DELTA Air Lines has agreed to purchase 29 used Boeing 737-900ERs and to lease seven used Airbus SE A350-900s to help replenish its retiring fleet of 200 aircraft mothballed after Covid lockdowns, reports Bloomberg.
Deliveries of the planes will be completed by the first quarter of 2022, pending unspecified closing conditions and modifications, Atlanta-based delta said. The aircraft are more fuel efficient than those they are replacing.
Delta joins other carriers in having lockdown cause them to rid fleets of older, aircraft and move to larger planes that put more seats on routes and reduce expenses.
Delta shaved about two years off of its average fleet age, removed four aircraft types and set plans to retire another 200 planes in coming years.
'These aircraft are an investment in Delta's future,' said CEO Ed Bastian.
Delta will lease the wide-body A350s through AerCap Holdings, the largest aircraft leasing firm by fleet value, and buy 27 of the single-aisle 737-900ERs from funds managed by Castlelake LP. The two remaining 737-900ERs will be financed from funds also managed by Castlelake, Delta said.
The airline has 15 A350s in service and 20 on order. The 29 737-900ERs will bring the total of that aircraft type in Delta's fleet to 159.
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Deliveries of the planes will be completed by the first quarter of 2022, pending unspecified closing conditions and modifications, Atlanta-based delta said. The aircraft are more fuel efficient than those they are replacing.
Delta joins other carriers in having lockdown cause them to rid fleets of older, aircraft and move to larger planes that put more seats on routes and reduce expenses.
Delta shaved about two years off of its average fleet age, removed four aircraft types and set plans to retire another 200 planes in coming years.
'These aircraft are an investment in Delta's future,' said CEO Ed Bastian.
Delta will lease the wide-body A350s through AerCap Holdings, the largest aircraft leasing firm by fleet value, and buy 27 of the single-aisle 737-900ERs from funds managed by Castlelake LP. The two remaining 737-900ERs will be financed from funds also managed by Castlelake, Delta said.
The airline has 15 A350s in service and 20 on order. The 29 737-900ERs will bring the total of that aircraft type in Delta's fleet to 159.
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