SWISS International Air Lines are the latest airline to join the club of Airbus A320neo operators – with their first aircraft delivered today.
Welcoming the first SWISS Neo – From left to right: Bruce Hall, Director Pratt & Whitney Airbus Operations, Peter Wojahn, SWISS Chief Technical Officer, and Carlos Alcántara, Head of Acceptance & Delivery A320 Family Final Assembly Line Hamburg, and SWISS crew – Image, Airbus.
The aircraft is the first of 25 that are due to be delivered to SWISS as part of the mass order by Lufthansa Group, with aircraft distributed through the group as needed
It was delivered from the Airbus facility at Hamburg to the airline.
This variant of the A320neo will be powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1100G Geared Turbo Fan engines (common across the Lufthansa Group with their A320neo fleet).
Swiss International Air Lines operates all-Airbus on its short to medium-haul segments (where the A320neo could be used), currently operating the A319, A320 and A321 as well as the A220 family.
As well as the 25 on order for Swiss, Lufthansa has A320neo frames both in service and on order (23 delivered/92 on order), A321neo (5 delivered/35 on order) and 20 A320neo on order for Eurowings.
With Lufthansa group adopting a common standard for its A320neo deliveries, it will allow the aircraft to be moved within the group as needed. As per the current design, they will use the new Geven Seats installed on their common A320neo.
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