Aviation Tycoon Neeleman Eager Buyer for Proposed New Airbus Jet
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David Neeleman
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Airline entrepreneur David Neeleman said he’d be at the front of the line for a proposed new longer-range Airbus SE jetliner if it’s launched at next month’s Paris Air Show, as widely expected.
“We’d definitely be interested in that airplane,” Neeleman said on Friday of the Airbus A321XLR, which wouldn’t start deliveries until 2023. “I wish it was coming sooner," he said during an interview in Chicago.