under German pre-delivery test flight aircraft registration D-AZAQ.

The test flight was completed in one hour & fifty-six minutes. The aircraft departed from Hamburg at 2:42 PM and landed in Hamburg at 4:38 PM.

The maximum altitude gained by A321neo during the test flight was 39,000 feet.

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Today, brand new airblue Airbus A321neo (aircraft construction number 9560) completed its first flight (Airbus test flight AIB560A) from & to Hamburg under German pre-delivery test flight aircraft registration D-AZAQ.

ImageAirport-Hamburg (HAM/EDDH) 21.09.2020 by Axel Janssen, on Flickr

ImageAirport-Hamburg (HAM/EDDH) 21.09.2020 by Axel Janssen, on Flickr



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Brand new airblue Airbus A321neo (aircraft construction number 9560) with German pre-delivery test flight aircraft registration D-AZAQ photographed at Hamburg Airport on September 23, 2020.

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It will be registered as AP-ABQ
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I Think Something along the lines of AP-BN..
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Hamza_Aviation wrote: Fri Sep 25, 2020 10:33 pm It will be registered as AP-ABQ
Thank you Hamza for the info.

'ABQ' is also ICAO code for airblue.

In the past, registration AP-ABQ was issued to Government of Sindh de Havilland Canada DH-83C Fox Moth.

https://aparm.net/ap-aaa_ap-azz/ap-aba_ ... ap-abq.htm

Will be rare instance of an old de-registered aircraft registration issued to another aircraft in Pakistan.

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Today, airblue brand new Airbus A321neo (currently registered in Germany as D-AZAQ) underwent engines' test run and taxi check at Airbus facility at Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport in Germany.

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airblue's second brand new Airbus A321neo (aircraft construction number 10162) rolled out of Airbus assembly line in Hamburg, Germany, photographed on October 14, 2020.

ImageD- // AirBlue // A321-251NX // MSN 10162 // AP-) by Martin Fester, on Flickr

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airblue's second brand new Airbus A321neo (aircraft construction number 10162) at Airbus assembly line at Hamburg Finkenwerder Airport, Germany.



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Today, brand new airblue Airbus A321neo (aircraft construction number 9560) performed customer acceptance flight (Airbus test flight AIB560B) under German pre-delivery test flight aircraft registration D-AZAQ from & to Hamburg where Airbus final assembly line is located.

The test flight was completed in one hour & twenty minutes. The aircraft departed from Hamburg at 4:46 PM and landed in Hamburg at 6:05 PM.

The maximum altitude gained by A321neo during the test flight was 39,000 feet.

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Today, brand new airblue Airbus A321neo (aircraft construction number 9560) performed customer acceptance flight (Airbus test flight AIB560B) under German pre-delivery test flight aircraft registration D-AZAQ from & to Hamburg where Airbus final assembly line is located.



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Re: airblue Planning to Induct Airbus A321neo Aircraft

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pk.786 wrote: Sun Mar 08, 2020 10:55 am Iv been told by an airblue pilot that airblue will be getting 5 321neo
Flights to bkk kul can ist to start by july
Any update on this?