CIT Group Inc. announced that CIT Aerospace has placed an order with Airbus for 10 A350 XWB aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2019. This order adds to CIT's total order book as of September 30, 2012 of 157 aircraft of which 88 were Airbus aircraft.

Including this latest announcement, CIT has ordered a total of 253 Airbus aircraft comprising 187 A320 Family, 51 A330 Family and 15 A350 XWB Family.