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A new plane is changing how airlines think about long-haul flights. Here's everywhere you can fly on the Airbus A321XLR.
- The Airbus A321XLR — a single-aisle jet with about 800 extra miles of range — is opening dozens of new transatlantic and international routes to smaller cities that wouldn’t fill a wide‑body.
- United and American have put several new XLR routes on sale for 2026–27 (think JFK–Amsterdam and Nice, Newark–Ibiza/Valencia, Dulles–Amsterdam/Dublin, Philly–Porto/Vienna) — tickets are bookable now.
- XLRs often have lie‑flat business seats for longer comfort, and because they’re part of the A320 family pilots need only short training to fly them.
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