BIG AVIATION REPORT

Sun, Sep 13, 2026, 10:30:27 MT

SIMPLE FLYING · DEFENSE

AMERICAN AIRLINES NOW PLANS 9-HOUR AIRBUS A321XLR FLIGHTS TO THIS 'FORGOTTEN' CONTINENT...

The Airbus A321XLR is the next big thing at American Airlines , with the Fort Worth-based legacy carrier and oneworld founding member using it to shake up its European network by opening up secondary transcontinental routes.

SCOTT: Watch the airframe and the training pipeline, not the parade footage. Programs live or die in the schoolhouse.

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