Airbus A321XLR: All you need to know

The long-legged, pond-crossing, single-aisle 757 heir apparent has made its first flight. Here’s the big questions answered.The initial Airbus A321XLR, F-WXLR (c/n 11000), has undertaken its first flight from the pan-European airframer’s Hamburg/Finkenwerder plant this morning (June 15). The jet, which has long been touted as a successor to the Boeing 757-200, departed from the final assembly line site at 11:04am CET and positioned off the north German coast close to Heligoland for the crew to begin a series of