Airbus A319/A320/A321neo

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

IndiGo has taken delivery of the first of 40 Airbus A321XLRs it has on order; the Indian LCC expects to receive nine A321XLRs in 2026.

New Airbus A321XLR routes are among the network highlights in January 2026, with IndiGo entering the India-Greece market and Iberia pushing deeper into Brazil.

The A320neo family is Airbus’ biggest success—and its biggest headache. Ten years into revenue service, engine maturity and supply chain challenges continue.

Following recent China orders for 145 A320neo family aircraft, Carbon Analysis compares Airbus fleet efficiency for China, North America and Western Europe.

Air China closed out 2025 by announcing an order for 60 Airbus A320neo-family aircraft, adding to a flurry of year-end Airbus purchases by Chinese carriers.

Customer demand has made the Airbus A321neo the most successful single-aisle aircraft, currently representing 64% of all A320neo-family orders.

China Aircraft Leasing Group (CALC) and Airbus announced that the lessor has placed a firm order for 30 A320neo narrowbody aircraft.

China’s Juneyao Air and Spring Airlines have separately signed purchase agreements with Airbus to acquire a combined 55 A320neo-family aircraft.

Thai Airways has taken delivery of the first of 32 Airbus A321neos, marking another step in the airline’s broader fleet and network modernization program.

Uzbekistan’s Qanot Sharq has become the fifth Airbus A321XLR operator worldwide, having taken delivery of the first of four A321XLR aircraft.

Lufthansa plans to upgrade 134 Airbus A320 family aircraft with the FANS-C digital communications system to improve operations and lower CO2 emissions.

Sichuan Airlines is seeking to sell six Airbus A320ceos along with three spare engines and is inviting appraisers to assess the assets.

Operators of Airbus A320neo-family aircraft with suspected nonconforming fuselage panels have six months to conduct inspections and plan any needed repairs.

Dornier Technology’s CEO on the company’s recent FAA certification and its expansion plans for the future.

Commercial narrowbody deliveries came to a total of 96 units in November 2025, nine aircraft higher than the same month of the year prior but 11 down on October.

Workers at Seville-based supplier Sofitec Aero had alerted Airbus about manufacturing problems on fuselage panels, labor union UGT FICA said.

Watch as editors break down why Airbus will again miss its delivery target due to supplier quality problems and discuss Boeing’s turnaround which appears to have taken another step forward.

Airbus will again miss its delivery target due to supplier quality problems as Boeing’s turnaround takes another step forward. Listen in as our editors break it all down.

Reaching its 2025 delivery goal was always going to be challenging for Airbus. Now it turns out it is unachievable.

Alaska Air Group is weighing the fate of Hawaiian Airlines’ A321neos in the merged entity’s fleet, concluding the current number in the operation is too small.

An issue identified by New Zealand’s accident bureau as being linked to an Air New Zealand A320neo uncommanded engine shutdown could have wider implications.

Teardowns of relatively young Airbus A320neo aircraft are continuing, with Eirtrade Aviation becoming the latest company to buy aircraft for part-out.

Tigerair Taiwan will introduce the Airbus A321neo to its fleet under a combined lease and purchase plan covering 15 aircraft.

The Middle East, as the crucible for challenging durability and performance conditions, is the focus for ongoing dust ingestion engine tests.