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Virgin America Orders 60 Airbus A320s, Announces Plans for Sharklets

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Written by: Phil Derner Jr.
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Fancypants sharklets are coming!

Virgin America today at the Farnborough Airshow announced an order for 40 new Airbus A320 aircraft, with options for an additional 20. Deliveries will take place between 2013 through 2016 at a rate of about 10 each year. The additional optioned aircraft would be spread out for two years beyond that.

Virgin also plans on adding aerodynamic “sharklets” to all of their planes, the airflow-improving Airbus version of winglets, which become available late in 2012.

Virgin America currently has 28 aircraft in their fleet.



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Phil Derner Jr.
Phil Derner founded NYCAviation in 2003. A lifetime aviation enthusiast that grew up across the water from La Guardia Airport, Phil has aviation experience as a Loadmaster, Operations Controller and Flight Dispatcher. He owns and operates NYCAviation and performs duties as an aviation expert through writing, consulting, public speaking and media appearances. You can reach him by email or follow him on Twitter.
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