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EI-A330-300
A321NEO not starting until 2015 so it will be close to 2020 before EI get them if ordered as they will be back of a long list of carriers who have ordered NEO aircraft.
I wouldn't be nearly as pessimistic. First, many of the orders are by lessors who'll be looking to place aircraft anyway; and second, the manufacturers are well practised in shuffling order books to accommodate more urgent requirements. Given the irrational exuberance with which the NEO order book swelled after its launch, I'd hazard a guess that a few of those carriers might actually not object to having their deliveries pushed out a little. If I had to guess, I'd say 2017.