Airbus NEO Deals Total Passes 500

At the outset of the year Airbus had set a target for its A320NEO (new engine option) commitments to reach around 500 after the Paris air show. In that case, the company can save some money and close down its chalet today.

The deals announced today at Paris, from SAS, GECAS, and Air Lease Corp., bring the company far above that total. Its enough to make Airbus COO for customers, John Leahy, note that production slot availability is getting tight for NEOs in the near term -- most of the deals announced at Le Bourget so far are for delivery in the 2016-2019 timeframe. Slot availability will get even tighter in the next few days.

Here is the current line up of deals (not all are firm and some A320NEOs -- such as SAS's -- may end up being other models):

 

Customer	A319NEO	A320NEO	A321NEO	Engine
Indigo		150		Pratt & Whitney PW1100G
Virgin America		30		CFM LEAP-1XA
TAM		22
ILFC		75	25	Pratt & Whitney PW1100G (120) & CFM LEAP-1XA (80)
Lufthansa		25	5	Pratt & Whitney PW1100G
Cebu Pacific		0	30
GoAir		72
Gecas		60		CFM Leap-1XA
SAS		30		CFM Leap-1XA
Air Lease Corp		20 (14 options)	16	(Still not decided but, ALC says more Pratt & Whitney PW1100G than CFM Leap-1XA are likely)
TOTAL	0	498	76

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