{"id":132235,"date":"2022-10-11T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=132235"},"modified":"2022-10-12T00:41:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T00:41:47","slug":"frontier-unveiled-first-airbus-a321neo-with-gtf-engines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2022\/10\/frontier-unveiled-first-airbus-a321neo-with-gtf-engines.html","title":{"rendered":"Frontier Airlines unveiled its first Airbus A321neo with GTF engines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Frontier Airlines <\/strong>officially unveiled its first Pratt &amp; Whitney GTF engines <strong>Airbus A321neo <\/strong>on Tuesday at an event at Tampa International Airport. The aircraft will be the most fuel-efficient commercial aircraft among all U.S. airlines, the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aircraft is the first of 158 A321neo\u2019s to be delivered to the ultra-low-cost carrier by leading airplane manufacturer Airbus between now and 2029. Frontier currently has 226 aircraft in total on order which will nearly triple its fleet size by the end of the decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2022\/10\/american-airlines-makes-investment-in-universal-hydrogen.html\">American Airlines makes investment in Universal Hydrogen.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event also included the unveiling of an eye-catching special edition livery. 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