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Sep 15, 2026
ReeseCORRESPONDENT
I doubt it.
ReeseCORRESPONDENT
United's new Airbus A321XLR is coming to transatlantic routes, and one economy plus row will have no middle seat at all.
ReeseCORRESPONDENT
Instead, United is putting a table in that space, giving the window and aisle passengers more elbow room, somewhere to put a drink, and most importantly, no stranger sitting six inches away from you for eight hours.
ReeseCORRESPONDENT
Of course, this is United Airlines, so they're not doing it out of the goodness of their heart.
Annie SargentHOST
The route connects Toulouse Blagnac to Washington Dulles daily year-round.
Annie SargentHOST
It flies on an Airbus A321XLR, and here's a nice bit of local irony.
Annie SargentHOST
That plane is actually assembled right here in Toulouse, so the aircraft connecting my city to America rolls off an assembly line a few miles from where I live.
Annie SargentHOST
It's kind of fun.
Joe LynamHOST
How many orders do you have ongoing with them? And do you get worried when you hear about major cutbacks and job losses from your customers?
Antonio da CostaGUEST
Well, we're really satisfied that we've delivered all six A321XLRs to Aer Lingus, which was the order that we had from them for this new generation aircraft, which is a single aisle that flies transatlantic.
Antonio da CostaGUEST
Aer Lingus is doing brilliant with those aircraft.
Antonio da CostaGUEST
They're flying really deep into the U.S., going as far as Minneapolis or Nashville, or, okay, not quite the U.S., but a bit more exotic, Barbados.
LucasHOST
This is especially exciting for Aeroplan members, as more routes mean more sweet spot redemption opportunities.
LucasHOST
The Oslo and Basel routes will use the new Airbus A321XLR, while Dubrovnik and Guangzhou will use the Boeing 787.
LucasHOST
The Guangzhou route is particularly notable.
LucasHOST
Air Canada will be the first North American carrier to fly there.
Hakan YilmazGUEST
But the other thought about me is this is kind of like the more the operational thought.
Hakan YilmazGUEST
And for instance, the A321XLRs, they cruise much lower than a 787.
Hakan YilmazGUEST
It'd be Mach 7-8 versus let's say 8-4, 8-5 Mach on a 787.
Hakan YilmazGUEST
And on a, what, six, seven hour flight, that's almost a 30 minute difference.
Jay ShabatHOST
Gordon is off today, but we have with us Meghna Maharishi, and we're going to talk about the transatlantic market, specifically some of the latest developments from U.S. airlines.
Jay ShabatHOST
And then in part two, we'll talk a little bit in more depth about the Airbus A321XLR.
Jay ShabatHOST
Hi, Meghna.
Jay ShabatHOST
How are you? I'm good.
Meghna MaharishiGUEST
Yes, I meant to say that earlier.
Meghna MaharishiGUEST
American is also making an expansion in Europe next summer, but American is focusing a little bit more on its Philly hub when it comes to that expansion.
Meghna MaharishiGUEST
The new route that they're going to launch, the completely new one, is Philly to Vienna, and I think that will be the longest route on an Airbus A321XLR And I think American will also be the only airline flying nonstop to Vienna from the United States.
Meghna MaharishiGUEST
And then the rest are other pretty popular European tourist destinations.
Megan CoyleHOST
[laughs] So some of these new routes are gonna be on this new airplane.
Megan CoyleHOST
It's the Airbus A321XLR.
Megan CoyleHOST
Oh my goodness.
Megan CoyleHOST
And that is a single jet airplane, which means, you know, it's kind of a narrower airplane.
Tess VigelandHOST
Yeah, and the XLR's international debut is December 1st from Washington Dulles to Amsterdam and Dublin, and I would very much like to be on it.
Megan CoyleHOST
[laughs] You know, I know where Tess will be flying.
Megan CoyleHOST
It'll be in those new premium class seats because this Airbus A321XLR has tons of premium seating.
Megan CoyleHOST
There are new United Polaris suites with privacy doors.
NickHOST
They're configuring their newer aircraft to be more premium heavy than ever.
NickHOST
Their Dreamliners, their A321XLRs, so they're-
TomHOST
Yeah
NickHOST
... more or less becoming more of a premium heavy airline.
LucasHOST
The headline additions include three brand-new destinations, Porto in Portugal, Reykjavik in Iceland, and Vienna in Austria, making American the only US carrier flying to Vienna.
LucasHOST
Other new routes include Philadelphia to Porto on an Airbus A321XLR, Philadelphia to Vienna on an A321XLR, New York to Amsterdam on an A321XLR, New York to Nice on an A321XLR, and Charlotte to Barcelona on a Boeing seven seven seven.
LucasHOST
One note of caution, the Reykjavik service will be operated by the A321neo, not the XLR, which means no flat beds.
LucasHOST
Tickets for all these routes go on sale the thirty-first of August, two thousand and twenty-six.
Joe AnselmoHOST
I'm Joe Ansamo, Aviation Week's editor in chief.
Joe AnselmoHOST
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby welcomed journalists to Newark this week to unveil an international network expansion that will utilize its new long range narrow body, the Airbus A321XLR.
Joe AnselmoHOST
The 321XLRs are a replacement for United's Boeing 757s, and that's a bit of a sad story.
Joe AnselmoHOST
The 757 dominated the transatlantic narrow body market for years.
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