Qantas took delivery of its fourth Airbus A321XLR, VH‑OGD "Bibbulmun Track," arriving in Brisbane on Feb 21–22 after a ferry from Airbus Hamburg via Bangkok. The aircraft will enter commercial service this week, expanding the carrier's long‑range narrowbody capability.
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Qantas has added its fourth A321XLR (VH‑OGD, "Bibbulmun Track"), with the aircraft arriving in Brisbane Feb 21–22 and scheduled to enter commercial service this week — a concrete increase in long‑range narrowbody capacity.
The delivery underscores the broader move to deploy long‑range single‑aisles to open thin long‑haul and transcontinental routes, reinforcing trends identified in industry analysis of how small narrowbodies are extending stage lengths ([source:374a6a76-5fc5-4a67-afe0-f6cd902326d4]) and following other carriers' A321XLR entries ([source:34e14644-56ed-40e2-9e0a-e93b7f14c0bc]).
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