Is the Airbus A321XLR set to revolutionise the low-fare airline industry?

Wizz Air's first Airbus A321 XLR during the Airbus delivery ceremony at the Airbus facility in Finkenwerder, Hamburg – Airbus This week Wizz Air has received the first of the 47 Airbus A321XLR it has commissioned. That aircraft, with registration G-XLRA, is making its first commercial flight, between London Gatwick and Athens, while this entry is published, thus making the airline the first in the world to operate the A321XLR with Pratt & Whitne…

Is the Airbus A321XLR set to revolutionise the low-fare airline industry?

The Airbus A321XLR’s arrival, marked by wall-to-wall media coverage and much talk of “gamechanger” status, is enthusing airline executives to the point of hyperbole.  “The future of travel is here, and we’re just beginning to revolutionise a new era of travel!” said Wizz Air’s Chief Corporate Officer, Owain Jones at the long-delayed handover of the operator’s first aircraft in Hamburg.  But what’s so special about a long-range variant of a well-…