Runway Girl
• Mary Kirby
Frontier is selling its new first-class seats, priced from $129 each way, ahead of a planned March 2027 entry into service; some customers may fly in them sooner. The ULCC plans to reconfigure its entire A320 fleet, adding eight first-class seats, extra-legroom options from $90 and Starlink Wi-Fi in 2027.
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Frontier is selling its new first-class seats, priced from $129 each way, ahead of a planned March 2027 entry into service; some customers may fly in them sooner. The ULCC plans to reconfigure its entire A320 fleet, adding eight first-class seats, extra-legroom options from $90 and Starlink Wi-Fi in 2027.
Yemenia is flying its four remaining A320-200s to airports including Cairo, Jeddah and Amman each night, chairman Nasser Mahmoud Mohammed says, citing security concerns in Aden. The move shifts the carrier’s aircraft outside Yemen as fighting has renewed, though the report does not detail any change to its flight schedule.
BBN Airlines Indonesia is eyeing the start of Airbus A320 operations by early 2027, according to the report. The article provides no further detail on the scale of the planned operation, the aircraft’s source or configuration, or the routes the airline may serve.
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Investigators believe the captain experienced somatogravic illusion during a night departure, after the crew took off without V-speeds entered in the flight-management system amid time pressure. The A320 descended close to the sea surface; the available account does not report an impact.
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China Eastern Airlines has selected 202 LEAP-1A engines from CFM International to power 101 aircraft in its latest Airbus A320neo-family order. The selection makes CFM the engine supplier for the narrowbody fleet addition, pairing the aircraft order with a defined powerplant choice.
An Air France A350 departing Los Angeles International Airport made an unauthorized left turn, intersecting the climb path of an American Airlines A321. The aircraft narrowly avoided a collision, according to reports; the articles provide no further details about the cause or any investigation.
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The selection covers the 101 Airbus narrowbodies China Eastern ordered earlier this year and includes spare engines and a long-term services agreement. It preserves the airline’s LEAP-1A choice across its A320neo fleet; deliveries, including A321XLRs, are due from 2028 through 2032.
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