Airbus A320neo
Narrow-body, short-to-medium-range, twin-engine commercial jet
The Airbus A320neo ("new engine option") is the re-engined fourth-generation update to the A320, the world's best-selling narrow-body family. Offering ~15% better fuel burn through new high-bypass engines and sharklet wingtips, it has become the dominant narrow-body in production by orders.
Specifications
| First flight | 2014-09-25 |
|---|---|
| Entered service | 2016-01-25 |
| Production | 2015–present |
| Crew | 2 (flight deck) |
| Capacity | 150 (2-class) to 194 (high-density) |
| Length | 0 m |
| Wingspan | 0 m |
| Height | 0 m |
| MTOW | 0 kg |
| Max speed | 0 km/h |
| Cruise speed | 0 km/h |
| Range | 0 km |
| Service ceiling | 0 m |
| Engines | 2 × CFM LEAP-1A or Pratt & Whitney PW1100G geared turbofan |
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History
Airbus announced the A320neo program in December 2010, ahead of Boeing's 737 MAX response. First flight was on 25 September 2014, and Lufthansa took the launch delivery on 20 January 2016. By the mid-2020s, the A320neo family had accumulated more than 9,000 firm orders — the best-selling commercial aircraft program in history by a wide margin, ahead of the 737 MAX. The PW1100G geared turbofan introduced a major new engine architecture, while the CFM LEAP-1A offered evolutionary improvements over the CFM56.
Design
Externally, the A320neo differs from the A320ceo (current engine option) primarily in the larger-diameter engines and the standard sharklet wingtips, retrofitted to many ceo-generation aircraft as well. Internally, the cabin offers Airbus's Space-Flex galley/lavatory layouts and Smart-Lav configurations that increase usable seating. The flight deck remains common with the rest of the A320 family — a major operational advantage as airlines transition fleets. The geared turbofan PW1100G option uses a planetary gearbox between the fan and low-pressure turbine, allowing both to spin at their optimum speeds — a step-change architecture that took years to mature in service.
Variants
- A319neo (shortest)
- A320neo (baseline)
- A321neo (stretched)
- A321LR (Long Range)
- A321XLR (Extra Long Range, transatlantic narrow-body)
- ACJ319neo / ACJ320neo (corporate jets)
Notable operators
- IndiGo (largest operator)
- AirAsia
- Lufthansa (launch operator)
- American Airlines
- Delta Air Lines
- Wizz Air
- Frontier Airlines
- JetBlue
- Pegasus Airlines
Notable
The A320neo family overtook the Boeing 737 in monthly deliveries during the 737 MAX grounding (2019–2020) and held the production lead for several years afterward. The A321XLR variant, certified in 2024, opened up transatlantic routes from secondary cities (e.g. Boston–Naples, New York–Marrakech) that were previously economically unviable on widebodies — reshaping long-haul network strategies for the late 2020s.
See also
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A320neo_family
- https://www.airbus.com/en/products-services/commercial-aircraft/passenger-aircraft/a320-family
Last updated: 2026-05-06