In addition, the low-cost subsidiary, Jestar, has a fleet of 88 aircraft made up of 52 Airbus A320s, 25 A321s, and 11 Boeing 787 Dreamliners. Finally, QantasLink, the regional brand, has 107 regional ...

“With 19 A321LRs now in the fleet, Jetstar is seeing significant incremental fuel and scale efficiencies, reduced emissions per ASK compared to its A320-200,” Qantas said. “We didn’t even ...

The range and efficiency of the XLR commands a premium over other narrowbody aircraft currently on the market.

Credit: Qantas Airbus’ introduction of the A321LR in 2015 and XLR in 2019 piqued interest worldwide but especially among those Asian LCCs that had the A320 family at the core of their fleets.

Meanwhile, Qantas's Jetstar subsidiary operates a fleet of aircraft that are, on average, newer at just 10.4 years. Jetstar's A320-200s are 14.1 years old, while the new A320neos are just months old ...

In 1999 it became the first airline to receive a delivery of the brand new Airbus A320, and today its fleet is largely made up of Airbuses ... the initial goal of Qantas was to provide quicker ...

In the first half of the financial year, Jetstar took delivery of six A321-200NX(LR)s and two A320-200Ns ... the A321XLR arrive. Qantas Group CEO Vanessa Hudson commented that having a strong business ...

Mr Marcolina said the fleet modernisation for the Qantas brand was more complicated than at Jetstar. The budget carrier was a big user of the classic Airbus A320 and its pilots were being trained in ...