• American Airlines' first-ever Airbus A321XLR touched down in Texas on Wednesday. • The inaugural flight is scheduled for December 18, flying from New York to Los Angeles. • The premium-heavy plane has lie-flat business class and will eventually fly to international cities.

There's a new plane in town.

American Airlines' first Airbus A321XLR touched down in Dallas—Fort Worth on Wednesday after an 11-hour delivery flight from Hamburg, Germany, making it the first of its kind in the US and ushering in a new era of long-haul narrowbody flying.

The A321XLR — short for "extra-long-range" — will debut on December 18, operating American's 11 a.m. New York to Los Angeles service and eventually replacing the carrier's transcon-specific A321T fleet.

More premium than American's other domest

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