The ubiquitous middle-of-the-road Airbus A320 is the world’s most popular commercial aircraft. Like the Boeing 737-800, it combines reasonable trip and seat-mile costs and doesn’t have too many seats to fill. That balance is why they’re so popular with low-cost and ultra-low-cost carriers.
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Exclusive: Air Canada’s 1st Airbus A321XLR Begins To Take Shape
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- May 30, 2025
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Air Canada’s first Airbus A321XLR is now under construction at the manufacturer’s Hamburg Finkenwerder site in Germany. Of course, by the time you’re watching this, the jet MAY have already been fully assembled and painted. Nonetheless, Simple Flying was granted an exclusive first peek of the new aircraft on the production line at the Hamburg facility, including a look inside the all-important XLR-distinguishing-feature, its rear central tank.