<Tr> <Th> Developed from </Th> <Td> Airbus A320 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Developed into </Th> <Td> Airbus A320neo family </Td> </Tr> <P> The Airbus A321 is a member of the Airbus A320 family of short - to medium - range, narrow - body, commercial passenger twin - engine jet airliners manufactured by Airbus . It was the first derivative of the baseline Airbus A320 aircraft, and carries up to 236 passengers with a maximum range of 3,200 nmi (5,900 km; 3,700 mi). Final assembly of the aircraft takes place in Hamburg, Germany, or Mobile, Alabama . </P> <P> The A321 is a stretched - fuselage variant of the Airbus A320 and entered service in 1994 with Lufthansa, around six years after the original A320 . The aircraft shares a common type rating with all other Airbus A320 family variants, allowing existing A320 family pilots to fly the aircraft without the need for further training . </P>

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