
New: United Airlines Schedules Airbus A321XLR Flights On 2 Domestic Routes From Washington DC
United will debut its premium Airbus A321XLR domestically from Washington before launching transatlantic flights in December.

United will debut its premium Airbus A321XLR domestically from Washington before launching transatlantic flights in December.
The long-range narrowbody will fly to two California cities before entering transatlantic service.
The airline is adding lie-flat seats to a narrowbody jet for the first time.

Demand for flights to Europe surged as travellers avoided the Middle East, and Qantas added nearly 16,000 seats to and from Europe in the 4th quarter. Combined seat factor on...

Inside the carrier's European narrowbody long-haul expansion.

American Airlines’ Philadelphia-Vienna flight will become the world’s longest scheduled Airbus A321XLR route.

Philadelphia-Vienna will stretch the long-range narrowbody to about 3,750 nautical miles as U.S. airlines increasingly use the type to open transatlantic markets

Sixteen aircraft arriving from 2028 will introduce a premium cabin designed for longer domestic and international routes

Qantas has just made a few passenger experience announcements. I’ve already covered how the airline will introduce new business class suites on upcoming Boeing 787 deliveries, and how the airline will retire Airbus A380s earlier than planned. On top of that, the airline has also unveiled the business class suites it will offer on some upcoming Airbus A321XLR deliveries, a massive improvement over the carrier’s current A321XLR product.

Qantas has unveiled the next generation of its business class product, revealing new lie-flat suites for both its…

United have announced the largest international network expansion in company history with 10 new international cities and three new routes across Europe and Asia, and debuted the newest international aircraft in its fleet, the ‘Born to Explore’ A321XLR, at an event at Newark Liberty International Airport. The announcement builds on nearly a decade of international growth, with United adding 58 international destinations to its route map since 2017. As the world’s largest airline,** United now flies to more than 160 international destinations.

American’s clues point to five summer 2027 routes, with the A321XLR central to a much more cautious expansion than United’s.

United A321XLR flights are scheduled to start on December 1.
United is expanding into the international market, launching 10 new routes that move the carrier beyond traditional U.S. hubs and into markets competitors have largely ignored, including new links to secondary European cities as its A321XLR enters service. United Targets Overlooked International Markets United Airlines will add 10 new international destinations next summer in what […]

The carrier has confirmed that it'll deploy the narrowbody on these two routes in December. Find out more here!

Carrier says the Airbus narrowbody cannot perform some missions originally presented to it, but existing A321LR and XLR operations suggest the issue is more nuanced than the headline 4,700-nm figure

United has announced the largest international network expansion in its history with 10 new international cities and 3 new routes across Europe and Asia, and debuted the Airbus A321XLR at...
United Airlines has announced the largest international network expansion in its history, adding ten destinations and three further routes across Europe and Asia in 2027. The programme will also introduce the airline’s Airbus A321XLR on international services. Newark will receive eight new destinations: Luxembourg, Marseille, Ibiza, Valencia, Terceira in the Azores, Ljubljana, Olbia in Sardinia […]

More than 60 A320neo, A321XLR and E195-E2 aircraft will receive satellite connectivity using an alternative architecture to Starlink

United Airlines has confirmed the first two international cities that its upcoming ‘Born to Explore’ Airbus A321XLR aircraft…