Ed Bastian, chief government officer of Delta Air Lines Inc., attends a information convention at a mass covid-19 vaccination website on the Delta Flight Museum in Hapeville, Georgia, on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2021.
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Delta Air Lines on Thursday mentioned it agreed to purchase 25 more Airbus A321 planes, the newest provider to order new jetliners after a historic droop in air journey.
Delta exercised buy rights for the jets; its whole agency orders for the narrow-body planes stand at 125. It additionally added options for an additional 25 of them.
“Adding these new environment friendly narrowbody jets to our fleet means more profession alternatives for our pilots and more capability to develop our community through the restoration, solidifying our management place as more clients return to fly with Delta,” John Laughter, Delta’s senior vp and chief of operations, wrote in a memo to pilots, which was seen by CNBC.
Other carriers have additionally been including to their fleets this yr as journey demand begins to perk up. U.S. carriers alone misplaced more than $35 billion final yr. Delta and different airways over the previous week have famous a rebound in bookings, although it has been led by home leisure journey, not enterprise and worldwide journey.
Southwest Airlines final month introduced its plans to buy 100 of Boeing’s smallest 737 Max aircraft, whereas Alaska Airlines and United Airlines have additionally elevated their orders for Max jetliners this yr.
Delta mentioned it expects to start out taking supply of the Pratt & Whitney-powered Airbus A321neos within the first half of 2022.
