IndiGo Converts A320neo to A321neo Order

IndiGo Converts A320neo to A321neo Order. Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo will take an additional 125 Airbus A321neos by converting a batch of its huge A320neo order book into a larger type.

IndiGo ordered 405 A320neos at the end of the first nine months of this year, according to the analysis of the order book of the aircraft.

IndiGo Converts A320neo to A321neo Order, pic: Airbus A321neo Rendering Image

He also placed orders for 25 A321neos, which were the result of two previous conversion agreements.

However, the revised Airbus figures for October indicate that IndiGo has placed a total order of 280 A320neos, a reduction of 125, while its commitment to the A321neo has increased by 125, to a total of 150.

IndiGo becomes the last operator to upgrade to the largest version of the family of reconfigured aisles.

The carrier received 56 A320neos, but has not yet received A321neos. The A321 does not work.

Airbus did not say if one of the A321neos to IndiGo was the larger version.

He ordered 2 212 A321neos, more than 400 more than the total number of A321 sold since the first order of the type in 1989.

A321neos accounts for 35% of all jet aircraft of the A320neo family ordered.