Airbus A321
The first stretch — almost seven metres longer than the A320 · First flight 1993 · In service 1994
The A321 was launched on 24 November 1988 as a longer A320 with fuselage plugs ahead of and behind the wing. The prototype F-WWIA flew on 11 March 1993, and Lufthansa received its first V2500-powered aircraft on 27 January 1994; Alitalia followed with the first CFM56-powered example that March.
The heavier A321-200, first flown in December 1996, raised the maximum take-off weight to 93 t and added fuel for transcontinental sectors.
A321s have been assembled in Hamburg, Toulouse, Mobile (Alabama) and Tianjin. Lufthansa, British Airways, American Airlines and Turkish Airlines are among the big operators, and about 1,780 A321ceo had been delivered by 2023.
