Virgin America takes delivery of second A321 NEO

Virgin America (US) has taken delivery of the second Airbus A321 NEO (leased from GECAS), and remains the only operator of the re-engined type thus far. Virgin America was in late 2016 acquired by Alaska Airlines, and is expected to be fully integrated into the Seattle based airline over the next two years. Alaska, an all Boeing operator in it's mainline fleet, has stated recently that it is has no plan to change to an all Airbus fleet. Based on existing lease expiration dates, Alaska / Virgin can be expected to operate a mixed Airbus / Boeing fleet for many years to come. [Postscript: as of mid July 2017, Alaska indicated it would in fact seek to remove Virgin America's Airbus fleet, and replace them over time with Boeing aircraft].