Airbus is developing a modification for the A320neo which will increase the performance of the type on short runways. The airframer is intending the performance-enhancement package to be an option on the re-en-gined type, which is due to enter service this year. Airbus embarked on the short-airfield scheme - which it has designated 'SHARP' - to assist with operations into airports including Rio de Janeiro's Santos Dumont. Santos Dumont's runway is only 1,320m (4,330ft) in length. The airframer says it has identified a number of A320neo customers which "would like to fly" into the airport. "[This package] will allow them to do so," it says.
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