Airbus A319/A320/A321neo

Aviation Week Network experts discuss the impact of technical issues with the GTF engine powering Airbus A320neo aircraft on the global fleet and aftermarket.

Air New Zealand has secured new aircraft deals that will help boost its short-haul international and domestic fleets in 2024.

Routes to New Delhi and Dushanbe are being launched by Air Astana’s LCC subsidiary FlyArystan.

A deal for more Airbus A320neos shows Cathay is looking to expand beyond recovery.

The FAA’s AD mandates Pratt’s recommended inspections on the most susceptible engines within 30 days of its effective date.

FACC has been investing extra cash, about €50 million ($55 million) of working capital, to secure deliveries of its products.

Cathay has exercised purchase rights for 32 more Airbus A320neo-family aircraft.

The first nonstop flights between Israel and Sri Lanka will begin in October.

Florida-based Spirit Airlines is “open to doing less-than-daily” frequencies on routes where it makes sense from a utilization and demand standpoint.

Canadian leisure carrier Air Transat is adding flights to Peru for the first time, with Montreal-Lima becoming the farthest Airbus A321LR route in its network.

Turkish Airlines' planned 600-aircraft order for narrowbodies and widebodies was set to have been announced by now.

Carriers in the U.S. affected by accelerated inspections of certain Pratt & Whitney PW1100 engines are preparing to have aircraft on the ground during the fall.

A filing from Cathay Pacific said the group will convert purchase rights for 32 Airbus A320neos or A321neos into firm orders by the end of September.

Omani LCC SalamAir intends to add more flights and destinations in Pakistan.

Although Wizz Air has a fat order book for more Airbus A321neos, the LCC is under increased scrutiny in the UK and EU over operational issues.

Even so, the company's year-to-date total of 381 deliveries means it is still behind schedule.

Wizz Air shareholders attending the Hungarian LCC’s Aug. 2 annual general meeting have voted in favor of buying a further 75 Airbus A321neo family aircraft.

Icelandic LCC Play Airlines is in preliminary negotiations to add one Airbus aircraft for the 2024 summer season and four aircraft in 2025.

New data linked to a known problem has convinced Pratt & Whitney to accelerate inspections on more than 1,000 A320neo-family engines.

The carrier is one of many that have been forced to ground some of their A321neos due to long-term servicing backlogs for P&W geared turbofan engines.

The process will start with a surge of checks in the next few months.

Airlines by number of Airbus A320neo-family aircraft built between Q4 2015 and Q3 2021 powered by PW11000G-JM engines.

Icelandair President and CEO Bogi Nils Bogason spoke to Aviation Daily about the flag-carrier's plans for its future Airbus A321LR and A321XLR fleet.

The UK LCC exceeded its 2019 levels of flying for the first time post-COVID in May and June, albeit now with more aircraft in its all-Airbus fleet.

This week, Flight Friday pivots to looking at just one aircraft family—the Airbus A320.