Airbus narrow-body takes flight for the first time

Airbus SE's latest narrow-body aircraft took to the skies for the first time on Wednesday, in a major step toward orderly flight of the fast-selling long-range plane.

The plane, "A321XLR", left the manufacturer's production site in the German city of Hamburg, at about 11:05 am, local time, before the first flight, which is scheduled to take between two and four hours, according to the "Bloomberg" news agency today. .

The largest member of Airbus's A320 family of jets aims to expand the European company's lineup of single-aisle jets to a broader category that has been vacant since Boeing's 757s ceased production.

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