Airbus Inks Landmark Contract with Lion Air
Lion Air’s $24.1 billion order with Airbus includes a provision for 65 A321neos. (Image: Airbus)
Lion Air’s $24.1 billion order with Airbus includes a provision for 65 A321neos. (Image: Airbus)

Airbus has managed to infiltrate once undisputed Boeing territory by closing a firm order from Indonesia’s Lion Air for 234 A320-family narrowbodies. Signed Monday during a special ceremony attended by French president François Hollande at the Elysee Palace in Paris, the contract calls for delivery of 109 A320neos, 65 A321neos and 60 current-generation A320s.