Air Canada Awaits A321XLR Deliveries, Eyes Long-Haul Expansion

Pictured (L-R): Alexandre Lefèvre, VP Network Planning & Scheduling, Air Canada; Joe Mohan, Chief Commercial Officer, Abra Group; Veronica Paddock, Marketing Director Fleet & Network Planning, Airbus; and Karen Walker, Group Air Transport Editor-in-Chief, Aviation Week Network

From left, Air Canada's Alexandre Lefèvre, Abra Group's Joe Mohan, Airbus' Veronica Paddock and Aviation Week Network's Karen Walker on stage at Routes Americas 2025.

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Air Canada continues to await the delivery of its first Airbus A321XLR, which the airline believes has the size, range and efficiency to enable profitable flying on long-range routes where it struggles to fill widebody aircraft year-round. The Montreal-based airline originally was supposed to...
Aaron Karp

Aaron Karp is a Senior Editor at Air Transport World.

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