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| General information | |
| Role | Narrow-bodyjet airliner |
| National origin | Multi-national[a] |
| Manufacturer | Airbus |
| Status | In service |
| Primary users | IndiGo |
| Number built | 4,387 as of January 2026[update][1] |
| History | |
| Manufactured | 2012–present[2] |
| Introduction date | 25 January 2016, withLufthansa[3] |
| First flight | September 25, 2014; 11 years ago (2014-09-25) |
| Developed from | Airbus A320ceo family |
| Variants | |
TheAirbus A320neo family is an incremental development of theA320 family ofnarrow-body airliners produced byAirbus.The A320neo family (neo being Greek for "new", as well as an acronym for "new engine option") is based on theenhanced variant of the previous generation A319, A320, and A321, which was then retroactively renamed the A320ceo family (ceo being an acronym for "current engine option").
Re-engined withCFM International LEAP orPratt & Whitney PW1000G engines and fitted withsharklet wingtip devices as standard, the A320neo is 15% to 20% more fuel efficient than previous models, the A320ceo.It was launched on 1 December 2010, made itsfirst flight on 25 September 2014 and was introduced byLufthansa on 25 January 2016.
By 2019, the A320neo had a 60% market share against the competingBoeing 737 MAX; in 2023, the Chinese designedComac C919 joined these two as another direct competitor.[4]As of January 2026[update], a total of 11,577 A320neo family aircraft had been ordered by more than 130 customers, of which 4,387 aircraft had been delivered. The global A320neo fleet had completed more than 20 million flights over 44 million block hours with onehull loss being an airport-safety related accident.
In 2006 Airbus started the A320 Enhanced (A320E) programme as a series of improvements targeting a 4–5% efficiency gain with largewinglets (2%), aerodynamic refinements (1%), weight savings and a newaircraft cabin. At the time, Airbus' Sales ChiefJohn Leahy said: "Who's going to roll over a fleet to a new generation aircraft for 5% better than an A320 today? Especially if another 10% improvement might be coming in the second half of the next decade based on new engine technology".[5]
Airbus launched the sharklet blendedwingtip device during the November 2009Dubai Airshow. The installation adds 200 kilograms (440 lb) but offers a 3.5%fuel burn reduction on flights over 2,800 km (1,500 nmi; 1,700 mi).[6]
Compared to there-engine improvement of 15%, an all-new single-aisle would have brought only 3% more gain while high volume manufacturing incarbon fibre could be much more expensive.[7]
Airbus planned to offer two engine choices, theCFM International LEAP-1A and thePratt & Whitney GTF (PW1100G), with 20% lower maintenance cost than current A320 engines. The new engines burn 16% less fuel, though the actual gain is slightly less as 1–2% is typically lost when installed on an existing aircraft.[8]
At the February 2010Singapore Air Show, Airbus said its decision to launch was scheduled for the July 2010Farnborough Air Show.[9] On 1 December 2010, Airbus launched the A320neo "New Engine Option" with 500 nmi (930 km; 580 mi) more range or 2 t (4,400 lb) more payload, and planned to deliver 4,000 over 15 years.[10]Development costs were predicted to be "slightly more than €1 billion [$1.3 billion]". The neo list price would be $6 million more than the ceo, including $3.5 million for airframe modifications and around $0.9 million for the sharklets. The A320neo was slated for service entry in spring 2016, the A321neo six months later and the A319neo six months after that.[11]
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The 2010 order for 40 BombardierCS300s (now known asAirbus A220-300) and 40 options fromRepublic Airways Holdings – then owner of exclusive A319/320 operatorFrontier Airlines – pushed Airbus into the re-engine. Airbus COO-customers John Leahy decided against ignoring the CSeries and allowing it to grow, as Boeing had previously done with Airbus, and instead aggressively competed againstBombardier Aerospace.[12]
Introduction was then advanced to October 2015.[13] Airbus claims a 15% fuel saving and "over 95 percent airframe commonality with the current A320".[14]Its commonality helped to reduce delays associated with large changes.[15]In March 2013, airlines' choices between the two engines were almost equal.[16]
The new "Space-Flex" optional cabin configuration increases space-efficiency with a new reargalley configuration and a "Smart-Lav" modularlavatory design – allowing an in-flight change of two lavatories into oneaccessible toilet.[17]The "Cabin-Flex" configuration for theA321neo allows up to 20 more passengers without "putting more sardines in the can" by rearranging the door layout of the aircraft.[18]Total fuel consumption per seat is reduced by over 20%, while the rearranged cabin allows up to nine more passengers for the A320neo.[19]
The first Airbus A320neo rolled out of the Toulouse factory on 1 July 2014 and first flight was scheduled for September 2014.[20]
The first flight of the neo occurred on 25 September 2014.[21] Its Pratt & WhitneyPW1100G-JMgeared turbofan ('GTF') engine was certified by theFederal Aviation Administration (FAA) on 19 December 2014.[22]
After 36 months, the A320neo and A321neo had flown around 4,000 hours for certification of the two powerplant versions.[23] This is about three-quarters of the certification effort of a new design.[24]
Of these 4,000 hours flown, 2,250 were with PW GTFs and 1,770 with CFM LEAPs. Theflight test programme was to conclude in 2018 with the completion of A319neo testing. The changes impactflying qualities, performance and system integration; they entailed retuning thefly-by-wire controls and meetingtype certification requirements which have evolved since 1988, and helped decrease the minimumV speeds. The neo is 1.8 t heavier than the ceo, but take-off and landing performance is the same with a modifiedrotation law, adjustedwing flap andwing slat angles andrudder deflection increased by 5° to cope with the higher thrust.[25]
The A320neo is half asloud as an A320 at take-off, with an 85-decibelnoise footprint.[26] The LEAP-powered A321neo has 83.3 dB flyover noise, substantially lower than the olderCFM56 andV2500.[27]
The first delivery of the aircraft slipped slightly,[28]Lufthansa taking delivery of the first A320neo on 20 January 2016[29] and deploying it on its first commercial flight fromFrankfurt toMunich on 25 January 2016.[30]Two hundred deliveries were targeted in 2017, but as Pratt & Whitney faced ramp-up difficulties, Airbus expected that thirty aircraft would be parked awaiting engines.
