American Airlines has opened schedule bidding for pilots on the Airbus A321XLR from New York JFK Airport . In a leaked internal memo first reported by aviation watchdog JonNYC , the airline says that the bid status will be effective with the February 2026 crew month, for flights to begin in March. American Airlines has 50 Airbus A321XLR aircraft on order, and took delivery of its first example last month .

American has planned to deploy its initial A321XLRs on US transcontinental routes, but what routes will come after that? The airline has been more reticent to share details about potential international destinations, saying to Simple Flying earlier this month that it " anticipates that the XLR will debut on transcontinental routes out of JFK. We don’t have any specifics

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