Airbus A321XLR

Check pilots trained over the North Atlantic using A321neo aircraft last month.

Qantas brought its first two A321XLRs into service this week, making the Australian flag carrier the first in the Asia-Pacific region to operate the type.

Qantas has ordered 20 more Airbus A321XLR aircraft as part of its ongoing fleet renewal program, bringing its total order for the type to 48.

American Airlines has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321XLR, but the aircraft will remain in Europe for the time being due to a shortage of seats.

Qantas’ first Airbus A321XLR is part of the way through a roughly 10,600-mile-long journey from Europe to Australia, and is set to break a flight record.

Low-cost carrier Wizz Air has reportedly scrapped plans for a Milan-Abu Dhabi route, which would have operated using an Airbus A321XLR.

Frontier Airlines is making significant changes to its fleet plan, including abandoning the A321XLR and deferring aircraft deliveries.

Sky Airline — the Santiago, Chile-based low-cost airline — will complete three years of operations in Peru this month and currently has a 20% share of the Peruvian market. José Raúl Vargas, Sky Airline’s CEO in Peru, told Gestión that the balance in these three years of operation has been very positive despite the pandemic. […]

Although the aviation industry in Latin America is still largely depressed by prevailing travel restrictions — especially in the international market — domestic traffic in Chile has been recovering in recent weeks as travelers are anxious to get back to the skies. Last year was the most difficult in at least a decade for the […]