At the start of production in 2017, Airbus was delivering 50 A320-family aircraft per month,[31] and targeted a production rate of 60 per month by 2019.[32] By October 2017, only 90 A320neos had been delivered, and Airbus acknowledged it would miss its target of 200 deliveries for the year, even with increased fourth-quarter output. More than 40 completed aircraft were parked without engines, but as engine issues were largely resolved by early 2018, Airbus expected that more than half of all A320-family deliveries in 2018 would be neos.[33]
Airbus reiterated its goal of producing 60narrow-body aircraft per month by mid-2019 and examined higher rates.[34] In April 2018, Airbus confirmed plans to increase monthly output to 63 from 55 in 2018, while studying rates of 70 to 75 aircraft per month beyond 2019, although engine supplier capacity constrained near-term expansion.[35]
In February 2018, following in-flight shutdowns of thePW1100G caused by compressor aft hub and seal issues, theEuropean Union Aviation Safety Agency and Airbus grounded portions of the A320neo fleet until replacement parts were available.[36] Airbus subsequently stopped accepting PW1100G engines, and deliveries of GTF-powered aircraft resumed in May after Pratt & Whitney reverted to the original seal design as an interim fix.[37]
By mid-2018, Airbus expected around 100 completed aircraft to be awaiting engines and aimed to deliver most of them in the second half of the year, targeting more than 800 total deliveries for 2018.[37] The backlog of parked aircraft declined from a peak above 100 to 86 by the end of June.[38] The 500th A320neo-family aircraft was delivered in October 2018.[39]
At the start of the A320neo programme, Airbus was producing the A320 family across six finalassembly lines: three at theHamburg Finkenwerder plant (A318/A319/A321), one atToulouse–Blagnac facility (A320s), one at theTianjin, China facility (A319/A320), and one at theAirbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility inMobile, Alabama (A319/A320/A321).
A seventh final-assembly line in Hamburg, the fourth at that location, opened in July 2017.[32]
By July 2019, with the A321neo accounting for approximately 40% of sales, Airbus began evaluating options to allocate additional production capacity to the stretched variant, including repurposing the former A380 final assembly line in Toulouse.[40] In January 2020, Airbus confirmed the conversion of the A380 assembly line to the eighth final assembly line, dedicated to A321neo production by mid-2022, driven by strong demand for the A321LR and A321XLR variants.[41][42] To support the A321XLR, Airbus established a dedicated aft-fuselage production line in Hamburg in February 2021 using a former A380 facility, allowing XLR-specific structures to be ramped up without disrupting overall A320neo-family output.[43] In July 2023, Airbus inaugurated the A320neo-family final assembly line in Toulouse.[44][45]
In October 2025, Airbus opened its ninth and tenth A320neo-family final assembly lines: a second line at its U.S. facility and a second line in Tianjin.[46][47]
By November 2018, Airbus was hiring in Toulouse and Madrid to develop aclean sheet successor for the A320.[48]Although its launch was not guaranteed, it was expected to arrive from the middle of the following decade, after the A321XLR and a stretched A320neo "plus", and would have competed with the Boeing NMA that was, at the time, expected to be launched as early as 2019.[48]Service entry would be determined by ultra-highbypass ratio engine developments pursued by Pratt & Whitney, testing itsGeared Turbofan upgrade; Safran, ground testing a demonstrator from 2021; andRolls-Royce Plc, targeting a 2025UltraFan service entry.[48]The production target is a monthly rate of 100 narrow-bodies, up from 60.[48]
At the November 2019Dubai Airshow, Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said the company was considering the launch of a single-aisle programme in the second half of the 2020s for an introduction in the early 2030s.[49]In June 2023, Faury said work had begun oneAction, a 20–25% more efficient successor to the A320neo family targeted for a 2035-2040 introduction and more conventional compared to the Airbus ZEROehydrogen project.[50]At aCivil Aviation Research Council (CORAC) meeting in December 2023, theFrench government committed €300 million ($330 million) per year to support research and development from 2024 to 2027, including for theCFM RISE open fan demonstrator, while support for hydrogen orelectric propulsion receives €65 million.[50]In February 2024, Faury confirmed that the successor aircraft, dubbedNext-Generation Single-Aisle (NGSA), would be designed specifically to run onsustainable aviation fuel to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.[51]
