Xiamen Airlines takes delivery of 1st A321neo

The first day of the new year saw a new shiny toy being delivered to Xiamen Airlines as the airline took delivery of its first Airbus A321neo. The aircraft is an A321-200NX registered B-32CU (11190) and was manufactured at Hamburg-Finkenwerder.

The delivery of the A321-200NX also marks the first Airbus ever for the airline, which was previously operating an all-Boeing fleet. Xiamen Airlines announced in September 2022 that it had ordered 40 A320neo-family aircraft to support the airline's growth and cover for the continuous grounding of the Boeing B737MAX in China.

Next to its new Airbus, Xiamen Airlines's fleet consists of nine Boeing B737-700s, 131 B737-800s, ten B737-8s, six B787-8s and six B787-9s.

Photo by Xiamen Airlines.