Air Canada has reached an exciting milestone in terms of the development of its forthcoming fleet of Airbus A321XLR narrowbody twinjets, with the Canadian flag carrier’s first example of the type having taken to the skies for the first time earlier today. The jet took off from the manufacturer’s site atHamburg Finkenwerder Airport (XFW) in northern Germany, and it was in the air for more than three hours as test pilots put it through its paces.