It’s been a bit quiet from Fenix Simulations recently, however, today they have unveiled their roadmap for 2025. That roadmap includes the reveal of a new A320neo and A321neo project as well as a significant upgrade for the A320ceo series.

Fenix NEOs on the way

The biggest reveal is that Fenix Simulations have decided to tackle their own rendition of the A320neo and A321neo airliners. Writing in their developer blog, they developer reports that doing the NEO wasn’t something they wanted to do until they knew they could achieve it at the level they wanted. They report that they’ve redone the ECAM, the centralized aircraft monitor, and its associated systems from the ground-up to be representative of a NEO and not CEO Airbus as they’ve offered previously.

They go on to write about the various changes they’ve incorporated to make this an A320neo:

We’ve been going through the lot, oxygen, fuel, pressurisation, electrical, bleeds – the correct model bleed monitoring computer has been installed, for example – with requisite changes to its logic. Details, big and small, across the entire network of systems. Heck, we’re even replacing the batteries. They’re a higher capacity NiCad with reduced maintenance requirements (so the MTBF data is adjusted too…). I guess the point is, this isn’t the CEO in a face mask. We’re really going all out.

Fenix reports that they will do both the A320neo and A321neo with LEAP and GTF engines. This is also a stand-alone product not tied to the A320ceo series offered previously.

Fenix are sweetening the deal a little bit for owners of both series with a modernized CEO, utilizing the NEO systems (ECAM, modern displays, etc.), as a kind of bonus product for people who own both.

Big Fenix Update

The BFU as they are calling it is packing in a bunch of changes to currently available A320ceo and A319/321ceo series of aircraft.

One addition is a new A319 variant with Sharklets and CFM engines as flown by American Airlines. IAE engines are also going to be available.

Another upgrade is the display infrastructure which they say they’ve rebuilt for the best possible experience.

Further updates include new tuning for the flight model tuning stick response, flare, ground effect and more.

Various other improvements are on offer too. The EFB will support Lido charts, they’ve re-written the V-Speeds computation, refactored communication protocols for better optimization, and added a viewer for custom PDFs.

Upgrades for 2024 are coming too. The project now supports the modular sim object system for 2024 which, among other things, should help with performance. Walk-around mode is now supported with new external panels that are functional and work with the aircraft’s systems. Screenshots of the cargo door selector and fuel station were shown as examples.

Fenix’s development blog does say that this is a 2025 roadmap so it sounds like these are plans that they intend to work on and, according to the blog, release within this calendar year.

There’s even more detail beyond my summary here so if you’re interested, you can learn more over on the Fenix Simulations blog.