TOULOUSE: Airbus expects one or more of its Indian customers to convert orders for the 180-seater A320 planes into the bigger 200 plus-seater A321s, its vice-president strategy and marketing Kiran Rao, said on Thursday. “We are in discussions of moving up to the A321s,” Rao told ET on the sidelines of the Airbus Innovation Days 2015. He added “almost all” of Airbus’ Indian customers have the option to convert A320 orders to A321s and said that it will likely happen before 2020.
The orders will be for the A321 neos, the so-called New Engine Options which are the upgraded version of Airbus’ single aisle aircraft family. A move to A321 would be indicative of airlines’ plans to start more short-haul international operations, termed by industry experts as a significantly lucrative market.
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