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===Fleet strategy and aircraft orders=== In common with other [[low-cost carrier]]s, EasyJet has a strategy of operating just one aircraft type. Initially, it used [[Boeing 737]] aircraft exclusively, but in October 2002, it ordered 120 [[Airbus A319]] aircraft, plus 120 [[Option (aircraft purchasing)|options]].<ref name="KE"/><ref name="ABORD1">{{cite news | last = Osborne | first = Alistair | title =Snub for Boeing as Airbus lands EasyJet deal |work=The Daily Telegraph | date = 15 October 2002 | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/01/10/cxmktrep110.xml | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080119183759/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/01/10/cxmktrep110.xml | url-status = dead | archive-date = 19 January 2008 | access-date =21 January 2008 | location=London}}</ref> Since then, all orders have been from the Airbus A320 family, and the Boeing aircraft have been phased out. With the acquisition of [[GB Airways]] in 2007, EasyJet inherited nine Airbus A320 and six [[Airbus A321]] aircraft. This gave the airline some time to evaluate the feasibility of operating these larger aircraft. Based on this evaluation, EasyJet exchanged 25 A319 orders for A320s in July 2008 and later removed the A321 aircraft from the fleet.<ref name="GB1"/><ref name="GB2"/><ref name="GB3"/><ref name="GB4"/> On 18 June 2013, the airline announced an intention to acquire – subject to shareholder approval – 35 Airbus A320 aircraft, for delivery between 2015 and 2017, and 100 Airbus A320neo aircraft for delivery between 2017 and 2022.<ref name="neo-order">{{cite web |url=http://corporate.EasyJet.com/media/latest-news/news-year-2013/18-06-2013-en.aspx?sc_lang=en |title=easyJet Media Centre |work=easyjet.com |date = 18 June 2013}}</ref> As part of the agreement, the airline will have purchase rights on a further 100 A320neo aircraft.<ref name="neo-order" /> The current generation A320s and fifty of the A320neos will replace the current A319 aircraft.<ref name="neo-order" /> On 15 May 2017, EasyJet announced the conversion of 30 A320neo orders into A321neo aircraft to be used on busier routes.<ref name="ACF order conv" /> The then-CEO of EasyJet, Carolyn McCall, stated of the change: "bigger planes would help easyJet increase capacity in slot-constrained airports at peak times, such as Geneva, Amsterdam and London Gatwick". She added that the A321neos would help to cut costs by 9 per cent.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/content/23b94648-3a08-11e7-ac89-b01cc67cfeec |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/23b94648-3a08-11e7-ac89-b01cc67cfeec |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-status=live |title=EasyJet's losses widen on sterling weakness |website=Financial Times |date=16 May 2017 |language=en-GB |url-access=subscription |access-date=25 February 2018}}</ref> The company took delivery of the first A321neo on 18 July 2018 at the [[Farnborough International Airshow]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pilotcareernews.com/easyjet-takes-delivery-of-first-a321neo/ |title=easyJet takes delivery of first A321neo |publisher=Pilot Career News |date=24 July 2018 |access-date=24 July 2018}}</ref> On 20 November 2018, EasyJet ordered an additional 17 A320neo, taking their total neo order, including the A321neo, to 147.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2018/11/easyjet-orders-additional-17-a320neo.html |title=EasyJet orders additional 17 A320neos |publisher=Airbus |access-date=20 November 2018}}</ref> On 19 November 2019, EasyJet ordered an additional 12 A320neo, taking the total neo orders, including the A321neo, to 159.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2019/11/easyjet-orders-12-more-airbus-a320neo-aircraft.html|title=EasyJet orders 12 more Airbus A320neo aircraft|website=Airbus|language=en|access-date=13 January 2020}}</ref> On 20 July 2022, during the Farnborough International Airshow, EasyJet confirmed the placing of an order for 56 A320neo, including an upsizing of 18 A320neo from their original order to the longer A321neo model. EasyJet was reported to have secured a significant reduction on the list price of the aircraft as part of their original 2013 deal with Airbus.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 July 2022 |title=easyJet confirms order for a further 56 A320neo Family aircraft {{!}} Airbus |url=https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2022-07-easyjet-confirms-order-for-a-further-56-a320neo-family-aircraft |access-date=14 September 2022 |website=www.airbus.com |language=en}}</ref> In December 2023, the airline ordered β56 A320neo and 101 A321neo aircraft.<ref>{{cite news |date=19 December 2023 |title=Airbus wins order from easyJet for additional 157 aircraft |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/airbus-wins-order-easyjet-additional-157-aircraft-2023-12-19/ |access-date=24 December 2023 |newspaper=Reuters}}</ref>
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