American Airlines will acquire 50 Airbus A321XLR aircraft, converting 30 existing A321neo orders and adding 20 additional orders. As the world’s largest airline and largest Airbus operator, this order brings the total to 422 Airbus aircraft, 115 of which are…
China Airlines, based in Taiwan, has signed a Memorandum of Agreement for 11 A321neo aircraft from Airbus, and will acquire another 14 of the type on lease. China Airlines has selected the A321neo for the single-aisle portion of its fleet,…
Qantas Airways Limited has placed an order with Airbus for 36 A321XLR, 10 of which are new orders and 26 converted from prior orders. The aircraft will be used by both Qantas and JetStar, the low cost carrier in Qantas…
Dublin-based leasing company Accipiter Holdings was disclosed as the customer for 20 previously unannounced A320neo orders. Those orders were completed in March 2019 and listed as an undisclosed customer. The new single-aisle aircraft will further expand the portfolio of Accipiter…
US Private Equity fund Indigo Partners and three of its airlines will acquire 50 Airbus A321XLR aircraft, 18 of which will be converted from existing orders and 32 new orders. Indigo has major ownership in several low cost airlines, including…
Qantas has chosen the Airbus A321XLR to play a major role on its future domestic and Australia/Asia network. The airline announced on June 19 it had converted 26 A321neo’s to the new extra long range-version, while ordering 10 additional XLRs.…