TCX have sent an A321 to SSH today from Manchester....can this aircraft get back from there in one go with a full load?
seems a long way for an A321??
G-TCDA is being used on this route today - a higher gross weight version of the A321 with 2 additional centre fuel tanks (ACTs) with additional total capacity of 2,500kg over the rest of the fleet which have only 1 ACT installed. The maximum takeoff weight of this version is 93,500kg as opposed to 89,000kg for the standard A321 (which applies to the other three aircraft in the TCX fleet). The maximum zero fuel and maximum landing masses are also higher.
So to answer your question - yes it can do SSH-MAN in one go with 220 pax. After all, the A321 will be replacing the B752 at Thomas Cook over the next few years so they will need to cope with these Egypt routes, even the longest ones like HRG-GLA and SSH-BFS. The new aircraft are also likely to be equipped with 'sharklets' as well as 2 ACTs, which should achieve a fuel burn improvement of around 3.5% on the A320/321 on long sectors like this.
Having said all that it's still no 757 - these long sectors are tight for this machine and so often utilise 'reclearance flightplans' with en-route alternates.