Overview
- Airbus and Vietjet confirmed the June memorandum has been converted into a binding purchase of 100 A321neo jets.
- Airbus said the finalized contract takes Vietjet’s A321neo backlog to 280 aircraft.
- Vietjet confirmed a Rolls‑Royce Trent 7000 deal tied to its A330neo widebodies, with reports citing either 40 or 92 engines.
- Financial terms were not disclosed; an internal document seen by Reuters put the Airbus portion near $25 billion and the Rolls‑Royce package at $3.8 billion, while other outlets reported different totals.
- The carrier framed the purchases as central to network expansion and fleet modernization, and the announcements coincided with a visit by Vietnam’s top leader To Lam to the United Kingdom.