A321 Interior

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Adapted from the successful introduction on widebody A330s and A350s, Airspace features customisable lighting for a unique welcome during passenger boarding while also contributing to reducing jet lag.

Aerodynamic-enhancing Sharklets on the wings and its fuel-efficient engines ensure outstanding environmental performance with 30% lower fuel burn per seat and a noise footprint that is 50% lower for passengers and airports.

With the A321XLR, the A320neo Family shares common cockpit ergonomics with the Airbus widebody jetliners, and are to have a common cabin design language and the latest interior technology.

As an avid ToLiss fan of both the A321 and A346 in XP11, I have recently upgraded to XP12. The cockpit interior of the A321 appears much darker (during day time flights) in the XP12 aircraft compared to the XP11 version. Is that by design, i.e. reflecting reality or a feature of colour/lighting schemes in XP12?

This is most probably caused by the new lighting model of XP12 (which is the object of a lot of discussion here around). If you directly at the panel so that most of the outside disappears from your view, it gets brighter.

Thanks Kai62, I was suspicious that it might have had something to do with the new XP12 platform lighting metrics. I did observe the phenomenon you cite, that the more outside light is excluded from the cockpit view lightens up the cockpit inside. Problem is, most of us would like to see something of the outside (through the windows) while flying and then the PFD/ND and all the other panels are pretty dark. Will be interesting to see whether this situation will improve over time.

Thank you for your response GK. I start my aircraft with the 80% display brightness setting for every flight. The extra 20% does of course brighten up the backlit displays, but the general panel background is unaffected by this intervention. This appears to change only with the variable sunlight penetration angles into the cockpit. Depending on the intensity and direction of sunlight this can make the panels look very dark during the day. So much so, that it is then necessary to increase the backlighting to the maximum. There is a clear panel brightness difference between the XP11 and XP12 versions of the A321, at least in my setup. Do you know, whether this phenomenon is a function of the XP12 aircraft or the XP12 platform? I haven't tested the A346 in XP12 yet, but am about to.

Thanks GK, for your additional feedback. Just to set the record straight, mine was not a complaint, but an observation and then a question. You have given me the answer, in that what I am seeing now in XP12 matches the real world situation. I can read the displays without difficulty (with more backlight intensity of course better) and I will get used to the darker cockpit panel look, no doubt. One can zoom into the panels and then they do become much lighter. I have since seen the same phenomenon in the A346. All good.

However, I just recently updated to XP12r1b1 and was impressed to see that they are working on the problem....
The issue I have now is that I now get to see my instruments as 'clear as day' but the outside world is washed out ???

The attached shows the same views at the same time of day for My multi-screen setup in XP12b9 and then again in XP12r1b1.
Everything (time of day, monitor brightness, location etc) is exactly the same in both cases but you can see with the beta, the outside
world is plausible but instruments are difficult to read, but the release client the outside world is washed out whilst the instrument panel
is perfect ??? Can we not have the best of both worlds or do we have to settle for one or the other ????

Luckily, my simulator is destined to use Air Manage for the Instruments, so it shouldn't be an issue with me, but I am staying with
the Beta9 that gives me the best view out of the cockpit window. I feel for Laminar as they try to please all factions and go for the
maximum reality, but they do seem to be struggling, bless 'em.

I attach my two views for comparison, but for now I'm sticking with the beta version and hope future releases will sort the
problem definitively ! :O)

Happy Flying Guys.

it appears, the best of both worlds may remain elusive for a while. But it is nice to know, that the devs providing us with so much entertainment and realism are hard at work for what I believe is not much economic recompense. I am just happy to have found this level of realism as a perfect distraction from what is really going out there in the world. I mean, in what universe would a past middle aged "earth dweller" like me have been able to "captain" a modern jetliner, albeit in "make believe"?

MONTREAL, Oct. 23, 2023 /CNW/ - Customers on board Air Canada flight AC692 operated with Fin 451 (C-GITU) Saturday shared a pilot's eye view of the take-off due to new exterior cameras connected to the aircraft's seatback entertainment system. The new camera feature, a first for a narrow-body aircraft, is one of several innovations unveiled with the airline's first upgraded Airbus A321, which has been redesigned from nose to tail.