In 2015, Airbus started a new wing project,[52] namedWing of Tomorrow (WoT),[53] announced as the "Wing of the future" programme in 2016.[54][55] A new $1–2 billion carbon-composite wing could be used in the A321neo-plus-plus, compared to $15 billion for a completely new design.[56] The new wing is made fromcomposite material.[57] It is first seen as an upgrade to the existing, mostly metal A320 family wing, which was already upgraded many times.[52] Composite wings are already in use on theA350, but the enhanced, new design will employ highly automated manufacturing suitable for inexpensive high-volume production.[58] Announced in January 2016, a €44.8 million facility was built inFilton, with 300 engineers.[54] The new wing design and tests take place in this Filton facility.[55] Other Airbus locations in the UK, France, Spain and Germany are working with 30 partners on this wing project.[59]
In May 2021, Airbus announced that for improved aerodynamic performance the wing will be longer and thinner withfolding wingtips to access existing airport gates.[52] By May 2021, assembly of the first demonstrator was to start in the coming weeks, as the project should be completed by 2023 before an eventual product launch.[52]A “radical” A320 makeover is expected to cost over 4 billion euros ($4.9 billion, £3.7 billion), significantly less than the estimates of $15 billion to $20 billion for an all-new Boeing design.[52](£11 billion to £15 billion).Due to the increased length and increasedlift, the new wings could also be used on an Airbus A322, an A321 lengthened by 4 passenger seat-rows, being studied by Airbus.[52][60]
The current A320neo familywingspan of 36m with anaspect-ratio of 9 will be extended by ground-folding wingtips to 45m with an aspect-ratio of 14.[53] Additional semi-aeroelastic hinges could lead to 52m wingspan with an aspect-ratio of 18, still fitting in a standard 36mairport gate.[53] In September 2021, Airbus announced starting the assembly of in total 3 full-size "Wing of Tomorrow" prototypes.[61] The first prototype was completed in December 2021.[62] The flapping wing section flight tests are targeted to begin in late 2023.[63] In June 2023,GKN Aerospace announced a further progress by delivering the first fixedtrailing edge for the “Wing of Tomorrow”.[64][65] It is manufactured in a high-rate low-costresin transfer mouldingout of autoclave composite process, which supports the targeted low-cost of Airbus by avoiding anautoclave.[58][66]
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By January 2019, three years after its introduction, 585 neos were in commercial service with over 60 operators, led byIndiGo (87), Frontier Airlines (33) andChina Southern (26). Lufthansa confirms the PW 16% fuel savings, 21% per seat with denser 180-seat layout up from 168, whileAvianca states its LEAPs are 15–20% more efficient, quieter, reduce oil consumption and routine maintenance. Starting both GTFs initially took 6–7 min up from the A320ceo's 2 min, improving to 2–3 min by late 2017, still longer than the ceo. LEAP production bottlenecks led to early delivery delays, with no significant repercussions at Avianca orAirAsia; AirAsia'sdispatch reliability is comparable to its ceos.[67]
On 30 November 2021, two years after receiving the 1,000th member of the A320neo family, IndiGo took delivery of the 2,000th, an A321neo (MSN 10654) at Airbus Hamburg site.[citation needed]
As of January 2026[update], the global A320neo fleet had 99.7 percent operational reliability in the last 6 months and completed more than 20 million flights over 44 million block hours since its entry into service and had been contributing to 52 million tons of CO2 saving.[68]
Engine vibration affects one GTF in 50, leading to premature replacement, but spare engine pools compete with new production: at Lufthansa, dispatch reliability has remained stagnant since service entry and is below its 99.8% goal, with autilization rate 20% below its ceos.P&W cites a 99.91% dispatch reliability for GTF-powered neos, higher than other new engine introductions, while Airbus reports a 99.6% dispatch reliability.With engine deliveries resuming, there were expected to be fewer than 10 engine-less neos at the end of 2018; Airbus is on track to reach its target rate of 60 deliveries per month by mid-2019.Of the 6,362 orders, 2,456 are forCFM LEAP engines (38.6%), 1,869 forPratt & Whitney GTFs (29.4%), and 2,037 for an as-yet unspecified engine choice (32%).[67]By 30 June 2019, Safran claimed the Leap has a 61% market share on the A320neo family, with 44 airlines operating 454 Leap powered aircraft having accumulated 3.3 million flight hours.[69]In early 2022, 57% of in service A320neos were fitted with Leap engines, and 43% with PW1100G engines.[70]
In July 2019, Airbus disclosed two outwardly similar, though separate, issues which could result in excessive pitch up behaviour, one affecting the A320neo and the other the A321neo. Both issues were detected during analysis and laboratory testing, and have not been encountered in actual operation. Airbus has addressed the issues through temporary revisions to the flight manual, including loading recommendations and a change to the centre-of-gravity envelope, and expected to release updated flight control software in 2020.[71][72]As Lufthansa waited for the 2020 flight software update, it blocked the last row of its aft-heavy layout of 180, offering only 174 seats.[73]
