Aegean Airlines has placed an order for two new Airbus A321XLRs, which it plans to use on long-haul flights to India.
The Greek flag carrier announced Wednesday that it will take delivery of the first aircraft in December and the second in January 2026. Two months later, in March 2026, the narrowbody jets will enter service on Aegean’s first route to India, with five weekly flights between Athens and New Delhi. In May, the carrier plans to launch three weekly flights between Athens and Mumbai.
An official flight schedule for those routes will be released in September, when tickets go on sale.
Each airplane will be configured with 138 seats, including 24 business-class suites with fully lie-flat beds.
Aegean officials said the new jets will complement a separate order of A321neoLRs as the carrier works to build up its long-haul capabilities. As these aircraft enter service, additional destinations will be considered, including Bangalore, India; Seychelles; the Maldives; Nairobi, Kenya; Almaty, Kazakhstan; and Lagos, Nigeria.
“The addition of these two A321neo XLR aircraft with special configuration, in addition to the four A321neo LRs that we plan to take delivery [of] in 2027 and 2028, accelerates our access to the extremely important Indian market, but also allows for the immediate upgrade of our product and services to destinations outside the EU, longer than 4 hours in which we already operate,” said Aegean Chairman Eftichios Vassilakis in a news release. “The A321neo XLR and LR aircraft mark the beginning of a new chapter for Aegean, with new possibilities for growth but also new options for our passengers and the connectivity of our country.”
Aegean has ordered a total of 60 A320-family aircraft from Airbus, 36 of which have been delivered. In addition to the two A321XLRs and the four A321neoLRs, the carrier is still waiting to take delivery of 18 A321neos.
Most of Aegean’s route map is concentrated in Europe, but it also offers flights to destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Singapore, and Australia.
