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was the largest placed

by Qantas and included
12 A350-1000s, 20
A321neoXLRs.

Qantas also secured 94 pur-
chase right options on aircraft
over a 10-plus year delivery
window as its Boeing 737-800s
and 717s are phased out.

The order is in addition to
Qantas Group Jetstar’s exist-
ing agreement with Airbus for
over 100 aircraft in the A320neo
family.

At the time Qantas said that part
of the new order is the ability to
combine these two orders so
that the Group can draw down
on a total of 299 deliveries
across both the A320 and A220
families as needed over the next
decade and beyond for Qantas,
QantasLink and Jetstar.

The A321neoXLR can carry
around 15 percent more pas-
sengers on each flight than the
airline’s existing B737-800s,
making it well suited to busy
routes between capital cities
like Melbourne, Sydney, and
Brisbane. Its longer range
means it can also be used to
open up new city pairs from
Perth to Asian destinations well
beyond Singapore. The additional A350-1000s and Qantas’ A330 aircraft mostly
787s will arrive from FY27 and operate on international flights
will in part replace the airline’s to Asia and the United States as
Since that order was A330 fleet. well as some domestic flights.

placed in 2022 the air- Qantas also secured an unspec- The average age of Qantas’
line has added another ified number of purchase right A330 fleet will be 21 years at the
time the replacement program
12 A350-1000s and options, split evenly between starts in FY27, which is in line
both manufacturers, to give
ordered 12 more Boeing flexibility for future growth and with the Group’s typical replace-
787s, including eight of ultimately replace its 10 A380s ment profile.

the -10 model. with A350s from around Geoffrey Thomas was
FY32 onwards.
a guest of Qantas.
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