In 2018, Airbus explored the possibility of military versions, forVIP transport,intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and maritime patrol for the armed forces of France, Germany and the Netherlands; or Asia-Pacific nations such as Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, and the Philippines. Such conversions would be possible within a six-to-eight-month timescale.[74]
The Multifunctional Runway Light (MFRL) system is a new exterior lighting system introduced by Airbus for its A320neo family aircraft. It replaces the old exterior lighting system of a separated set of lights, including the retractable landing light, all the lights on the nose gear (take off light, taxi light, runway turn off light) and combined them into a single LED light set which locates at the front of the center wing box.[75]
It offers the following compared to the retractable light sets:
The MFRL is currently a standard equipment on the A321XLR and is optional on other A320neo family aircraft. Customers includeUnited Airlines,Lufthansa Group,Air France-KLM Group,International Airlines Group andHanjin Group.
In March 2022, Airbus delivered the first MFRL-equipped A320neo (MSN 10758) toEurowings.
Airbus offers three variants of the A320neo family: the A319, A320 and A321. Aneo variant for theAirbus A318 was not proposed but could be developed should demand arise.[76]
The shortened-fuselage variant can seat up to 160 passengers or 140 in two classes, with a range of up to 3,750 nmi (6,940 km; 4,320 mi) and improved takeoff performance, while itsACJ derivative can fly eight passengers 6,750 nmi (12,500 km; 7,770 mi) or 15 hours.[77]
Qatar Airways was set to be launch customer but upgraded its order to the larger A320neo in late 2013,[78] with no new launch operator named since then.Spirit later ordered 47 new A319neo aircraft.[citation needed]
The A319neo made its first flight on 31 March 2017, powered by CFM LEAP engines.[79]After 500 flight hours, the LEAP-powered A319neo achieved FAA/EASA Type Certification by 21 December 2018, allowing it to enter service in the first half of 2019.[77] At the time 53 aircraft had been ordered, including 17 with Leap engines: 12 for Avianca, 4 for an unconfirmed Chinese operator (later revealed to beChina Southern Airlines, which became the launch operator), and 1 ACJ319neo; and 36 with no engine selection: 8 for Avianca, 26 for unannounced customers, and 2 ACJ319neos.[80]As of December 2018[update], certification of thePW1100G-powered version was planned for the end of 2019, with the same test aircraft to be converted during the first quarter and undergo 200 hours of flight testing.[81] In 2018, an A319neo list price was US$101.5 million.[82]
Interest in the variant has been low, and in January 2019 the A319neo's order backlog was only a fraction of that of the A220, following confirmation of orders fromjetBlue andBreeze Airways for 60 A220s each.[83] Also in January 2019, Airbus confirmed that it has no plans to discontinue the A319neo programme, although it expects fewer orders due to competition with the A220-300.[84]
The Pratt & Whitney-powered variant made its maiden flight on 25 April 2019.[85] It gained EASA type certification by the end of November 2019, after 90 sorties over 240 h.[86]
As of May 2021, six ACJ319neo aircraft had been ordered.[87] On 18 February 2022, China Southern Airlines received the first of its order of four A319neo with CFM LEAP engines.[88]
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The first A320neo rolled out of the Airbus factory in Toulouse on 1 July 2014.[89] It first flew on 25 September 2014.[90] A joint type certification from EASA and the FAA was received on 24 November 2015.[91]
Nearly 28 years after the firstA320, on 25 January 2016, the A320neo entered service with Lufthansa, the type's launch customer.[3] It has a range of 6,300 km (3,400 nmi; 3,900 mi).[92]
Six months later at Farnborough Airshow, John Leahy reported that the eight in-service aircraft had achieved 99.7% dispatch reliability.[93]By the end of February 2017, 28,105 scheduled flights had been performed by 71 A320neo aircraft with 134 cancellations for a 99.5% completion rate.[94]Spirit Airlines reported PW1000G engine issues on four of its A320neos and did not fly them above 30,000 ft (9,100 m) because thebleed air system froze shut on occasion due to cold temperatures; the same problem was reported by IndiGo.[95]
After a year in service, Lufthansa confirmed the 20% efficiency gain per passenger with up to 180 seats, along with reduced noise andCO2 emissions.[26]Operators confirm the 15% per seat fuel-burn savings even counterbalanced by the added weight on short sectors, which can rise to 16–17% on longer routes and to 20% or more for Lufthansa with 180 passengers up from 168 with two more seat rows.[96]
