Aircraft
Latam Takes Its First A320neo
Geared turbofan-powered narrowbody to arrive in Brazil on August 31
The first Latam Airbus A320neo taxis at Toulouse Blagnac Airport in France. (Photo: Airbus)
The first Latam Airbus A320neo taxis at Toulouse Blagnac Airport in France. (Photo: Airbus)

Latam Airlines Group has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320neo, the airline and manufacturer announced on Tuesday. Airbus president and CEO Fabrice Brégier presented the airplane, fitted with Pratt & Whitney PW1100 geared turbofan engines, to Latam Airlines Group CEO Enrique Cueto and other Latam executives during a ceremony Monday at Airbus’s headquarters in Toulouse, France. Latam Group also received its fourth Airbus A350-900—and the first to bear its livery. The group's first A350-900 arrived in Brazil last December in the livery of Latam subsidiary TAM. It became the first A350 to enter revenue service in the Americas in January.