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      <title>Icelandair signs deal for 13 Airbus A321XLR as it replaces Boeing 757s</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Icelandair Group HF (ICEAIR.IC) said on Friday it signed a provisional deal to purchase 13 of European planemaker Airbus SE’s (AIR.PA) latest A321XLR single-aisle jet, with deliveries slated to begin in 2029.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As part of the deal, Icelandair has an option to purchase an additional 12 aircraft after buying 13 of Airbus’ newest and largest narrowbody airliner at an undisclosed price.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Icelandair, however, said it plans to start using the world’s largest planemaker’s aircraft from 2025, and is currently in advanced negotiations to lease four Airbus A321LR planes for this purpose.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“With the acquisition of the Airbus aircraft, Icelandair will complete the replacement of the Boeing 757,” the company said in a statement.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Icelandair said it would continue to operate a full Boeing fleet until 2025, after which a mixed fleet of both Airbus and Boeing planes will be in operation following the first deliveries from Airbus.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Airbus and U.S. rival Boeing Co (BA.N) have been locked in a dead heat for deliveries in the first two months of the year, but the European planemaker has had a tougher task to meet annual forecasts amid supply woes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The pair delivered a combined total of 66 jets in January and February. But whereas this makes up some 12% of market forecasts for Boeing’s 2023 deliveries, Airbus has secured just 9% of its 2023 target of 720 jets, below the trend for this time of year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(This story has been corrected to say ‘signs deal’ instead of ‘orders,’ and to change figure to 13 to exclude options in the headline and paragraphs 1 and 2)&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>Icelandair Group HF (ICEAIR.IC) said on Friday it signed a provisional deal to purchase 13 of European planemaker Airbus SE’s (AIR.PA) latest A321XLR single-aisle jet, with deliveries slated to begin in 2029.</strong></p>
<p>As part of the deal, Icelandair has an option to purchase an additional 12 aircraft after buying 13 of Airbus’ newest and largest narrowbody airliner at an undisclosed price.</p>
<p>Icelandair, however, said it plans to start using the world’s largest planemaker’s aircraft from 2025, and is currently in advanced negotiations to lease four Airbus A321LR planes for this purpose.</p>
<p>“With the acquisition of the Airbus aircraft, Icelandair will complete the replacement of the Boeing 757,” the company said in a statement.</p>
<p>Icelandair said it would continue to operate a full Boeing fleet until 2025, after which a mixed fleet of both Airbus and Boeing planes will be in operation following the first deliveries from Airbus.</p>
<p>Airbus and U.S. rival Boeing Co (BA.N) have been locked in a dead heat for deliveries in the first two months of the year, but the European planemaker has had a tougher task to meet annual forecasts amid supply woes.</p>
<p>The pair delivered a combined total of 66 jets in January and February. But whereas this makes up some 12% of market forecasts for Boeing’s 2023 deliveries, Airbus has secured just 9% of its 2023 target of 720 jets, below the trend for this time of year.</p>
<p>(This story has been corrected to say ‘signs deal’ instead of ‘orders,’ and to change figure to 13 to exclude options in the headline and paragraphs 1 and 2)</p>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2023 13:38:58 +0500</pubDate>
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