AEGEAN is planning a special purpose sub fleet of four A321neo with extended range and upgraded cabin quality version to cater to non-EU markets like South and South-East Greece. The cabin configuration of these four A321neos will be entirely different with a higher level of comfort for both Economy and Business Class passengers. AGEAN plans to achieve this by reducing the seat count from 220 seats in typical AGEAN’s A321neo version to less than 180 seats.
Additional features will include satellite connectivity, in-flight entertainment (IFE screens) in every seat and most importantly a premium lie-flat seat Business Class product.
These new upgraded “special purpose” aircraft will be delivered to AEGEAN in 2026 and 2027.
Stressing the need of higher comfort and extensive features for passengers Dimitris Gerogiannis, chief executive, AGEAN believes that this is a great opportunity for AEGEAN and for our country that lies in developing markets beyond the EU, either in the Gulf area, Africa or in regions of Asia which could be served with a special, extended range, version of the A321neo given our location in the southeast edge of Europe. “We are making a significant investment in the extended range and a totally new level of comfort for an initial four aircraft sub-fleet to give our crews the right tool to best represent AEGEAN values for these longer flight markets,” Gerogiannis adds.
AGEAN indents to fly these aircraft to destinations in the Gulf, such as currently served (Riyadh, Jeddah, Dubai) or potential new (e.g., Bahrein, Doha, Oman), but also in Central Africa (e.g., Lagos, Addis Ababa, Nairobi) and in Asia with the potential to serve routes such as Delhi or Mumbai in India or Almati in Kazakhstan. These non-EU destinations due to the longer flight duration and market characteristics are typically served to/from European capitals by carriers using aircraft invariably with higher comfort and lower seat density than the typical intra-European cabin configuration
Through this investment and the quality of its crews AGEAN aims to serve and develop such markets.
