How United Airlines' Lie-Flat Boeing 757 Ruled Premium Transcon & What's About To Replace It
United plans to eventually replace its premium 757 fleet with A321XLR aircraft.
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What's It Like Inside United's New Airbus A321XLR?
Alejandro of Simple Flying goes over the 3 types of seating inside United's brand new Airbus A321XLR.
United To Block Some A321XLR Middle Seats To Fly With 3 Flight Attendants, Not 4
United Airlines may be installing some peculiar-looking rows of seats in the new Airbus A321XLR's economy section. The extra-long-range A321neo narrowbody jets can carry more than 200 flyers in higher-density layouts, but United's XLRs that are planned to debut this summer will only be outfitted with 150 seats.
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How the A321XLR is redefining single-aisle comfort for passengers
At the Farnborough International Airshow, Airbus is pulling back the curtain on the A321XLR to show how design philosophy has brought widebody comfort to the world’s most popular single-aisle aircraft family. Connecting continents used to be the sole responsibility of massive widebody jets, but no longer. A significant shift is underway in the world of […] The post How the A321XLR is redefining single-aisle comfort for passengers first appeared on PLANEtalking .
Why Might The Airbus A321XLR Have Boeing Worried About The Middle Of The Market?
Airbus is winning in the midsize market thanks to efficient, capable new aircraft.
American Can Finally Unlock Its A321XLR Business Class Suite Doors… Gradually
In late 2025, we saw American Airlines start to take delivery of Airbus A321XLRs, the carrier’s new long range, narrow body planes (though they’re initially being used primarily for premium transcontinental flights). These planes have new business class seats, and one of the features was supposed to be that they feature privacy doors.
One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig19 Jul
Open & Closed: FAA Finally Certifies American Airlines’ Airbus A321XLR Flagship Suite Doors
The Federal Aviation Administration finally certified the Flagship Suite privacy doors on July 19.
Iberia A321XLR & Air Europa 787 Take Evasive Action In Head-On Atlantic Near-Miss
TCAS systems prevented a collision and both aircraft continued to their destinations safely.
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Beyond the XLR: Stepping-up the next design evolutions across the A320 Family
Since its launch more than 40 years ago, the A320 Family Programme has continuously evolved and improved. Its latest family member, the A321XLR, entered into service in late 2024 with launch customer Iberia. Now the scene is set for the next set of evolutions to all the A320 Family – so the best gets even […] The post Beyond the XLR: Stepping-up the next design evolutions across the A320 Family first appeared on PLANEtalking .
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TCAS prevents potential mid-air collision between Iberia A321XLR and Air Europa 787 over Atlantic
A potential mid-air collision between an Iberia Airbus A321XLR registered EC-OLE and an Air Europa Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner registered EC-ODH over the Atlantic Ocean was averted on 10 July 2026 after both aircraft received Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) Resolution Advisories (RAs), prompting immediate evasive action. According to The Aviation Herald, Iberia flight IB140, operating […]
Aviation24.be•André Orban17 Jul
United Launches Another Economy Class Innovation: Economy Plus Seats With Extra Elbow Room
United today announced its latest United Economy® class innovation: a row of Economy Plus seats on its new Airbus A321XLR aircraft with extra elbow room and access to a shared table across an open middle seat. This new Economy Plus offering will be available for sale starting later this year. United expects to include this new Economy Plus option on its entire order of 50 A321XLRs and is exploring offering these types of seats on other aircraft types in the future.
10-Hour Flights: American Airlines' 9 Longest Airbus A321XLR Routes Revealed [Map]
As American Airlines continues to expand its A321XLR fleet, the airline's longest route with the aircraft will connect Barcelona and New York.
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The 757 is still competitive with the A321neo
Airbus A321XLR is now well into its deployment, and it is useful to see how it has been performing. Using
Air Insight•Addison Schonland16 Jul
United Airlines Unveils Innovative Economy Plus Seats on New Airbus A321XLR
All 50 of United Airlines' new Airbus A321XLR aircraft will include a special row in Economy Plus® with open middle seats, repurposed as shared spaces with large custom tables.
AviationSource News•Len Varley15 Jul
United launches Economy Plus seats with extra elbow room
United announced a row of Economy Plus seats on its new Airbus A321XLR aircraft with extra elbow room and access to a shared table across an open middle seat. This...
United Blocking Two Seats On New A321XLR Jets: That’s Probably Bad News
I commend United Airlines for all of its innovation as of late, particularly when it comes to the passenger experience. Along those lines, the airline recently took delivery of its first Airbus A321XLR, which is the new long range, narrow body jet that’s becoming increasingly popular with airlines.
One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig14 Jul
Why Airbus Builds The A321XLR Wing In Britain & Assembles The Aircraft In Germany
The A321XLR is built across four countries. The reason has more to do with politics than engineering.
Wizz Air Suddenly Scraps 7-Hour Flights: The Airbus A321XLR Experiment Ends
Wizz Air has scrapped its longest Airbus A321XLR flights to Saudi Arabia, leaving the jet with little purpose as the airline pivots back to Europe.
Why An Airbus A321XLR Captain Crossing The Atlantic Thinks About Diversions Differently Than A Boeing 787 Captain
A 787 can fly 330 minutes from the nearest diversion airport. An A321XLR gets 180. Here is what that difference means over the North Atlantic.
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NSG marks linefit activation of IFC on Saudia A321XLR
Saudi government-backed Neo Space Group and Saudia, the Kingdom’s national flag carrier, have announced the first line-fit activation of NSG Skywaves IFC (in-flight connectivity) aboard…
Aviation Business News•Greg Whitaker6 Jul