Airbus A319/A320/A321

Launch of the stretched A220 earlier than 2026 would free production slots for the higher-margin A321 and A321XLR variants—but a few hurdles stand in the way.

This year has breathed new life into older equipment as airlines have tried to mitigate new aircraft delivery delays, supply chain and labor bottlenecks, and the durability problems of new engines.

One Airbus A320 will be stationed in Brest, enabling the launch of 13 new routes.

Air Arabia has made JVs a strategic foundation.

AirAsia expects to return all of its narrowbody aircraft to service by the end of 2023, and the airline is looking to grow its fleet further in 2024.

While Sweden’s Braathens Regional Airlines recently went into administration, the airline’s operations will continue as normal throughout the restructuring.

The upcoming round of inspections will see a peak of 650 A320neos on the ground.

Canada’s Air Transat plans to open a route to Marrakesh, Morocco, during the northern summer 2024 season.

Lufthansa’s newest operating unit City Airlines will begin flying in summer 2024 with Airbus A319s.

EasyJet has completed a fuel- and noise-reducing retrofit program which means Airbus’s Descent Profile Optimization technology is now in place across its fleet.

Emirates plans to reveal further orders taking fleet plans into the 2030s, but new players like Riyadh Air and a revived Indian aviation sector are emerging.

Dilhan Haradasa, AirAsia Group head of network and regulatory affairs, says, “We’ll be starting in Phnom Penh, but we hope to grow Sihanoukville and Siam Reap."

Maldives-based startup Beond has expanded its route network at the same time as showcasing its first all-business-class aircraft.

United’s robust widebody orderbook supports its international ambitions.

While there were no lockdowns keeping people from traveling, 2023 again turned out to be far from routine.

Flights are being added in the Caribbean/Latin America as well as in Europe.

A project involving fewer pilots on the flight deck is maturing—and meeting increased resistance as a result.

ALC is one of the largest customers of the long-range version of the A321neo with a firm order for 27 placed in 2019.

Vietnam’s Bamboo Airways has 22 leased Airbus A320-family aircraft, five Embraer E190s and three Boeing 787-9s.

Aiming to hike capacity by 10% for 2024, Swiss International Air Lines will bring its last remaining stored Airbus A320s back from Amman, Jordan.

Lufthansa has committed to equip 38 of its Airbus A320ceos with new Airspace cabins to operate on routes that are ordinarily flown using newer A320neos.

South African Airways (SAA) is progressively rebuilding its fleet and network, adding five Airbus A320s, an A330 and two Boeing 737-800s.

Air Canada, like its native home, is transitioning.

Pratt & Whitney has been working for months to figure out how to schedule needed PW1100G repairs. The fleet management plan is painful for everyone involved.

In Europe, the aircraft is expected to make up around 37% of the more than 4,000 new deliveries expected in the region through 2033.