FlyOne Armenia has converted its May 2026 Airbus memorandum of understanding into a firm order for two Airbus A321neos, the Yerevan-based carrier and Airbus confirmed on September 30, 2026. Air Journal and FlightGlobal both report that the deal is FlyOne Armenia’s first direct purchase of new aircraft from Airbus, following a preliminary agreement announced during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Yerevan in May.
The two A321neos will be fitted with 239 all-economy seats and CFM International LEAP-1A engines. CFM had said in July that FlyOne Armenia signed an MoU for four LEAP-1A engines covering the pair of jets. Airbus has not published a delivery schedule in the September announcement. Chief executive Aram Khachatryan called the direct Airbus order a symbolic step for fleet modernization and long-term growth, according to the Airbus statement quoted by Air Journal.
FlyOne Armenia, founded in 2021 and based at Yerevan Zvartnots, says it serves more than 26 destinations across Europe, the Middle East and the CIS, naming Paris, Nice, Rome, Moscow and Tbilisi among them. The airline reported more than three million cumulative passengers by the end of 2025 and currently operates seven A320-family aircraft, including one A319CJ government jet, per Air Journal’s September 30 account.
France sits early in the airline’s history: first Lyon flying in December 2021 and a regular Yerevan–Paris Charles de Gaulle service from spring 2022. Locking in A321neos with LEAP-1As extends that Franco-Armenian industrial thread while giving FlyOne a higher-capacity, lower-burn single-aisle for thicker leisure and VFR banks out of Zvartnots International Airport.
For a seven-aircraft A320ceo operator, two firm A321neos are a material step-up in gauge. The 239-seat single-class layout points to leisure density rather than a premium European product. Without a published delivery year, network growth plans that depend on the jets remain indicative; passengers should not assume immediate aircraft swaps on Paris or Rome this winter.
Airbus continues to market the A320neo family on a claim of at least 20% lower fuel burn and CO₂ per seat versus previous-generation single-aisles—context for why a CIS leisure carrier would firm LEAP-powered neos even while older ceo metal still flies. Until deliveries begin, FlyOne’s day-to-day product will remain the current A320-family fleet described in the September coverage.
Aviation Shop will watch for a delivery window in later Airbus or FlyOne updates. This report relies on Air Journal and FlightGlobal coverage of the September 30, 2026 firm order and on the seat, engine and fleet figures those outlets attributed to Airbus and the airline; delivery timing is explicitly undisclosed in the materials reviewed here.
Readers should treat schedule filings, fleet counts and cabin numbers as time-stamped: airlines revise reservations data, and delivery calendars can slip after an announcement window. Aviation Shop will update this file if a primary source changes a material figure such as aircraft type, weekly frequency, seat count or an effective date cited above.
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