{"id":9123,"date":"2026-05-06T20:32:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/9123\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T20:32:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:32:06","slug":"airasia-orders-150-a220-300s-ch-aviation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/9123\/","title":{"rendered":"AirAsia orders 150 A220-300s – ch-aviation"},"content":{"rendered":"

AirAsia<\/a> (AK, Kuala Lumpur International<\/a>) has placed a firm order for 150 A220-300<\/a> aircraft from Airbus<\/a>, the manufacturer announced on May 6, 2026. <\/p>\n

The purchase agreement is the largest single firm order placed for the A220 aircraft, and makes AirAsia a new customer for the family type. The airline will also become the launch customer for the aircraft\u2019s new cabin configuration of 160 all-economy class seats. <\/p>\n

In a statement, Airbus said adding ten seats was possible by adding an extra overwing exit on each side of the aircraft. <\/p>\n

Speaking during the media briefing, AirAsia founder, shareholder, and advisor, Tony Fernandes, appealed to Airbus to develop the proposed stretch variant, the A220-500. “We have committed, if they build that aircraft, AirAsia will buy another 150 of these aircraft as well,” he said. The A220-500, which is not yet confirmed, would be able to carry up to around 185 passengers.<\/p>\n

Fernandes expects the first delivery to take place in the first quarter of 2028, or late in 2027, “if we’re lucky”. <\/p>\n

AirAsia will use the A220-300 to service destinations across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Viet Nam) and into Central Asia. <\/p>\n

ch-aviation fleet data shows AirAsia\u2019s fleet in Malaysia comprises seventy A320-200<\/a>s, twenty-nine A320-200N<\/a>s, three A321-200(P2F)<\/a>, and nine A321-200NX<\/a>. Parent company AirAsia X<\/a> (D7, Kuala Lumpur International<\/a>) operates nineteen A330-300<\/a>s. <\/p>\n

The group also includes non-Malaysian operators, co-owned with local investors through AirAsia Aviation Group<\/a>. These include Philippines AirAsia<\/a> (twenty-four A320-200s), Thai AirAsia<\/a> (forty-four A320-200s, eleven A320-200Ns, and seven A321-200NX), Thai AirAsia X<\/a> (eleven A330-300s), and Indonesia AirAsia<\/a> (twenty-seven A320-200s).<\/p>\n

AirAsia has touted the order for months<\/a>, with the Embraer<\/a> E2s and C919<\/a>s also competing for the contract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AirAsia (AK, Kuala Lumpur International) has placed a firm order for 150 A220-300 aircraft from Airbus, the manufacturer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[90,550,7588,7577,7586,7584,7583,7580,7585,7574,7587,7575,7581,7582,7578,7576,7579],"class_list":{"0":"post-9123","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-airbus","8":"tag-airbus","9":"tag-aircraft-orders","10":"tag-alliances","11":"tag-new-routes","12":"tag-operator-acquisition","13":"tag-operator-bankruptcies","14":"tag-operator-bankruptcy","15":"tag-operator-fleet-news","16":"tag-operator-merger","17":"tag-operator-news","18":"tag-operator-partnership","19":"tag-operator-route-network","20":"tag-operator-start-up","21":"tag-operator-start-ups","22":"tag-route-cancellations","23":"tag-route-network-changes","24":"tag-strategic-fleet-developments"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}