By March 2017, 88 A320neos had been delivered to 20 airlines, 49 with the PW1000G and 39 with the CFM LEAP-1A, and the fleet had accumulated more than 57,600 flight hours and 37,500 cycles (1.5 h average); over 142 routes the average stage length is 900 nmi (1,700 km; 1,000 mi) and like the A320ceo the neo flies an average of 8.4 block hours and up to 10 cycles a day with Lufthansa operating 45 min sectors from Frankfurt to Hamburg or Munich, up to China Southern Airlines flying close to 6 hr sectors.Airbus planned to deliver about 200 A320neos in 2017.[96]In 2018, new A320neos have a $49 million value, rising by 1–2% per year, and are leased for $330,000–350,000 per month (0.67–0.71%) due to intenselessor competition and lowfinancing costs, while a recent A320ceo is leased for $300,000.[97]In 2018, an A320neo list price was US$110.6 million.[82]
In July 2018, Airbus was evaluating an A320neo variant forISR missions, particularlymaritime patrol andanti-submarine warfare, and military transport. The aircraft will be able to take roll-on/roll-off mission payloads to carry passengers, troops, VIPs,patients, or cargo. The aircraft could be fitted with a weapons bay, a self-protection system, or amagnetic anomaly detector and could be configured forsignals intelligence orAirborne Early Warning and Control.[98]
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The A321neo has the same length as the original A321ceo, but includesstructural strengthening in thelanding gear andwing, increasedwing loading and other minor modifications due to a higher Maximum Takeoff Weight (MTOW).
Its first customer wasILFC.[99]The Airbus A321neo prototype, D-AVXB, first flew on 9 February 2016.[100]It suffered atailstrike three days later and was flown to Toulouse for repairs, delaying the certification programme for several weeks.[101]
It received its type certification with Pratt & Whitney engines on 15 December 2016,[102] and simultaneous EASA and FAA certification for the CFM Leap powered variant on 1 March 2017.[103]The first A321neo, leased byGECAS, was delivered in Hamburg to Virgin America, configured with 184 seats and LEAP engines, and entered service in May 2017.[104]
In October 2014, Airbus started marketing a longer range 97 t (214,000 lb)maximum takeoff weight variant with three auxiliary fuel tanks, giving it 100 nmi (190 km; 120 mi) more operational range than aBoeing 757-200.[105]Airbus launched the A321LR (Long Range) on 13 January 2015; it has a range of 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) with 206 seats in two classes.[106][107]On 31 January 2018, the variant completed its first flight.[108]Airbus announced its certification on 2 October 2018.[109]On 13 November 2018,Arkia received the first A321LR.[110]
In January 2018, Airbus was studying an A321LR variant with a further increased MTOW.[111]The proposed A321XLR, with an increased range of 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi), was to be launched in 2019 to enter service in 2021 or 2022 and compete with theBoeing NMA.[112]In November, Airbus indicated that the A321XLR would have an MTOW over 100 t (220,000 lb) and 700 nmi (1,300 km; 810 mi) more range than the A321LR.[113]TheA321XLR was launched at the June 2019Paris Air Show, with 4,700 nmi (8,700 km; 5,400 mi) of range from 2023, including a new permanent Rear Centre Tank (RCT) for more fuel, a strengthened landing gear for a 101 t (223,000 lb) MTOW; and an optimised wing trailing-edge flap configuration to preserve take-off performance.[114] The company announced in June 2022 that the aircraft had completed its first flight.[115] The A321XLR, powered by CFM LEAP-1A engines, received EASA type certification on 19 July 2024 and was expected to enter service at the end of the summer, while certification of the PW1000G engine powered A321XLR, was expected to follow later in the same year.[116]
TwoAirbus Corporate Jets variants are offered: the ACJ319neo, carrying eight passengers up to 6,750 nmi (12,500 km; 7,770 mi), and the ACJ320neo, carrying 25 up to 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi).[117]The CFM LEAP or Pratt & Whitney PW1100G lower fuel-burn provides additionalrange along with lower engine noise while thecabin altitude does not exceed 6,400 ft (2,000 m).[117]To increase its fuel capacity, the ACJ319neo is offered with up to five additional centretanks (ACT).[117]
The first ACJ320neo was delivered in January 2019, with deliveries of the ACJ319neo expected to start a few months later.[118]On 25 April 2019, the ACJ319neo, outfitted with five ACTs, completed its first flight, before a short test campaign and subsequent delivery to German K5 Aviation.[119] The following day, the aircraft completed an endurance test flight lasting 16 hours and 10 minutes and setting a record for the longest A320-family flight by an Airbus crew.[120]
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TheGerman Air Force operates two A321LR based on the A321neo; they are used for medical evacuation missions and can be configured for passenger transport.[121]
In July 2018, Airbus unveiled the concept of aModular Multi-Mission Aircraft (M3A) family of aircraft. This family includes three variants:[122]
This family of aircraft ended up never being selected by any military.
