Airbus launches new A321 jet, Boeing apologizes for MAX crisis

Airbus launched a long-range version of its A321neo jet at the Paris Airshow on ...

LE BOURGET, France - Airbus launched a long-range version of its A321neo jet at the Paris Airshow on Monday, aiming to carve out new routes for airlines with smaller planes and steal a march on rival Boeing’s plans for a possible new mid-market jet.

The aerospace industry’s biggest annual event, which alternates with Britain’s Farnborough Airshow, is traditionally a slugging match between Airbus and Boeing sales teams in the $150 billion a year commercial aircraft market. “This is the most trying of times,” Boeing commercial airplanes boss Kevin McAllister told a press briefing.

Its range of up to 4,700 nautical miles - about 15% more than the previous A321LR - will leapfrog the out-of-production Boeing 757 and nudges it into the long-jump category occupied by more costly wide-body jets.The A321XLR also eats into a range category targeted by a possible mid-market twin-aisle jet - the NMA - under review by Boeing.

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