Icelandair, the main airíIcelandic company with headquarters in Keflavik, has placed a firm order for 13 Airbus A321XLR as a replacement for the legendary Boeing 757.
With this Icelandair order you become a new Icelandair customer. Airbus and alsoén the aerolínea también plans to rent four A321LR.
With its extra long reach, the A321XLR to allowá Icelandair to take advantage of new market opportunities. the grandfatherón también allowá to the airíreduce your operating costs, support your goals sustainability and, at the same time, offer your passengers the best in cabin comfort.
“We are pleased to announce that we have now finalized the purchase agreement with Airbus. The efficient avión A321XLR strengthená aún máIt's our business model, increaseá our flexibility and provideá opportunities for future growth, además to supportún más our sustainability efforts. The delivery of the first grandfatherón isá scheduled for 2029, but we plan to have four Airbus aircraft in operationón before the summer of 2025 and we have now secured the lease of new A321LR aircraft with our partner SMBC Aviation Capital Limited”, dijo Bogi Nils Bogason, Icelandair manager. CEO.
The A321XLR is the next evolutionary step of A320neo that responds to the market needs for greater range and load úto, creating más value for aerolídenies. Offerá an unprecedented Xtra Long Range of up to 4700 nm, a 15% más range than the A321LR and a 30% less than fuel consumption per seat comparedón with competing generation aircraftón anterior, así like a reductionón NOx emissions and noise.
for the passengers, the new Airspace cabin of the A321XLR toastá the best travel experience, while offering seats in all classes with the same high comfort as in an airplaneólong-haul widebody, with the low costs of an airplaneósingle aisle. At the end of May 2023, the family A320neo había accumulated más de 8.750 requests for 136 clients all over the world.
