AirAsia orders 200 Airbus A320neo aircraft

AirAsia (AirAsia.com) (Kuala Lumpur) placed a firm order with Airbus for 200 A320neo aircraft. The contract, announced at the Paris Air Show today, is the largest order ever placed for the A320 Family and makes AirAsia the biggest airline customer for the Airbus single aisle product line worldwide. AirAsia announced that its A320neo aircraft will be powered by CFM International’s new LEAP-X engines.

Altogether, AirAsia has now placed firm orders for 375 A320 Family aircraft, with 89 already in service on the carrier’s fast-growing pan-Asian network. In addition, the carrier’s long haul affiliate AirAsia X is also an all-Airbus customer having placed orders for 38 widebody aircraft.

CFM International, the joint venture between GE Aviation and French engine manufacturer Snecma, capped off an already record week at the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget with this announcement that carrier Air Asia will purchase 400 of CFM’s more energy-efficient LEAP engines for 200 of its new Airbus A320neo planes, in the largest single-firm aircraft order in aviation history.

To read more, check out the following link: http://www.gereports.com/leaping-the-competition-at-paris-air-show-27-billion-in-engine-deals/

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