The Supervisory Board of Lufthansa approved the purchase of 30 Airbus Family aircraft A320neo for a value of about 2,8 billions of dollars: The order includes 25 A320neo aircraft and five A321neo. With this latest order, the Lufthansa Group, largest airline customer for Airbus, has purchased a total of 443 Airbus. The company will announce the selection of the motors at a later time.
L'A320neo is fitted with new engines and more efficient with Sharklets, larger wing stabilizers allowing significant fuel savings of up to 15%, equal to 3600 tons of CO2 year for each aircraft. In addition, the A320neo, which allows a reduction of the double-digit NOx emissions and significantly reduces the noise, will be a good neighbor to all aircraft operating airports where Lufthansa.
To date, the Lufthansa Group is the largest operator of Airbus aircraft in the world with approximately 338 aircraft currently in service. The fleet includes: 236 aeromobili della Famiglia A320, 33 A330, 65 A340 e cinque A380 già A320 Family aircraft ="tr_" id="tr_18" data-token="T2x0cmUgYSBxdWVzdG8gdWx0aW1vIGFA320 Family aircrafte="">Oltre a questo ultimo accordo per. In addition to this latest agreement 30 aircraft, the Lufthansa Group has commissioned further 60 aeromobili della Famiglia A320, eight A330s and 10 A380.
The A320 Family (A318, A319, A320 and A321) is recognized as the reference for the family of single-aisle aircraft. They were ordered about 7.000 A320 Family aircraft, 4.500 aircraft have been delivered to more than 320 customers and operators worldwide, making it a bestseller in its category. The A320neo has over 95% the commonality, However, allowing up to 500nm (950 km) more capacity or more than two tons of payload. The A320neo can be equipped with motors LEAP-X of CFM International and Pure Power PW1100G Pratt & Whitney.
Patrick Trancu
TTA Milan
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