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Jun 19, 2019, 11:07 am

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JDiver

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Originally Posted by N830MH

Thanks JDiver! I just heard the news this morning. I think it's great news about this. They will delivery A321XLR in 2025 or earlier.

Indeed. AA wasn’t the launch order (Steven F. Udvar-Házy‘s Air Lease Corporation was, with his order of 27, a huge endorsement of the aircraft considering Udvar-Házy‘s standing in the commercial aviation field, along with Middle East Airlines of Lebanon ordered 4).

Reportedly, AA expects to take delivery of eight in 2023. The A321XLR is expected to begin flying commercially in 2023 because it has over 90% in common with the most recent A321s, but that feels pretty aggressive. As you like to say, “let the speculation begin”. Though we have a lot of information on this one so far, there’s lots to speculate about, including seating to be selected, and with 50 orders exceeding many people’s previous guesses, the routes that will get these.

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