In November 2024, Airbus revealed the A321 MPA aircraft, a proposed successor to theAtlantique 2 of theFrench Navy. The variant offered by Airbus is the A321XLR. The aircraft is in competition with aFalcon 10X offered byDassault.[123]
Equipment:
As of January 2026[update], 4,387 A320neo family aircraft are in service with 127 operators, 85 of which use CFM engines, and 42 PW engines.[68] The five largest operators areIndiGo operating 349,Wizz Air 190,China Southern Airlines 175,China Eastern Airlines 148 andFrontier Airlines 147 aircraft.[1]
At the A320neo programme launch on 1 December 2010, Airbus anticipated "a market potential of 4,000 A320neo Family aircraft over the next 15 years".[10] The six month head-start of the A320neo allowed Airbus to rack up 1,000 orders before Boeing announced the MAX.[124] In less than a year, by the November 2011 Dubai Airshow, the family had reached 1,420 orders and commitments, making it the "fastest selling aircraft ever".[125] By March 2013, a little over two years after launch, It had received 2,000 orders.[126] At the first jet delivery in January 2016, the family had received almost 4,500 orders from nearly 80 customers.[127]As of May 2017[update] it had 5,052 orders : 49 A319neos (1%), 3,617 A320neos (72%) and 1,386 A321neos (27%), with 1,712 of them powered by CFM LEAPs (34%), 1,429 by PW GTFs (28%) and 1,911 undisclosed (38%).[25]By 2019, the A320neo had a 60% market share against the competingBoeing 737 MAX.[128] By December 2021, as many orders migrated to the larger A321neo, it became the most popular variant with 3,958 orders compared to 3,748 orders for the A320neo, while the previous A321 achieved a third of the A320 family orders.[129] In June 2023, total orders for the A321neo reached 5,163, surpassing total orders for the A320ceo of 4,763, and making it the most-ordered variant of the A320 family.[1][130] In July 2023 the total orders reached 5,259, surpassing the record 5,205 orders for the Boeing 737-800, becoming the most ordered variant of any airliner in the world.[1][131][132] In December 2023, the A320neo family became the first airliner generation to reach a record order of 10,000 units and an order backlog of 7,000 units.[1]
As of January 2026[update], a total of 11,577 A320neo family aircraft have been ordered by 130 customers, of which 4,387 aircraft have been delivered.[1]
| Type | Orders | Deliveries | Backlog |
| A319neo | 57 | 41 | 16 |
| A320neo | 4,160 | 2,340 | 1,820 |
| A321neo | 7,360 | 2,006 | 5,354 |
| A320neo family | 11,577 | 4,387 | 7,190 |
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
| Orders | A319neo | – | 26 | 19 | – | 2 | 1 | 5 | −22 | 22 | −18 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 1 | −4 |
| A320neo | 30 | 1,081 | 378 | 387 | 824 | 540 | 269 | 416 | 149 | −295 | −305 | −84 | 330 | 402 | −39 | |
| A321neo | 14 | 119 | 81 | 341 | 183 | 346 | 287 | 532 | 360 | 965 | 561 | 526 | 425 | 1,286 | 658 | |
| A320neo family | 30 | 1,226 | 478 | 728 | 1,009 | 887 | 561 | 926 | 531 | 652 | 263 | 444 | 770 | 1,689 | 615 | |
| Deliveries | A319neo | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| A320neo | – | – | – | – | – | – | 68 | 161 | 284 | 381 | 253 | 258 | 246 | 247 | 232 | |
| A321neo | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 102 | 168 | 178 | 199 | 264 | 317 | 361 | |
| A320neo family | – | – | – | – | – | – | 68 | 181 | 386 | 561 | 431 | 459 | 516 | 571 | 602 | |
| 2025 | 2026 | Total | ||
| Orders | A319neo | – | – | 57 |
| A320neo | 69 | 32 | 4,160 | |
| A321neo | 491 | 16 | 7,360 | |
| A320neo family | 560 | 48 | 11,577 | |
| Deliveries | A319neo | 15 | – | 41 |
| A320neo | 205 | 5 | 2,340 | |
| A321neo | 387 | 10 | 2,006 | |
| A320neo family | 607 | 15 | 4,387 | |
A320neo family orders and deliveries by year (cumulative)
Orders Deliveries |
In early January 2011, IndiGo reached amemorandum of understanding (MoU) for 150 A320neos along 30 A320ceos.[133][134]On 17 January, Virgin America became the launch customer, ordering 60 A320s including 30 A320neos.[135]
At the June 2011 Paris Air Show, it gathered 667 commitments worth US$60.9 billion, raising the backlog to 1,029.[136]Malaysianlow-cost carrier AirAsia ordered 200, the largest commercial aviation order at the time.[137]IndiGo confirmed its 150 order.[138]Airbus received orders from GECAS,Scandinavian Airlines,TransAsia Airways, IndiGo,LAN Airlines, AirAsia,GoAir,Air Lease Corporation and Avianca.
