Jet Airways has entered into a lease agreement with Avolon for Airbus A320. As per the sources, the six-month-old aircraft was leased to Russian carrier S7 Airlines. The aircraft was ferried back from Toulouse to Maastricht in the Netherlands for a fresh coat of paint.
Jet Airways has been facing delays in re-starting operations, initially, the airline claimed to launch operations by October 2022, but now the plan is postponed by another month.
Meanwhile, the spokesperson of the Jalan Kalrock Consortium, said: “There is no deadline; target dates are set by us alone, and we have always maintained that this is a marathon, not a sprint. We had said we were targeting to launch by October 2022, and we are tracking quite close to that.”
The airline stated that it is very close to finalising its initial fleet plan in preparation for opening for sale soon and restart of operations in the coming weeks.
Sources claim that Jet Airways is in advanced talks with Airbus about potentially ordering 50 A220s valued at around $1.8 billion after discounts and with a delivery timeline starting around 2025. Talks are also ongoing with Boeing for a sizeable fleet of 737Max orders.
The airline is yet to announce an official order for the aircraft, in the meanwhile the airline plans to restart operations with leased A320neo and 737Max aircraft.
Meanwhile, the airline’s new owners, the Jalan Kalrock consortium are expected to give an update on Jet’s debt restructuring and acquiring new aircraft in India’s Bankruptcy court on October 11, 2022.