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Air Lease Announces Delivery of First of Four New Airbus A321XLR Aircraft to Qanot Sharq
LOS ANGELES, December 19, 2025--Today Air Lease (NYSE: AL) announced the delivery of one new Airbus A321-200neo XLR aircraft to Uzbekistan based airline, Qanot Sharq. This is the first A321XLR to join Qanot Sharq’s fleet and the first of four new A321XLR aircraft to deliver to the airline on long-term lease from Air Lease.
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