Turkish Airlines (TK, Istanbul Airport) has taken delivery of its first of ninety-two A321neo on order from Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac). TC-LSA (msn 8155) was ferried from Hamburg Finkenwerder to Istanbul Atatürk last week and is currently awaiting induction into scheduled service.
According to the Star Alliance carrier's 1Q18 financials, it is expecting three A321neo to deliver this year followed by 18 in 2019, 18 in 2020, 20 in 2021, 18 in 2022, and 15 in 2023. The aircraft are powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1133G-JMs and feature 20 seats in Business Class and 162 in Economy Class.
Turkish Airlines already operates sixty-eight A321ceo.
