Qantas A321XLR business class: recliners first, flatbeds later?
Qantas’ new Airbus A321XLR jets will debut with domestic-grade recliners in business class, although the airline is considering lie-flat beds for a second wave of deliveries geared more towards international and possibly transcontinental routes.
The versatile ‘extra long range’ versions of the A320neo family will replace the stalwart Boeing 737 as Qantas’ single-aisle workhorse, although the transition is phased across as many as ten years.
Speaking with Executive Traveller on the sidelines of Qantas’ launch of direct flights to Paris,
Qantas Group CEO Vanessa Hudson said she expects the first Qantas A321XLR will be handed over “in the first quarter” of 2025.
Qantas has signed up for an initial 28 A321XLRs with 15 more slated for Jetstar.
The red-tailed A321XLRs will arrive alongside 29 Airbus A220s to replace the Boeing 717s, with the impressive range of both jets seeing them earmarked for domestic and short- to medium-range international flights.
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