avianca and GOL parent Abra to add 50 Airbus A320neo and 7 A330-900s
The group signed firm leases for up to five Airbus A330-900s, and LoIs for two aircraft of the type.
Abra Group, the parent company of avianca, GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes (GOL), the Chilean startup NG Servicios Aéreos, and a strategic investor in Wamos Air, has announced that it ordered an additional 50 Airbus A320neo aircraft and would lease up to seven A330-900s for its airlines.
On October 16, 2025, Abra Group said that it has exercised options for 50 additional A320neo aircraft, bringing its total backlog of the type to 138 units, which should be delivered by 2032. The first A320neo of the order, fitted with the Airspace cabin, should be delivered to avianca by the end of the year, it said.
In addition to the A320neo aircraft orders, the group already has a backlog of 96 Boeing 737 MAXs, which are scheduled to be delivered by 2030. Considering that avianca has no Boeing narrowbody aircraft (it operates 787-8s), and GOL has no Airbus single-aisle jets, it can be assumed that the A320neos will go to the Colombian carrier, while the 737 MAX aircraft will be joining the Brazilian airline’s fleet.
Adrian Neuhauser, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Abra Group, said that the exercised options have confirmed that the group continues making the necessary investments “to provide millions of people with greater access to air travel, consolidating our position as one of the largest and most competitive airline groups in Latin America.”
Neuhauser detailed that the A320neos will be used for growth and replacement, with Airbus filings showing that as of September 30, 2025, avianca had an orderbook of 79 A320neo and two A321neos, the latter of which had been delivered by Airbus.
The two A321neo aircraft left avianca’s fleet in March 2020, joining Oman’s SalamAir in 2022, per planespotters.net.
In addition to the 50 A320neo options that were exercised by Abra Group, the company signed two lease agreements with Avolon for seven A330-900s, according to a filing by GOL.
Five A330-900 aircraft would be delivered in 2026, while the leases for the remaining two have yet to firmed up as the group and the lessor signed a letter of intent (LoI).
“The Aircraft may be operated by any company of the Abra Group, with the ownership and financial costs of Aircraft to be borne by the respective operator.”
Abra Group will determine which airline will receive the A330-900s, basing its decision on operational and financial needs, opportunities, and the operational and financial situations of each airline within the group, the filing read.
The next-generation A330 aircraft could be sent to avianca or Wamos Air, considering that both airlines have passenger and/or cargo A330ceos in their fleets. The former had operated passenger A330s as well, with planespotters.net records showing that it gradually exited A330 passenger operations between November 2014 and March 2023.
Wamos Air, the Spain-based aircraft, crew, maintenance, and insurance (ACMI) operator, has 13 A330s, split between five A330-200 and eight A330-300 aircraft, which operate flights on behalf of other airlines or fly charters.
The Spanish airline would not be the first ACMI and/or charter operator to take delivery of A330-900s, with Spain and Portugal-based Iberojet operating two, as well as Denmark’s Sunclass Airlines flying two aircraft of the type.
In July 2024, Abra Group and Airbus signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for five A350-900 aircraft.
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