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Who Is Operating The Airbus A320neo?

Jens Flottau March 24, 2017

AirAsia

Credit: C. Brinkman/Airbus

AirAsia has taken its first five A320neos powered by CFM International Leap 1A engines. The carrier has ordered 404 A320neo family aircraft.

Air Astana

Credit: A. Doumenjou/Airbus

Air Astana operates its first Pratt & Whitney PW1000G-powered A320neo. The airline agreed to lease 11 of the aircraft from Air Lease Corp.

Air India

Credit: P. Pigeyre/Airbus

Air India flies the CFM-powered version of the A320neo and has so far not seen the operational problems of fellow Indian carriers IndiGo and GoAir, both of which opted for the Pratt & Whitney engine.

All Nippon Airways

Credit: Fixion/Airbus

ANA focuses on the larger A321neo with 26 firm orders and only seven for the A320neo, two of which are now in service.

Avianca

Credit: Airbus

Avianca Brazil is flying three CFM-powered A320neos. The airline has ordered a total of 62.

Azul

Credit: Fixion/Airbus

The A320neo is an important tool for Azul to increase aircraft size in its domestic network. The airline has seven aircraft in service and 25 more on firm order.

China Southern Airlines

Credit: AerCap

China Southern Airlines is the first Chinese operator of the A320neo. It has taken five aircraft on lease from AerCap so far.

Citilink

Credit: P. Masclet/Airbus

Garuda Indonesia affiliate Citilink has taken delivery of its first two A320neos. It flies sectors in excess of 5 hr., some of the longest of the worldwide fleet.

Frontier Airlines

Credit: A. Doumenjou/Airbus

Frontier is among the earliest operators of the A320neo in North America. It has taken five of its 62 aircraft on order.

GoAir

Credit: H. Gousse/Airbus

GoAir is one of the largest A320neo customers, with firm orders for 144 aircraft. It operates five now, powered by PW1100G engines.

Hong Kong Express

Credit: HK Express

Hong Kong Express plans to grow its fleet of A320neos to 12 by the end of 2018. The aircraft are on lease from Norwegian affiliate Arctic Aviation Assets (AAA). Hong Kong Express CEO Andrew Cowen (pictured) told Aviation Week in May 2016 that the airline was targeting 13-14 block hours per day, with which the A320neos would help. 

IndiGo

Credit: H. Gousse/Airbus

IndiGo is the largest A320neo family customer, with firm orders for 430 aircraft, 410 of which are for the A320neo. Seventeen aircraft are in scheduled service.

LATAM Airlines

Credit: P. Masclet/Airbus

LATAM Airlines ordered 36 A320neos and 19 A321neos. Two aircraft have arrived.

Lufthansa

Credit: Airbus

Lufthansa started the first A320neo scheduled flights in early 2016 after Qatar Airways stepped back from its role as launch customer.

Pegasus

Credit: C. Brinkman/Airbus

Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus is the largest operator of the CFM-powered A320neo fleet to date. It has taken nine aircraft.

SAS

Credit: C. Brinkman/Airbus

Scandinavian Airlines flies five of its 30 A320neos on firm order. The airline opted for the CFM-powered version.

Spirit

Credit: C. Brinkman/Airbus

U.S. ultra-low-cost carrier Spirit currently flies five Pratt-powered A320neos.

SriLankan

Credit: SriLankan Airlines

SriLankan just deferred deliveries of Airbus A350s, but it operates its first A320neo on lease. One more A320neo and four A321neos are to follow by early 2018.

VivaAerobus

Credit: P. Masclet/Airbus

Mexican low-cost airline VivaAerobus operates the first two of 40 A320neos on firm order. The carrier’s fleet also includes 19 A320ceos.

Volaris

Credit: C. Brinkman/Airbus

Volaris has taken the first of 30 A320neos on firm order. The carrier also operates 43 A320ceos and 10 A321ceos.

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Airbus has delivered the first 88 A320neos to 20 airlines around the world, including low-cost and legacy carriers in North and Latin America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. The fleet has reached a dispatch reliability of 99.6% so far, just short of the targeted 99.7%. Airbus plans to deliver about 200 A320neos in 2017.

Jens Flottau

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week Network’s global team of journalists covering commercial aviation.

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