Summary
- Transavia France welcomes its first Airbus A320neo, starting its transition to an all-Airbus fleet.
- The A320neo offers fuel savings, reduced noise, and improved passenger comfort with features like larger bins and USB-C charging ports.
- Avolon, the aircraft lessor, delivered the A320neo to Transavia France and appears forward to supporting its fleet renewal strategy.
Following Transavia Netherlands’ first Airbus A321neo delivery, Transavia France has welcomed its first Airbus A320neo, marking one other necessary step within the airline’s transition to an all-Airbus A320neo aircraft family fleet. The aircraft leasing company Avolon delivered the aircraft on lease.
Transitioning away from a Boeing 737 fleet
The Airbus A320neo, registered as F-GNEO, is the primary Airbus aircraft that Transavia France goes to operate because it launched operations in 2007, with the present low-cost carrier’s fleet consisting of 72 Boeing 737-800 Next Generation (NG) aircraft. In keeping with Airbus, the A320neo’s CFM International LEAP-1A engines and sharklets reduce the aircraft’s noise footprint by 50% and introduce 20% fuel savings and CO2 reduction
Transavia France’s A320neo has the Airspace XL bins, providing 40% more stowage space in comparison with the traditional bins, improving the boarding experience. Moreover, seats onboard the aircraft are equipped with USB-C charging ports, with the cabin lighting system enhancing the passenger experience while flying with the single-aisle jet.
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Andy Cronin, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Avolon, welcomed Transavia France as a brand new customer, adding that the corporate was Cronin said that this continues constructing the lessor’s relationship with the Air France-KLM group, with the corporate looking forward to supporting the partnership. he added.
In keeping with Avolon, the delivery was accomplished with an unnamed sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) mix. In total, the aircraft lessor currently manages 105 A320neo family aircraft, with an extra 287 aircraft on order. Its latest order got here in December 2023, when the lessor purchased 100 A321neo and 40 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, leading to a backlog of over 1,000 aircraft of assorted cockpit types.
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Lessor deliveries
Similarly to its French counterpart, Transavia Netherlands took its first A321neo delivery on a lease from Air Lease Corporation (ALC). The lessor delivered the aircraft on December 15, 2023, with the Dutch airline welcoming it at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) on December 19. The A321neo, registered as PH-YHZ, entered service on January 5, 2024, operating flight HV 5423 from AMS to Pisa Galileo Galilei Airport (PSA).
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Transavia decided to order 100 A320neo family aircraft in December 2021. The order included 60 aircraft options for KLM, the low-cost carrier, and its French counterpart. Nevertheless, the announcement didn’t indicate how lots of those aircraft shall be delivered on lease, with KLM detailing that Airbus was scheduled to start out delivering the aircraft in late 2023. Ch-aviation data showed that the subsequent six A321neo deliveries to Transavia Netherlands would come out of ALC’s backlog.
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