FILE PHOTO: An American Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8, on a flight from Miami to New York City, comes in for landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York, U.S., March 12, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - American Airlines has agreed to order 50 Airbus A321XLR planes, Airbus said on Wednesday, confirming an earlier Reuters report.

The purchase agreement includes the conversion of 30 of American Airlines’ existing A321neo orders to A321XLRs and incremental orders for an additional 20 A321XLRs.