New Engine Option — the A320 re-engined for 15–20% less fuel ·First flight 2014 · In service 2016
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Airbus launched the neo (New Engine Option) on 1 December 2010. The airframe stays almost the same as the A320ceo, but it swaps the CFM56/V2500 for much larger-fan engines — the CFM LEAP-1A or the geared Pratt & Whitney PW1100G — and has sharklets as standard. The result is 15–20% lower fuel burn than the A320ceo.
The first A320neo flew from Toulouse on 25 September 2014. Lufthansa took the first delivery in January 2016 and flew the first commercial neo service on 25 January 2016.
More than 4,400 A320neo have been ordered and over 2,500 delivered. India's IndiGo is the largest operator of the neo family.
