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AerCap orders 100 A320neo-family jets — first direct Airbus deal since 2017

AerCap, the world’s largest aircraft lessor, has placed a firm order for 100 Airbus A320neo-family aircraft — 23 A320neo and 77 A321neo — marking its first direct purchase from Airbus since December 2017. CEO Angus Kelly had previously said AerCap would wait for acceptable pricing and terms before reordering.

Discovered 2026-03-18T01:04:32.657838-07:00 | 2026-03-18T01:04:32.657838-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • A 100-aircraft firm order (23 A320neo, 77 A321neo) is a large, concrete lease-market transaction and AerCap's first direct Airbus deal since December 2017, affecting production allocations and lessor commitments.
  • The deal adds to ongoing A320-family activity, complementing recent A320 financing and fleet moves such as IndiGo's A320 equity financing and AerCap's recent A321neo deliveries to Thai Airways.
  • This order sits alongside broader narrowbody market trends and value dynamics detailed in the narrowbody avionics supercycle analysis and Airbus market outlook work (source:828c486a-b0dd-414b-a8fa-d2c2d195c813).

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2026-03-18T01:04:32.657838-07:00
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2026-03-20T14:20:22.457898-07:00
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