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Airlines turn to Airbus A321XLR as replacement for aging Boeing 757

Airlines turn to Airbus A321XLR as replacement for aging Boeing 757
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Boeing's popular 757 is a narrowbody aircraft that succeeded the trijet 727.

A look back at the history of the Boeing 757

Boeing's stretched narrowbody aircraft, the Boeing 757, received its first orders in 1978, with prototypes rolling out by 1982. While initially designed as the 757-200, cargo carriers soon adopted package freighter (PF) variants by 1987. The stretch model, Boeing 757-300, was introduced in September 1996 and began commercial service in...

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