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Old Jun 5, 2024 | 5:17 pm
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Originally Posted by IFlyPlanes
It's almost certain these eight A319s will not be the last of the retrofits, with other A320ceo family aircraft more than likely needing a fresh interior in the coming years, too. The A321s are of an almost identical age to the G-DBCx A319s (First delivered 2004, last delivered 2007), however have cabins in a better state, hence why the urgency to retrofit them is lesser. I only claimed that 'this retrofit confirms that these aircraft (A319s) are likely to stay for the remainder of the 2020s.' since most of the A319s were supposed to be gone by now, and it's definitely a change in comparison to what the plan was pre-COVID. Nothing has been confirmed on the A321 as of now, it would not be surprising if they too receive a retrofit in the later future, as I recall the plan once being to retire them in favour of the A321neo (and this has obviously not happened).
Honestly, I can't see them wanting to refurbish the Euroflyer fleet anytime soon. They'll do all the mainline fleet before even thinking about what to do with Gatwick. They have no intentions on refurbishing the 777 fleet there, so I can't see them doing anything with the Euroflyer fleet, not until all the mainline fleet is done anyways.
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