Air Canada is continuing to invest in customer comfort across its fleet of Airbus A321s and A320s which will feature a new cabin interior, new technologies and services such as Bluetooth audio, and free high-speed internet sponsored by Bell.

"We're proud to welcome customers on board to experience the comfort, convenience, and connectivity of our latest cabins. These upgraded fleet interiors will align the A320s and A321s to the highly popular A220 experience, further strengthening our industry leading product offering," said Mark Nasr, Executive Vice President, Marketing and Digital, and President of Aeroplan at Air Canada. "Additionally, new features such as our inflight entertainment system streaming exterior aircraft camera feeds, Bluetooth connectivity, and free, fast internet connectivity will be extremely popular with travellers. We will continue advancing our product leadership by trialing more new in-flight experiences with this A321 and expanding those learnings to additional aircraft in our fleet."

The new IFE system being installed on the Airbus A321 and A320 fleets will feature Air Canada's award-winning in-flight entertainment via screens at each seat, offering the most extensive content overall of any airline in the Americas. Customers will also enjoy live TV on their flights with this new cabin, featuring BNN, CTV, LCN, RDS, TSN1 and TSN2 available on all flights operated by this aircraft, including when flying over the US.

Air Canada's remaining 14 Airbus A321s and its eight A320s will be retrofitted starting this fall through to the end of 2025. With these upgrades, customers will benefit from an elevated narrow-body cabin experience, in line with the cabins of the Airbus A220 and Boeing 737 MAX aircraft that comprise the majority of Air Canada's narrowbody fleet.

The new cabin also reduces the overall weight of the A321 by approximately 240 kilograms, which will reduce fuel consumption for the entire fleet once the work is completed by more than 2.4 million litres and reduce GHG emissions by 6,256 tCO2 equivalent per year, or the equivalent of the electricity used annually by 4,185 Canadian homes.

Air Canada is Canada's largest airline, the country's flag carrier and a founding member of Star Alliance, the world's most comprehensive air transportation network. Air Canada provides scheduled service directly to more than 180 airports in Canada, the United States and Internationally on six continents. It holds a Four-Star ranking from Skytrax. Air Canada's Aeroplan program is Canada's premier travel loyalty program, where members can earn or redeem points on the world's largest airline partner network of 45 airlines, plus through an extensive range of merchandise, hotel and car rental rewards. Its freight division, Air Canada Cargo, provides air freight lift and connectivity to hundreds of destinations across six continents using Air Canada's passenger and freighter aircraft. Air Canada aims to achieve an ambitious net zero emissions goal from all global operations by 2050. Air Canada shares are publicly traded on the TSX in Canada and the OTCQX in the US.

Air Canada is Canada's largest airline and the largest provider of scheduled passenger services in the Canadian market, the Canada-U.S. transborder market and in the international market to and from Canada. Air Canada together with its Air Canada Express regional partners...

Our Airbus A321 Interior Placards Kit is a mandatory markings placard kit suitable for all aircraft models of its series. Each placard has a Larchfield identification part number, which corresponds to an illustrated entry in our catalogue. We do understand that aircraft configurations may vary which would cause some quantities change. Furthermore, existing or new interior design schemes may also affect the colours of some of the parts. Prior to production, your project requirements can be discussed with us in detail.

To produce our Airbus A321 Interior Placards, we will be using materials that have met all of the most stringent requirements for aircraft approval. The Lexan flame-retardant poly-carbonate film provides a fantastic lightweight solution for placards around the aircraft cabin. The smooth matt finish results in an ideal reading capability at different angles and lighting adjustments. Other approved vinyl materials are necessary for the back-lit exit signs and photo-luminescent placards for some emergency placards. Each material we use has exceptional adhesion that is effective on all surfaces, and a certificate of conformity will be provided with every order to ensure warranty on all materials.

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