Originally Posted by
musicmike
Someone asked about stands being marked up to accommodate A321s a while back and why.
EZY have now changed their aircraft order. They will take delivery of A320 neos that are nearly ready, but the other 30 on order have now been changed to 321 neos, thus increasing seating capacity by nearly a third. 235 seats instead of the current 180ish.
I can imagine this small subfleet of A321's operating almost exclusively and being based at Gatwick only. Maybe Luton could get a handful?
With slots becoming scarcer and Gatwick being by far easyJet's most profitable base, this is where they will want the extra capacity on the most popular routes without having to add additonal frequencies...
I can imagine more and more of easyJet's A319's at LTN being upgraded to A320's, which adds 30 additional seats over the smaller type, before any A321's are considered.