The Plane That Was Supposed To Change Everything Just Got Sidelined By American Airlines

As its development proceeded in the late 2010s and early 2020s, theAirbus A321XLR was positioned as an exciting ‘Swiss army knife’ of an aircraft that would allow carriers to serve lower-demand long-haul markets without having to run the economic risk of using a larger widebody to do so. This has been evidenced by its use to date, particularly on transatlantic routes between smaller cities. Now, however, it may have hit a roadblock.