With United Airlines taking in more Airbus A321neo throughout 2025, the airline has already been preparing its network to take in the extra aircraft.

FAA certified the Airbus A321XLR in October 2024, updating the A320 aircraft family's type certificate in December of that year.

The new Airbus A321XLR can fly further than any other single-aisle plane on the market. It promises to open up new, nonstop, transatlantic routes to cities in Europe and the United States.

Etihad will use the new Airbus A321neo LR three-level aircraft on the Abu Dhabi - Athens route from 2026. The company will ...