Airbus is confident that performance upgrades in the pipeline for its single-aisle family will give its largest model, the A321, a sufficient range boost for a genuine shot at the huge Boeing 757-200 ...

Airbus will start test-flying the first A321 with sharklet wing-tips this autumn, as it wraps up testing A320s with the fuel-saving modification. The airframer will conduct its first display routine ...

Finnair has become the first airline in the world to operate Airbus A321 aircraft equipped with new, fuel-saving Sharklet wing tip devices. The extended-range, single-aisle aircraft, which has the ...

Oneworld alliance member Finnair is to introduce its first Sharklet-equipped Airbus A321s into its fleet this winter and will use the aircraft to increase the frequency of its flights between Helsinki ...

Sichuan Airlines has taken delivery of its first sharklet-equipped A321 aircraft, the first of the type to be operated in China. The A321, powered by IAE V2500 engines, has a two-class cabin ...

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Airbus SAS is emulating a marine predator to take a bite out of Boeing Co.'s home market. The world's largest planemaker will fit so-called sharklets to the wings of the A321 single-aisle jet to ...

The Airbus A321neo falls into the single-aisle airliner category, belongs to the Airbus A320neo family and is an enhanced version of the Airbus A321. Today, the Air Astana Group has expanded its fleet ...