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Egyptair takes delivery of Africa’s first Airbus A321neo

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Egyptair Airbus delivery

Egyptair took delivery of its first A321neo from Airbus’ Delivery Centre in Hamburg, making the airline the first African operator of the aircraft.

Egyptair has specified a high comfort, two-class configuration with 16 Business class seats and 166 Economy class seats and will increase the airline’s single aisle capacity to the Middle East, Africa and Europe. The aircraft is on lease from AerCap and is powered by CFM engines.

The A321neo is the largest-fuselage member of Airbus’ best-selling single-aisle A320 Family and brings a 20 percent reduction in fuel consumption and emissions per seat compared with previous generation competing aircraft. This enables Egyptair to benefit from enhanced efficiency and be able to deliver on its commitment to sustainability, whilst reducing operating costs.

This modern aircraft joins Egyptair’s Airbus fleet of 12 A220s, 8 A320neos, 2 A320ceos 4 A330-200, 4 A330-300. With the addition of the A321neo, Egyptair is demonstrating continuous ambitions to expand its Airbus fleet to meet current and future demand.  

 

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