In Vietnam, leisure carrier Vietravel Airlines signed a major Letter of Intent with Airbus on September 10, 2026, outlining its intention to purchase 50 new narrowbody airliners to power a fleet transformation.
The preliminary commitment includes 20 Airbus A220 aircraft alongside 30 aircraft from the Airbus A321 family, comprising both A321neo and ultra-long-range A321XLR variants, with deliveries targeted to begin in 2029. The high-level signing ceremony took place at the Élysée Palace in Paris in the presence of Vietnamese General Secretary and President To Lam and French President Emmanuel Macron during an official bilateral state visit.
Under the carrier’s network development strategy, the smaller A220 fleet will focus on point-to-point regional expansion to unserved and secondary domestic and international routes, while the A321neo and A321XLR variants will handle high-density domestic trunk sectors and mid- to long-haul international markets across the Asia-Pacific region.
