TRIP REPORT I Iberia Business Class I World's First Airbus A321XLR! I 🇸🇪 Stockholm to Madrid 🇪🇸

Trip Report flying the first A321XLR in the world! And we experience Iberia's newest Business Class from Stockholm (Sweden) to Madrid (Spain)!

The world's first A321XLR was delivered brand new to Iberia in october 2024. This special airplane can fly up to 9000 kms and is thought to revolutionize long haul travelling. Before its inaugural flight from Madrid to Boston on november 14th, it was flown from Madrid to Paris and Stockholm, so that the crew could familiarize with the aircraft. We were lucky enough to get a ticket to one of its first flights!

The A321XLR has a 1-1 configuration in business, with some of the best lie-flat seats we've ever tried. In economy it's 3-3 with touch screens. It was an amazing flight and we think this will provide just as good experience as a widebody on long haul flights. What do you think? Share your thoughts in the comments!

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FLIGHT INFO:
· Airline: IBERIA
· Airplane: Airbus A321XLR
· Flight number: IB824
· AIRPORTS:
- Departure: Stockholm (ARN)
- Arrival: Madrid (MAD)
· Seat: 5A
- Cabin: BUSINESS
· Registration: EC-OIL
· Date of Recording: November 2024

0:00 Intro
0:52 Stockholm Airport
3:08 VIP Lounge
4:31 First views of the A321 XLR
5:06 Boarding
5:30 The seat
8:33 Pushback and taxi
10:35 Takeoff
12:36 The food
14:05 Economy and loo review
14:57 Descent
15:54 Landing
17:31 Madrid Airport

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[gunvaldsandhaland]

Good To See A321 XLR In The SKYS.I Have No Problem With Flying On The A321XLR, Nice Cabin Great Video

[uldi_unlocodeiberia]

Airbus already made us know how good the A321LR was with the capacity of being able to do transatlantic flights, and they now come with another aircraft that can easily take you up to cities like Havana, Dallas, Denver... truly amazing

[rmd]

Amazing report! I think this was Iberia´s 3rd flight with the A321 XLR before launching their flight to Boston. I love the new business class. Looks amazing!

[tonytony]

Your presentation is highly interesting to watch. Thank you very much and take care 😊

[flywithhamilton]

Amazing video. I love the A321XLR, I wish to fly it in a few more years. Greeting from Punta Arenas, Chile. 🇨🇱☃️

[aferre]

Found the registration hilarant lol, EC-OIL (sounding like "easy oil"), funny name for a plane promising such low consumptions over so long routes lol.

If they could only extend the range for a couple of hours more, then Iberia would be able to fly most of the Americas from Madrid with this plane. With the current range, they can make the US East coast and maybe Brazil and some Caribbean destinations, as those are between 6-10 hours of flight. But Extending it to 12 hours would allow Iberia to have regular flights to the US West coast (where wide planes are harder to fill for them), half Mexico (including DF), and a lot of secondary (in terms of air traffic volume to Europe) destinations in South America.

Also I think the configuration of this plain is particularly good for the longer european routes such as the one you did. Madrid-Stockholm is around 4 hours, making it in one of these planes must be way better than making it in the average crapmpted european flight. Unfortunately that business class is not flexible enough to make it work in the long run for European flights. Would you think people would pay the extra to fly the >6 hours of a Stockholm-Tenerife flight on one of these? I know it's not Iberia's business but would be nice if IAG flew these routes with Iberia Express or Vueling using these planes.

[Dreamweaver]

At the end of the day, it's still a narrow body aircraft, and whilst the Bizz class looks combatable is also looks very claustrophobic, then at the back the normal 3x3 seating is no different than a normal A320 series aircraft, so my thoughts on flying a 7 hour Atlantic flight in a tight, claustrophobic cabin is not a world class game changer, I would still use a 787 or A350 over this to fly the same route.

[MisVeintidos]

Good video! No shoes on the footrest though please, let more people enjoy it before the cabin gets disgusting 🤣🤣

[carlosloman]

POR FIN UNA GRAN AEROLÍNEA PONE UNA CLASE BUSINESS A LA ALTURA DE LA GRANDEZA ESPAÑOLA 🇪🇸 COMO AEROLÍNEA Y QUE LOS PONGA TAMBIEN A TF CON ESA CLASE BUSINESS.

[ciarankelly]

It looks very compact and prefer A330/350 or 787

[brian]

WOW!.... Awesome to see this A321XLR, that business class on Iberia looks fantasic & that food you had., yummy what a feast / top quality too!. Seating looks very comfortable a longer flight would be better, as to really enjoy being on board., i'd be interested to know what the economy cabin is like maybe you could do a review on that👍🛫

[amprosk]

Scheduled to fly this on both the IAD and BOS route next summer so very interested to see what it’s like

[kasperpedersen]

The only problem with single aisle on long haul is the difficulty to get to and from the loo while food and drinks trolleys occupy the aisle, no option to move to the other aisle. I also hear that for the flight attendants the Iberia config means a very small galley considering full meal service.

[carlosloman]

POR UNA MEJOR BUTACA EN BUSINESS EN LOS A320 Y 321. IBERIA Nº1🇪🇸.

[jacksonm.]

Looks really decent. As an African I wish Ethiopian would replace all their current 737 Max's with this plane.

[giacomokyv]

Nice aircraft.But for long range routes i prefer A350 or A380.

[manpochver]

I prefer a wide body, they are more confortable.

[KohlerSAStudios]

Great video well done. This airplane ✈️ is great because it allows Airlines to offer lie flat business class seats on short haul flights in Europe and long haul flights.

Of course there will be a price difference but if you want to experience a lie flat business class seat you will pay a higher ticket price than what you would pay for a business class seat that only offers a leg stretcher.

Demand for a lie flat business class seat for flights in Europe might actually be very high because if you want to experience a lie flat business class seat, you have to book a long haul flight which is always more expensive than a short haul.

So with the A321XLR you have a chance to experience lie flat business class seats for a short haul flight. Even if the flight is only one hour, the business class ticket will most likely be cheaper than a long haul flight and people that have never experienced a lie flat business class seat in their lives will now have a an opportunity. Even if your short haul business class flight is only one hour, you can still experience it and have a nap on the plane ✈️

[rull]

I wouldn't like to travel on an 8-hour flight.
That's what wide-body ones are for.
more profit for airlines less comfort for passengers.

[rosepink]

I have a checked bag 23.4 kg … will they charge for fee because of 0.4 kg more ? With Iberia economic airlines … any information, I appreciate it. From USA