The aircraft helps cut fuel consumption by a minimum of 16 per cent while slashing noise and emissions by up to 75 per cent and 50 per cent respectively.
The national carrier Vietnam Airlines has officially welcomed the new Airbus A321neo, starting its launch of an additional 20 narrow-body aircraft scheduled for delivery by the end of next year.
Vietjet will purchase 50 A321neo aircraft worth US$6.5 billion from France’s Airbus following an agreement inked between the two companies in Ha Noi last week.
During the Dubai Air Show, Vietjet inked a deal with aircraft
manufacturer Airbus to purchase 30 more A321 aircrafts, worth a total of
US$3.6 billion, on November 10.