Aircraft
AirAsia Trims Its Airbus A330 Commitment and Buys A321XLRs
The Malaysian low-cost carrier group signs up for 30 of the European OEM’s newly launched long-range single-aisle aircraft.
Left to right ( flanked by cabin crew): Christian Scherer, Airbus COO; Tony Fernandes, AirAsia Group CEO; Guillaume Faury, Airbus CEO; Mahathir Bin Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia; Rafidah Aziz, chairman AirAsia X Berhad; Datuk Kamarudin Meranun, AirAsia Group executive chairman;  Bo Lingam, AirAsia Group president (Airlines).
Left to right ( flanked by cabin crew): Christian Scherer, Airbus COO; Tony Fernandes, AirAsia Group CEO; Guillaume Faury, Airbus CEO; Mahathir Bin Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia; Rafidah Aziz, chairman AirAsia X Berhad; Datuk Kamarudin Meranun, AirAsia Group executive chairman; Bo Lingam, AirAsia Group president (Airlines).

AirAsia X on Friday became a new customer for the Airbus A321XLR, though it decided to buy only 12 A330-900s rather than 34 as announced during the Farnborough Air Show in July last year. The commitment for an additional 34 A330neos was presented as an order at that time; however, it was never included in Airbus’s order book. This raised speculation that the Malaysian low-cost carrier group was looking at other options for its long-haul unit. It did, and today signed a firm order for 30 A321XLRs in Kuala Lumpur.


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