PARIS (AFP) – US-based Spirit Airlines has confirmed an order for 75 Airbus A320 medium-haul aircraft, including 45 of the upgraded more fuel-efficient A320neo, Airbus said.
Airbus sales chief John Leahy said the latest order will nearly treble the size of the Florida-based Spirit Airlines fleet and the order reflected growing industry recognition of the effectiveness of the Airbus single-aisle family.
At list prices the order would be worth $6.7 billion but airlines are usually able to negotiate considerable discounts, especially in the medium-haul segment – the biggest for the industry – where Airbus and US rival Boeing are fighting it out with their A320 and 737 aircraft.
Boeing announced plans last year to upgrade the 737, first launched in the late 1960s and the largest selling commercial aircraft in the world, so as to compete better against the A320neo which has won nearly 1,300 orders.
The order was first announced at the Dubai Airshow in November where Airbus and Boeing came out with honors roughly even.
Spirit Airlines president and CEO Ben Baldanza said in an Airbus statement that his company had been operating the A320 for seven years and was very happy with the plane's performance on all levels.
Spirit Airlines flies the plane on its US, Latin American and Caribbean route network.
source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/350195/us-spirit-airlines-places-order-for-75-airbus-a320-aircraft
Airbus sales chief John Leahy said the latest order will nearly treble the size of the Florida-based Spirit Airlines fleet and the order reflected growing industry recognition of the effectiveness of the Airbus single-aisle family.
At list prices the order would be worth $6.7 billion but airlines are usually able to negotiate considerable discounts, especially in the medium-haul segment – the biggest for the industry – where Airbus and US rival Boeing are fighting it out with their A320 and 737 aircraft.
Boeing announced plans last year to upgrade the 737, first launched in the late 1960s and the largest selling commercial aircraft in the world, so as to compete better against the A320neo which has won nearly 1,300 orders.
The order was first announced at the Dubai Airshow in November where Airbus and Boeing came out with honors roughly even.
Spirit Airlines president and CEO Ben Baldanza said in an Airbus statement that his company had been operating the A320 for seven years and was very happy with the plane's performance on all levels.
Spirit Airlines flies the plane on its US, Latin American and Caribbean route network.
source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/350195/us-spirit-airlines-places-order-for-75-airbus-a320-aircraft
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