(FILES) A Airbus A320neo takes off for its first test flight in Blagnac near Toulouse, south-wester France on September 25, 2014. The Chinese airline China Southern announced on April 30, 2026 that it had placed an order for 137 Airbus A320neo aircraft 102 for itself and 35 for its subsidiary Xiamen Air in a statement to the Shanghai Stock Exchange. (Photo by ERIC CABANIS / AFP via Getty Images)