On 20 July 2011, American Airlines announced an order for 460 narrowbody jets including 130 A320ceos and 130 A320neos, and intended to order 100 re-engined 737 with CFM LEAPs, pending Boeing confirmation.[139]The order broke Boeing's monopoly with the airline and forced Boeing into the re-engined 737 MAX.[140]As this sale included aMost-Favoured-Customer Clause, the European airframer must refund any price difference to American if it sells to another airline at a lower price. As a result,Airbus was unable to offer the A320neo at a price which United Airlines deemed "competitive", leaving it with a Boeing-skewed fleet.[141]
On 27 July 2011, Lufthansa ordered 25 A320neos and 5 A321neos.[142] The November Dubai Airshow saw a further 130 orders, raising the total to 1,420 orders and commitments, making it the fastest selling aircraft ever.[143]
On 25 January,Norwegian and Airbus confirmed an order of 100 A320neos.[144]In November, Virgin America deferred the deliveries of the A320neo aircraft until 2020, making ILFC the new launch customer along with the A321neo.[145] In December 2012Pegasus Airlines, the second largest airline in Turkey, signed a deal for up to 100 A320neo family aircraft, of which 75 (57 A320neo and 18 A321neo models) are firm orders.[146]
Lufthansa ordered an additional 70 A320neo and A321neo aircraft on 14 March 2013.[147] easyJet, who already operates 195 A320ceo family aircraft, intends to acquire 100 Airbus A320neo for delivery between 2017 and 2022. As part of the deal, easyJet have options on a further 100 A320neo aircraft, and the Japanese carrierANA is to order the A320neo and A321neo.[148]Lion Air ordered 183.On 15 March 2013,Turkish Airlines ordered 82 A320s with 35 options including four A320neo and 53 A321neo.[149]
On 15 October 2014 IndiGo signed a MoU with Airbus for purchasing 250 A320neo family aircraft. The deal would be worth over $25.5 billion as per the list price per aircraft. This order will also be the largest by the airline, marking the largest number of jets ever sold by the European planemaker in a single order. The airline had earlier ordered 100 aircraft in 2005 and another 180 aircraft in 2011.[150]
On 15 November 2017 Airbus announced the signing of a MoU with Indigo Partners' four portfolio airlines for 430 A320neo family aircraft – a deal worth nearly $50 billion.[151] On 14 December 2017Delta Air Lines announced an order for 100 A321neo aircraft and 100 options, powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1100Gs.[152]
By September 2018, Airbus should deliver 3,174 A320neos compared with 2,999 Boeing 737 MAX through 2022.A320neo-family maintenance should rise from $650 million in 2018 to $3.3 billion in 2022.[124]
On 29 October 2019, IndiGo placed a firm order for 300 A320neo Family aircraft, marking one of Airbus' largest aircraft orders ever with a single airline operator. The order comprised a mix of A320neo, A321neo and A321XLR aircraft. This takes IndiGo's total number of A320neo Family aircraft orders to 730.[153]
On 18 November 2019, the low-cost carrier Air Arabia ordered 120 A320neo family jets worth $14 billion at list prices: 70 A320neos and 50 A321neos/XLRs, to be delivered from 2024.[154]
On 1 July 2022, four Chinese airlines ordered 292 A320neo aircraft.China Eastern ordered 100,China Southern ordered 96 and signed lease agreements for 17 more,Air China ordered 64 andShenzhen Airlines ordered 32.
