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PHOTO : ALBERTO CUCINI · MXP
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SAUDIA TEXEL AIR
INDIGO
AIRBUS A321-251NX HZ-ASAA MSN 11200
Saudia ( 9V ) took delivery of its first Airbus A321neo . The airline has 20 A321-200neos and 15 A321XLRs on order , and plans to base them in Jeddah ( JED ) and Riyadh ( RUH ). They will fly to destinations in Europe where passenger demand is too weak for wide-bodies .
BOEING 737-7Q6 ( WL )( FC ) A9C-FLX MSN 30293 LN 1496
Bahraini cargo Texel Air ( XLR ) boasts this Boeing 737-700 FlexCombi . Only two aircraft in the world feature this conversion , the result of a collaboration between XLR and Pemco Conversions . These aircraft can be configured in seven different ways , including for MEDEVAC operations .
AIRBUS A321-271N VT-IUV MSN 9396
Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo ( 6E ) placed a firm order for 125 Airbus A320neos and 375 A321neos during the 2023 Paris Air Show . This order is the largest one ever placed in the history of aviation . 6E now has an order book of 1,330 aircraft with the European airframer .
16 AIRWAYS MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2023 www . airwaysmag . com