Thread: AIRBUS XLRs
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Old 10-23-2023 | 07:51 AM
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Default AIRBUS XLRs

Couple questions regarding the XLRs. AA has a firm order of 50 with options for more I believe. Set to take delivery of the first one in Q4 of 2024 and with anticipated deliver of at least 5 in 2025. Their primary home will be PHL and JFK.

Questions and speculation - will the bidding on these go senior or jr and how will it work? You can fly a 319 trip one week and than a XLR the next week to Europe with a mix of trips in your monthly schedule? Will it be a 3 pilot crew with the need to block a first class “pod” for crew rest? Is the XLR AA’s true answer to getting back into the international game that UAL and DAL play so well? AA obviously made a mistake with throwing the 75/76 and 330s away so quickly, can the XLR “save the day”? Also is this the future of AA’s international fleet? XLRs and 787s? Will the 777 survive the “long haul”?
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