On 14 February 2023,Air India placed an order for 470 aircraft, the largest order at that time, comprising 140 A320neos, 70 A321neos and other airliners.[155]
On 19 June 2023, IndiGo placed an order for 500 A320neo family aircraft, surpassing Air India's order four months earlier and becoming the largest aircraft order by volume with 125 A320neos and 375 A321neos.[156]
The A320neo family has recorded one airport-safety relatedhull-loss accident with no fatalities onboard and three fatalities on the ground as of June 2024[update].[157][158]
As of 2023, the A320neo family had experienced 0.11 fatal hull loss accidents for every milliontakeoffs and 0.11 total hull loss accidents for every million takeoffs.[159]
On 2 September 2022,TAP Air Portugal Flight 1492, an Airbus A320neo registered as CS-TVI, from Lisbon toConakry International Airport hit a motorbike during landing. Both occupants of the motorbike were killed and the aircraft received damage to its right engine. One rider of the motorbike was identified as the airport's security guard.[160]
On 18 November 2022,LATAM Perú Flight 2213, an Airbus A320neo registered as CC-BHB, collided with a fire engine that was crossing the runway during takeoff from Lima, killing two firefighters and injuring a third, who died several months later. All 102 passengers and 6 crew aboard escaped, but 40 of them were injured, 4 of them seriously. The aircraft waswritten off.[161]
| Variant | A319neo | A320neo | A321neo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cockpit crew | Two | ||
| 2-classseats | 140 | 165 | 206: 16 J @ 36 in (91 cm) + 190 Y @ 30 in (76 cm)[163] |
| 1-class maximum | 160 | 195 @ 27 in (69 cm)[164][165] | 244 @ 28 in (71 cm)[166][167] |
| Seat width | Economy at6 abreast: 18 in (46 cm),[18] 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in) cabin width,Business at4 abreast | ||
| Cargo capacity | 27 m3 (950 cu ft) | 37 m3 (1,300 cu ft) | 51 m3 (1,800 cu ft)[b] |
| Length | 33.84 m (111 ft) | 37.57 m (123 ft 3 in) | 44.51 m (146 ft) |
| Wingspan | 35.80 m (117 ft 5 in) | ||
| Height | 11.76 m (38 ft 7 in) | ||
| Max. takeoff weight | 75.5 t (166,400 lb) | 79 t (174,200 lb) | 97 t (213,800 lb)[c][d] |
| Max.payload | 17.7 t (39,000 lb)[171]: page 3-2-1 | 20 t (44,100 lb)[172]: page 3-2-1 | 25.5 t (56,200 lb)[173]: page 3-2-1 |
| Operating empty | 42.6 t (93,900 lb) | 44.3 t (97,700 lb) | 50.1 t (110,500 lb) |
| Minimum weight[e][164] | 40.3–40.6 t (89,000–90,000 lb) | 46.3–46.6 t (102,000–103,000 lb) | |
| Fuel capacity | 29,659 L (7,835 US gal)[f] | 32,853 L (8,679 US gal)[g] | |
| Engines (×2) | CFM International LEAP-1A orPratt & Whitney PW1100G[177] | ||
| Fan diameter | PW1100G: 81 in (206 cm),[178] LEAP-1A: 78 in (198 cm)[179] | ||
| Max.thrust[164] | 107 kN (24,100 lbf)[180][181] | 120.6 kN (27,120 lbf) | 147.3 kN (33,110 lbf) |
| Speed | Cruise: Mach 0.78 (450 kn; 833 km/h),[177] Max.: Mach 0.82 (473 kn; 876 km/h)[23] | ||
| Ceiling | 39,100–39,800 ft (11,900–12,100 m)[164] | ||
| Typical range | 6,950 km (3,750 nmi; 4,320 mi)[h] | 6,500 km (3,500 nmi; 4,000 mi)[i] | 7,400 km (4,000 nmi; 4,600 mi)[j][c][d] |
| Takeoff | 1,829 m (6,000 ft)[184] | 1,951 m (6,400 ft)[185] | 1,988 m (6,522 ft)[23] |
| ICAO type[186] | A19N | A20N | A21N |
Notes
| Designation | Engines | Certification | Take-off thrust | Maximum continuous |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A319-171N | PW1124G1-JM | 19 August 2019 | 107.82 kN (24,240 lbf) | 106.91 kN (24,030 lbf) |
| A319-151N | CFM LEAP-1A24 | 19 August 2019 | 106.80 kN (24,010 lbf) | 106.76 kN (24,000 lbf) |
| A319-153N | CFM LEAP-1A26 | 19 August 2019 | 120.64 kN (27,120 lbf) | 118.68 kN (26,680 lbf) |
| A320-271N | PW1127G-JM | 24 November 2015 | 120.43 kN (27,070 lbf) | 117.18 kN (26,340 lbf) |
| A320-272N | PW1124G1-JM | 19 August 2019 | 107.82 kN (24,240 lbf) | 106.91 kN (24,030 lbf) |
| A320-273N | PW1129G-JM | 19 August 2019 | 130.00 kN (29,230 lbf) | 117.19 kN (26,350 lbf) |
| A320-251N | CFM LEAP-1A26 | 31 May 2016 | 120.64 kN (27,120 lbf) | 118.68 kN (26,680 lbf) |
| A320-252N | CFM LEAP-1A24 | 17 January 2018 | 106.80 kN (24,010 lbf) | 106.76 kN (24,000 lbf) |
| A320-253N | CFM LEAP-1A29 | 19 August 2019 | 130.29 kN (29,290 lbf) | 118.68 kN (26,680 lbf) |
| A321-271N | PW1133G-JM | 15 December 2016 | 147.28 kN (33,110 lbf) | 145.81 kN (32,780 lbf) |
| A321-272N | PW1130G-JM | 27 June 2017 | 147.28 kN (33,110 lbf) | 145.81 kN (32,780 lbf) |
| A321-251N | CFM LEAP-1A32 | 10 July 2018 | 143.05 kN (32,160 lbf) | 140.96 kN (31,690 lbf) |
| A321-252N | CFM LEAP-1A30 | 17 January 2018 | 143.05 kN (32,160 lbf) | 140.96 kN (31,690 lbf) |
| A321-253N | CFM LEAP-1A33 | 10 July 2017 | 143.05 kN (32,160 lbf) | 140.96 kN (31,690 lbf) |
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