The Airbus A321XLR is a bigger deal than you think. Here's why:
blunder merely four months ago: the majestic but uneconomic four-engined A380. Airbus and Boeing will both soldier on with ups and downs.
The history of long-haul aviation is one of conquering distance with increasingly flexible aircraft. For many years after the dawn of the jet age, intercontinental flying required large, multi-engine aircraft to go the distance. Through the late 1960s and 1970s, airframe developers followed the bigger-is-better school, investing in massive widebody aircraft like the DC-10, Boeing 747 and Lockheed L1011 Tristar for intercontinental routes.
than New York. By the summer of 2000, 33 US cities enjoyed direct transatlantic service; British Airways alone served 20 different points in the US. Although some airlines have experimented with long-haul narrowbody flights, much of the world’s long-haul network has continued to require widebodies until recently. .
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