AirAsia has become the largest customer for the Airbus A321neo after converting 253 of its A320neo orders to the larger variant.

Following the upsizing, 353 of a total of 593 A320-family aircraft the carrier has on order will be for the A321neo variant.

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Airbus says the change will enable to budget airline to offer higher capacity in response to ongoing strong demand across its network.

To date, the airline has taken delivery of 224 A320-family aircraft, operating them from bases in Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines and Thailand.

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