Our European Editor Andreas Spaeth was at the first flight of the Airbus A321XLR and here are his first-hand impressions.
At 11 am local time in Hamburg on Wednesday, Michael Menking became a bit emotional. The head of the Airbus A320 programme commented on what he saw and felt, standing on the side of the runway at the Airbus factory in Finkenwerder: “At this minute, the first A321XLR comes taxying along towards takeoff, this is a special moment which we very much looked forward to, and I feel it,” said Menking.
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