Greek flag carrier Aegean Airlines has more than 50 aircraft at its disposal from European manufacturer Airbus. The Athens-headquartered Star Alliance flies several of the company's designs, but only in a narrowbody capacity. But which exact models, and how many of them are there? Without further ado, let's find out!
Going large
The largest aircraft in Aegean Airlines' present fleet are its examples of the stretched-fuselage Airbus A321 series. The carrier flies two different generations of this design, with the oldest being its eight A321-200s. Four of these are currently active, with data from ch-aviation.com showing that the other four are undergoing maintenance. Historically, Aegean Airlines has flown another three A321-200s.
The eight examples still in its fleet are 16.1 years old on average, and seat 206 passengers. Meanwhile, considerably younger than these twinjets are Aegean Airlines' 11 examples of the next-generation Airbus A321neo. Clocking in at just 0.9 years old on average, they are somewhat denser, as they seat 220 passengers.
Ten of Aegean's 11 A321neos were active at the time of writing, with the other undergoing maintenance. Going forward, the carrier plans to almost double its Airbus A321neo fleet, with eight examples of the type yet to be delivered.
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The dominant force
The backbone of Aegean Airlines' current fleet is made up of aircraft from two generations of the mid-sized Airbus A320 series. The dominant model is the older A320-200, which with 30 examples present, makes up more than half of the Aegean Airlines fleet as a whole. The carrier has flown another nine A320s over the years.
These aircraft are younger than their stretched-fuselage A321-200 counterparts, with an average age of 12.9 years old. 26 are active, with two of the remaining four undergoing maintenance, and the other pair in storage. They each seat 174 passengers, which represents six seats fewer than Aegean's newer A320neo jets.
The airline has seven 180-seat Airbus A320neos in its fleet, all of which are active. Going forward, it will almost triple its contingent, with 13 forthcoming deliveries set to bring the total to 20. Its current examples are 2.1 years old on average.
Short but sweet
Aegean Airlines' smallest Airbus jetliner is its sole example of the European manufacturer's short-fuselage A319-100 model. Registered as SX-DGF, this 144-seat twinjet is 17.6 years old, having entered service with Independence Air back in May 2005. It then joined Air Berlin in April 2006, before moving to Aegean five years later. Since its arrival in April 2011, it has remained at the Greek flag carrier.
SX-DGF is a well-used aircraft, with data from April this year showing that it had accrued 34,726 hours across 26,699 flight cycles. This equates to an average sector length of 70 minutes and daily usage of five hours and 36 minutes.
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Source: ch-aviation.com
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Aegean Airlines
- IATA/ICAO Code:
- A3/AEE
- Airline Type:
- Full Service Carrier
- Year Founded:
- 1999
- Alliance:
- Star Alliance
- CEO:
- Dimitrios Gerogiannis
- Country:
- Greece
- Loyalty Program:
- Miles & More
