Low Cost Carrier Peach Aviation has signed for 13 new Airbus A320 family aircraft.
Peach Aviation Airbus A320neo – Rendering, Airbus
The Japanese carrier has signed for 10 Airbus A320neo and three A320ceo aircraft from the manufacturer as part of its plans to expand its network.
With this agreement, Peach Aviation becomes the first low-cost carrier of the Airbus A320neo in Japan.
The A320ceo aircraft will be delivered during 2018, whilst the A320neo aircraft will be delivered from 2019.
Peach currently configure their A320ceo aircraft with 180 seats. The A320neos will gain an extra 8 seats, taking the count to 188 seats.
The airline currently has its primary base in Kansai International, with additional hubs at Naha in Okinawa and at Tokyo Nartia. It competes with Vanilla Air, Jetstar Japan, Skymark, AirDO, Starflyer, Spring Airlines Japan and Air Asia Japan – as well as the traditional carriers of All Nippon Airways and Japan Air Lines.
With these new aircraft, Peach intends to open up a base at Sendai in 2017, and at New Chitose Airport in Sapporo in 2018.
For Airbus, it’s another small and important win. Until a few years ago, airlines in Japan were solid Boeing stronghold. But as low-cost carriers demand more competition and more options, Airbus has slowly snuck in to provision aircraft for carriers.
And we all know competition is a good thing.
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