Earlier this week, a small Canadian airport handled two diverted aircraft when adverseweather prevented them from reaching their planned destination. While weather-related diversions are very much part and parcel of modern aviation, and there are procedures in place to accommodate those affected by them, the small and remote nature of Gander International Airport (YQX) in Newfoundland and Labrador provided a new challenge.
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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.