Indiana celebrated the return of nonstop flights to Europe this summer when Aer Lingus landed at Indianapolis International Airport (IND) in May.
Linking the Midwestern capital with Dublin Airport (DUB) and Europe beyond that, the flight was heralded by locals as a driver of both tourism and economic development.
The route to IND from DUB was thanks to plane-maker Airbus' latest long-range model: the single-aisle A321XLR. Capable of flying about 180 passengers up to 5,400 miles, it is the latest member of the popular Airbus A321neo family, heralded for its ability to open new, longer, "thinner" (markets with latent demand but not enough to warrant traditional 200-plus-seat wide-body) routes.
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