Frontier Airlines takes 1st U.S. delivery of new Airbus jet
Airbus has delivered its first A320neo jet equipped with fuel-efficient CFM engines to a U.S. carrier, Denver-based Frontier Airlines.
Barry Biffle, Frontier's president and CEO, said the new jet's efficiency "will help us lower costs even more and pass those savings along to our customers."
Frontier is an all-Airbus aircraft airline. It currently operates 64 planes from the France-based jet company in its fleet.
It has made a big bet on the neo (for "new engine option"), ordering 80 of the aircraft.
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