IAG’s future fleet planning

The International Airlines Group (IAG), parent company of British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Level and Vueling, has announced its future airliner fleet. By the end of 2018, the IAG Group will have 386 short-haul aircraft in service with plans to grow to 402 aircraft in 2019, 411 in 2020, 437 in 2021, 448 in 2022 and 467 in 2023. In the long-haul sector, numbers will grow from 201 airliners in 2018 to 208 in 2019, then 224 in 2020, 237 in 2021, 245 in 2022 and 249 in 2023.

The long-haul network will have arrival of more Airbus A350s, introduced by Iberia, in 2019. Ten will be in IAG service by the end of next year, including four with British Airways. The phasing-out of older types, coupled with the arrival of new A350s and 787s for long-haul plus more A320neo-Family aircraft for short-haul (as well as longer-range A321LRs for Aer Lingus), reduces the average age of IAG airliners considerably.