Virgin America First Firm A320NEO Customer
By Robert Wall wall@aviationweek.com, Jens Flottau jens@flottau.com
TOULOUSE, TOULOUSE
Virgin America is signing up as the first firm customer for the Airbus A320 new engine option (NEO), becoming the lead operator for the aircraft.
At the Farnborough air show in July, Airbus and Virgin America signed a memorandum of understanding for 40 A320s and 20 options. Virgin America’s deal was finalized for all 60 units as firm orders on December 29. The order ...