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…
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…
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…
There were no big announcements from Boeing today on the commercial aircraft front, reflecting the current problems with the MAX, the week-end 787 fire suppression controversy, delays for the GE9X powering the 777X, and continued study of business case for…
Saudia is expanding its A320neo family fleet by 30 aircraft, including 14 of the newly introduced A321XLR and another 16 A320neos. The carrier also secured 35 options that would bring its total A320neo family fleet to 100 if exercised. The…
IAG, parent of British Airways, Iberia, Vueling, Level, and Aer Lingus, has ordered 14 A321XLR aircraft, eight of which will be assigned to Iberia and six for AerLingus. This order brings the Airbus order book for IAG to 530 aircraft.…