Airbus A321neo American Airlines, the newest fleet type which American airlines continue
to make signification investments in premium travel experiences.
As of May 2022, American Airlines operates a fleet consisting of 900 aircraft in service
(both Boeing & Airbus), and 201 new orders.
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Few airlines have a fleet of over 800 aircraft.
American Airlines is one of those, with its fleet touching close to 900 planes.
The airline, which is known as a major Boeing operator with over 300 Boeing 737 Next Generation
planes in its fleet and plans to take a total of 100 MAX jets, for now, the carrier's narrowbody
fleet is also complemented by over 400 Airbus A320ceo and A321neo jets.
The era of towering passenger aircraft has officially ended for Airbus and Boeing.
Airlines have made it clear that they want smaller planes that can carry more passengers
further than ever before.
Airbus has been leading the charge in that department with a stream of enhancements to
its largest single-aisle plane, the A321.
First came the Airbus A321neo with new engines and aerodynamic features that bolster the
A321's range and performance capabilities while lowering its operating costs.
As part of AA’s massive project to get high-speed satellite-based Wi-Fi on all mainline aircraft,
all Airbus A321neo aircraft will have ViaSat satellite-based Wi-Fi.
While it’s free to connect to the Wi-Fi network to stream entertainment to your personal
device, there’s no free connectivity with the ground, even for texting.
You can expect to pay $12 for a one-hour pass or $16 for a full-flight pass.
Gogo monthly subscribers can connect for free by logging into their account through the
“have a Gogo subscription?”
link.
Every seat on AA’s A321neo will have both a universal A/C power outlet and a USB plug
so you can charge your devices on board.
AA’s A321neo has 20 first-class seats vs. 16 first-class seats on its other A321s.
That’s a pretty remarkable turn of events for an airline that’s been stripping business-class
seats out of its Boeing 777 and 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
This brings the A321neo almost to the top of the list of domestic mainline AA aircraft
in terms of economy-to-first-class-seat ratio.
While you have to Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), AA’s got plenty of entertainment options
for you on board.
In April, the airline is streaming over 315 hours of movies and over 150 hours of TV shows
for free through the ViaSat system.
And, as with over 800+ AA aircraft, the A321neo will offer live TV options.
According to Airbus, the A321neo is 20% more efficient than the prior version of the plane.
That’s a huge reduction in the amount of fuel used on each flight, which is great for
reducing cost and the impact on the environment.
Hopefully, lower operating costs will help keep airfares from increasing.
Tyler Herrick, an American Airlines flight attendant responsible for helping train crews
on the features of the new aircraft, said the airline took flight attendant feedback
into account when designing the interior.
"We gave them bigger galleys.
We gave them bigger aisles.
We gave them bigger (luggage) bins, too.
It’s mutually beneficial for the customer and the flight attendant," Herrick said.
The A321neo is an important plane for American Airlines, which will use the new aircraft
to replace the aging Boeing 757s in their fleet as well as their few McDonnell Douglas
MD-83s.
American’s endorsement of the new Airbus planes comes as Boeing is mulling an all-new
double-aisle plane targeting mid-range routes.
Analysts had expected Boeing to unveil the new offering at the Paris Air Show.
But hopes faded as the Chicago-based company has been hobbled by the crisis left by two
fatal crashes of its best-selling 737 Max planes, which have been grounded since mid-March.
Boeing did win a surprise vote of confidence in the 737 Max with a 200-plane order from
British Airways’ parent International Consolidated Airlines Group, the first order for the beleaguered
jets since they were grounded three months ago.
IAG also ordered 14 Airbus XLR planes for its Iberia and Aer Lingus airlines.
Neither American Airlines nor Airbus would disclose the financial terms of the deal,
but American Airlines president Robert Isom said the XLR will initially cost the airline
more than the A321neo.
“My feeling is this aircraft certainly gives us much greater utility in the long run and
at the end of the day will be worth quite a bit more to us,” Isom said in a video
discussing the deal released by American Airlines.
American Airlines was a fan of the narrowbody Airbus fleet.
The airline did retire some Airbus A320s, as those were some of the older planes in
American's fleet, and American has been aggressively pursuing fleet retirements and modernization
in the aftermath of the merger.
But, Airbus planes still make up a significant part of American's fleet.
The airline has continued to take on new Airbus planes.
Before merging with US Airways, American Airlines was a Boeing-heavy airline.
Leading up to the merger, American Airlines had a large fleet of Boeing 737-800s, 757-200s,
767-200ERs, 767-300ERs, 777-200ERs, and McDonnell Douglas MD-80s, for a total of over 600 aircraft.
US Airways had a fleet of 340 aircraft.
This included Airbus A330-300s, A330-200s, A321s, A320s, A319s, Boeing 767-200ERs, 757-200s,
737-400s, 737-300s, and Embraer E190s.
The common types between the two airlines were the Boeing 757s and 767-200ERs.
However, the 767-200ERs would exit the combined fleet by 2015, leaving the airline with a
younger and more streamlined fleet.
The A321neo is proving to be a favorite of ultra-low-cost airlines that can fly their
routes for even cheaper than before while filling their aircraft to the brim.
A321neo customer Wizz Air brought the best-selling single-aisle aircraft to the Dubai Airshow
in November.
This Wizz Air Airbus A321neo was delivered by Airbus in September 2020 and has been flying
throughout the Middle East, Europe, and Asia for the airline's Abu Dhabi division ever
since.
Airbus states that the A321 can "comfortably" seat between 180 and 220 passengers in a two-class
configuration and up to 244 passengers in the highest-density configuration.
The Airbus "Cabin-Flex" configuration that changes the location of exit rows and the
layout of service galleys allows for high-density seating layouts like the one employed by Wizz
Air.
But with so many seats come tradeoffs, namely in seat space.
Seats are "slimline" with minimal padding to increase capacity.
And compared to the A321-200s currently in the American Airlines fleet, each of the new
A321neos can carry an extra 9-15 more seats.
While the world will never know if American, without the US Airways merger (Two U.S. airline
companies, American Airlines and US Airways), would have become the world's largest operator
of the Airbus A320 family, the amount of credit those few hundred jets from US Airways deserve
is important to recognize.
The combined company has about 94,000 employees and a fleet of more than 900 planes servicing
thousands of flights every day.
For now, American Airlines will retain this distinction.
However, as Indian carrier IndiGo expands its massive fleet of Airbus A320neo family
jets, that airline is expected to become the largest Airbus A320 family operator in the
world.
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