The order represents the first time Frontier has ordered the largest member of the Airbus A320 family.
Read moreThe delivery deferrals of 16 current-generation A320-family jets from 2016-2018 until 2022 and two until 2023 mean they will be delivered to JetBlue Airways well after 2020, when A320-family production is due to have shifted completely to deliveries of A320neo-family jets.
Read moreAirbus Offers Larger Overhead Bins and Galley/Lav Module Upgrade for A320 Family
AircraftTravel Technology September 16, 2014
Airbus is introducing new, larger, pivoting overhead bins as an optional fit for A320-family aircraft in the first quarter of 2016, with Delta Air Lines being the first customer. Also, with Zodiac Aerospace, Airbus is developing a new version of the integrated ‘Space-Flex’ A320 lavatory-and-galley module.
Read moreAirbus announced on July 15, at the Farnborough International Airshow 2014, that BOC Aviation, the Singapore-based aircraft leasing subsidiary of Bank of China, ordered an additional 43 A320-family aircraft, while CIT Group Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding for five A321s.
Read moreThe memorandums of understanding for 80 A330neos announced by the three customers on July 15 join with a launch commitment announced by lessor ALC the previous day for 25 A330neos, taking commitments for the new Airbus widebody family to 105 aircraft in the space of two days.
Read moreAir New Zealand placed a firm order on June 2 for three Airbus A321neo, 10 A320neo and one additional A320ceo single-aisle jets. On the same day, Delta Air Lines placed a follow-on order for 15 more Airbus A321 current-engine option (ceo) jets to add to 30 it had previously ordered.
Read moreThe purchase agreement signed by VietJetAir covers firm orders for 42 Airbus A320neo jets, 14 A320ceo aircraft and seven A321ceos, plus purchase rights for 30 more A320-family aircraft. In addition the airline will lease eight more A320-family jets from third-party lessors.
Read moreAmerican Details Introduction Schedule for New Transcon Jets
AircraftAirlinesAirportsTravel Technology December 17, 2013
American Airlines will introduce its first three new Airbus A321s – each configured with just 102 seats – into service on January 7 on the New York JFK-Los Angeles route and will build up its A321 transcontinental schedule until the type is operating 18 round-trips a day on two routes by mid-June.
Read moreAmerican’s first Airbus A321 is scheduled to enter service early next year on trunk transcontinental routes. The airline is dedicating its initial group of A321 deliveries to transcontinental service, mainly to replace aging Boeing 767-200ERs which the carrier now operates on the routes.
Read moreLufthansa and Germanwings to Expand Services and Capacity for Winter 2013
AirlinesAirportsTravel Technology October 12, 2013
Together, Lufthansa and fast-growing low-cost subsidiary Germanwings will serve 211 destinations in 81 countries in their forthcoming winter flight schedules, a marginal expansion of services which includes at least one new destination, the Russian resort city of Sochi on the Black Sea.
Read moreWhen JetBlue Airways is finally able to take delivery of its first Airbus A321, a step which the U.S. government’s partial shutdown has temporarily stymied, the aircraft will debut ‘Prism’ as the latest design to join the New York-based carrier’s line-up of tailfin designs.
Read moreJetBlue Airways will introduce on June 15, 2014 a new, transcontinental premium service which the airline is calling ‘Mint’ and for which it has begun selling tickets.
Read moreIn deals announced at the 15th Aviation Expo China in Beijing on September 25, Airbus has announced orders and commitments from four customers for a total of 160 A320-family jets.
Read moreFinland’s national carrier, which is the launch customer for the A321 equipped with Sharklets, has taken delivery of the first of five Sharklet-equipped Airbus A321s it has on order.
Read moreDelta Air Lines has placed a firm order with Airbus for 30 A321ceo (current engine option) and 10 A330-300 widebodies, Delta’s first order with Airbus in two decades.
Read moreJetBlue Unveils Flat-Bed Seats and Suites for U.S. Transcontinental Services
AircraftAirlinesTravel Technology August 5, 2013
The carrier expects its new lie-flat seats to debut in the market on new Airbus A321 jets beginning in the second quarter of 2014 on the two most popular non-stop routes in the United States – New York to Los Angeles and New York to San Francisco.
Read moreRussian carrier UTair has taken delivery of its first Airbus aircraft, with the hand-over of a new A321 at a ceremony held at the Airbus production facility in Hamburg.
Read moreU.S. carrier Spirit Airlines has placed a firm order for 20 Airbus A321 aircraft and has opted to convert existing orders for 10 A320s to the larger A321.
Read moreIstanbul-based Turkish Airlines’ contract includes firm orders for 25 Airbus A321 current engine option jets, four A320neos and 53 A321neos. Turkish Airlines has also taken options on 35 additional A321neos. This order is the largest ever placed by a Turkish carrier, according to Airbus.
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