Market Presence. With 86 customers for the A321neo the variant has exceeded all expectations in terms of orders and customers. Whilst not every operator will wish to fill the aircraft with 230-240 seats, the move away from even 180 seats is clearly illustrated. Operators are increasingly seeking to improve efficiency and meet traffic growth. The easiest way of achieving this is to increase aircraft size. The longer range capability of the aircraft is seeing new utility. In the first nine months there were still 222 deliveries of the A321neo versus 163 for the A320neo.
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