An Airbus A321XLR Neo passenger aircraft performs a flying display at the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, Paris, France, on Monday, June 19, 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Airbus said Wednesday that it has handed over its first extra-long-range narrow-body aircraft, the A321XLR, marking another step in an era of smaller and more fuel-efficient jets flying longer distances<\/a>, and further expanding a delivery gap between Airbus and rival Boeing<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n The first aircraft was delivered to Spain’s Iberia, which plans to debut it between Madrid and Boston next month. American Airlines<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> and United Airlines<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> have also ordered the 321XLRs.<\/p>\n Airbus said the XLR can fly up to 11 hours nonstop, or 4,700 nautical miles, about 15% farther than the A321LR, a long-range version of the 321 aircraft, which is used for trans-Atlantic missions like JetBlue<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span>‘s service between New York and Amsterdam.<\/p>\n The plane maker has been working on getting the aircraft certified for five years. It burns about 30% less fuel than older aircraft, the manufacturer said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The European company has more than 500 of the A321XLRs on order. It’s a tiny part of its backlog that stood at nearly 8,600 airplanes as of the end of June, but it is debuting a new plane as its rival Boeing is struggling.<\/p>\n In the wake of two fatal crashes of its 737 Max, Boeing<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> put plans on the back burner for an all-new aircraft that would sit between 737s and wide-body jetliners, and potentially replace aging 757s, which are currently between the two.<\/p>\n The company is now planning to slim down<\/a>, shed jobs<\/a> and potentially get rid of businesses it doesn’t deem core to save cash and improve quality.<\/p>\n “Boeing’s an airplane company, and at the righ<\/em>t time in the future, we need to develop a new airplane but we have a lot of work to do before then,” new CEO Kelly Ortberg said on an earnings call last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Source: www.cnbc.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An Airbus A321XLR Neo passenger aircraft performs a flying display at the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, Paris, France, on Monday, June 19, 2023.\u00a0 Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty Images Airbus said Wednesday that it has handed over its first extra-long-range narrow-body aircraft, the A321XLR, marking another step in an era of smaller…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":94639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"WB4WB4WP_MODE":"","WB4WP_PAGE_SCRIPTS":"","WB4WP_PAGE_STYLES":"","WB4WP_PAGE_FONTS":"","WB4WP_PAGE_HEADER":"","WB4WP_PAGE_FOOTER":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"yoast_head":"\n