The Chilean low-cost airline, Sky Airline, has received a new Airbus A321neo. The aircraft is currently in the delivery flight, and it is estimated to arrive in Chile between the evening of Sunday, November 26, and the morning of Monday, November 27.
Sky Airline has not received any aircraft since December 9, 2021, when the last A321neo with registration CC-DCC was added to its fleet. The new aircraft, registered as CC-DCC, is the fourth A321neo that the airline will add to its fleet.
The delivery flight departed from the Airbus facilities in Hamburg (XFW) heading to Santiago de Chile (SCL), making two technical stops in Keflavik (KEF) and Miami (MIA). The aircraft is equipped with CFM LEAP engines, which power the entire Sky Airline fleet and do not have significant operational issues like the Pratt & Whitney engines.
The current fleet of the company consists of 29 aircraft: 25 Airbus A320neo with a capacity of 186 passengers and 4 Airbus A321neo, including the CC-DCD, which can accommodate up to 238 passengers.
Recently, Sky Airline has expanded its presence in the Brazilian market by increasing the frequencies of the routes Santiago (SCL)-Florianópolis (FLN) and Lima (LIM)-San Pabo (GRU).
The A321neo aircraft of Sky Airline primarily operate in the Chilean domestic market, although they are also scheduled for some international flights such as Santiago-Lima-Cancún or Santiago-Buenos Aires.
