TAP Air Portugal major shareholder David Neeleman commented on the A321XLR, stating that TAP will place an order for the aircraft, which would come from order conversions from A321LR (Mercado e Eventos, 19-Jun-2019). Mr Neeleman qualified the A321XLR as "important, necessary and a need" adding: "The A321LR ended up not having the promised reach… to replace the Boeing 757. The XLR is more ready".
David Neeleman: XLR is necessary, 'The A321LR ended up not having the promised reach'
27 June, 2019