Delta orders 30 additional A321s

Delta Air Lines has placed an incremental order for 30 A321ceo aircraft following three previous Delta orders for the Current Engine Option version of this largest Airbus A320 Family member. The airline took delivery of its first A321 in March 2016. Delta now has ordered a total of 112 A321s, each powered by CFM56 engines from CFM International. All of Delta’s A321s will feature fuelsaving Sharklets, which are lightweight composite wingtip devices that offer up to 4 percent fuel-burn savings, this environmental benefit giving airlines the option of extending their range up to 100 nautical miles/185 kilometres or increasing payload capacity by some 1000 pounds/450 kilograms.