Airbus came out strongly at the Dubai Airshow with a group order for 255 single-aisle A321 aircraft.
Two men stand next to an Acropolis Aviation Airbus A320-251N aircraft, with an Emirates Airbus A380 aircraft in the background, at the 2021 Dubai Airshow.DUBAI - Airbus came out strongly at the Dubai Airshow on Sunday with a group order for 255 single-aisle A321 aircraft, marking the first major deal of its kind since the pandemic began.
Airbus said the order came from Wizz Air, Frontier, Volaris and JetSMART -- all from US company Indigo Partners -- for a total value of more than $33-billion, according to the latest list price published by Airbus in 2018. Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air will receive 102 aircraft, American Frontier Airlines will receive 91, while 39 will go to Mexico's Volaris and 23 to Chilean JetSMART.