Simply earlier than the vacations, American Airways debuted its brand-new, premium-heavy airplane, which sports activities its latest-generation Flagship Suites business-class product — and a bona fide premium financial system cabin.
From the beginning, the brand new Airbus A321XLR is flying completely on American’s most premium transcontinental route between New York Metropolis’s John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport (JFK) and Los Angeles Worldwide Airport (LAX).
However extra home XLR routes are coming quickly.
American’s subsequent Airbus A321XLR transcontinental routes
In current weeks, American revealed the launch dates for 2 extra routes for the plane:
- Beginning Could 7, the XLR will fly between JFK and San Francisco Worldwide Airport (SFO).
- On July 2, simply because the Fourth of July journey rush kicks off, American will deploy the XLR between Boston Logan Worldwide Airport (BOS) and LAX.
The service gained’t instantly have sufficient XLRs to fill each day by day journey between these cities, so should you’re looking out flight choices from these dates onward, search for the “A321XLR” designation when reserving.
Anticipate to see the XLR fill extra transcontinental frequencies on these routes because the service takes supply of extra planes — it has 50 of the brand new plane on order.
Future XLR plans
The place else will you see this plane?
American has confirmed plans to ultimately use the XLR on flights between JFK and John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Orange County, California.
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If these routes sound acquainted, they’re the identical ones American at present serves with its standard Airbus A321T. The Airbus A321T sports activities a luxe Flagship First, enterprise and coach configuration, which American is phasing out and changing with the brand new XLR jets.
American’s A321XLR: What to know
American’s new XLR airplane doesn’t have an international-style, first-class cabin.
Nonetheless, it does have 20 Flagship Suites within the business-class cabin, every of which is provided with a lie-flat seat and up to date expertise, in addition to a sliding privateness door.
In the midst of the plane, there are 12 premium financial system recliners, and the primary cabin options new-look seat coverings and seatback screens you may hook up with Bluetooth headphones.
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Worldwide service coming
Past American’s home XLR routes, the service plans to make use of the jet on choose long-haul routes, because it has sufficient vary to fly transatlantic.
American has already introduced a brand new route with the XLR from New York Metropolis to Edinburgh, starting in March. It has additionally teased extra locations in Europe and Brazil for the longer term.
Backside line
Should you’re flying considered one of American’s prime transcontinental routes and don’t make it on board the XLR, the service does nonetheless have a wide range of different premium-heavy choices on these routes.
The A321T remains to be a fixture on coast-to-coast flights (for now). And, American is working its massive Boeing 777-200ER on JFK-LAX flights this winter.
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