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Old Feb 27, 2026 | 11:45 am
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Originally Posted by PLeblond
Does anyone here have any tips for we plane spotters on differetiating the XLR to a run-of-the-mill A321neo?

At first glance, all I see is it looks cleaner than the rest of the the ones in the fleet.
Wing box fairing is longer than regular A321NEO, it extends past the third set of doors (the pair after the wing, technically third if you count overwing exits or if you are comparing it to the old production standard model).

It was redesigned for fire proofing requirements from the center fuel tank.
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