Bahrain Airshow: Yemenia confirms orders for ten Airbus A320s

Sanaa-based Yemenia signed a firm contract to buy 10 A320 Family aircraft from Airbus at the Bahrain show today. The agreement follows the memorandum of understanding signed at the Dubai air show in November.

The aircraft, seating 12 passengers in Business and 138 in Economy class, will replace Yemenia’s existing fleet of Single Aisle and wide body aircraft, enhance and expand their regional services to GCC, Middle East, Africa, India and Southern Europe destinations, and help to stimulate economic growth in Yemen, the airline said.

Captain Abdulkhalek Al-Kadi, Chairman and CEO of Yemenia said, “ Our new A320s will share operational and maintenance commonality with our existing Airbus A330s and our future A350s. The increased efficiency of this integrated fleet will help us achieve our growth targets. The A320 will also enable us to redefine our services by offering our passengers the best cabin comfort in its class.”

“Yemenia is taking this major decision to add a major fleet modernisation leap. Very soon, we will have a total New Generation Fleet, which will strengthen our competitiveness” Captain Al-Kadi added.