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India’s IndiGo close to 500 A320neo Family order - report

IndiGo Airlines (6E, Delhi International) is reportedly edging towards a deal to acquire as many as 500 A320neo Family aircraft from Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac), unnamed aviation industry sources told news agency Reuters on the sidelines of the IATA World Air Transport Summit in Istanbul this week.

The European manufacturer is the frontrunner in the potential agreement, but Airbus and Boeing (BOE, Washington National) are still competing in separate talks to sell twenty-five widebodies - A330neo or B787s - to the same airline, the sources said.

According to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module, IndiGo Airlines’ fleet is dominated by Airbus jets, with hundreds more of them already on order. It currently operates 165 A320-200Ns with 175 more of the type on order, twenty-one A320-200s, eighty-four A321-200NX with 237 more on order, two A321-200(P2F)s, and thirty-nine ATR72-600s. It also has sixty-nine A321-200NY(XLR)s to be delivered. In addition, the carrier is wet-leasing in three B777-300(ER) widebodies from Turkish Airlines (TK, Istanbul Airport).

Lessor puts ex-SAS A350-900 up for sale

ORIX Aviation has mandated Airstream International Group to sell the first A350-900 returned by SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK, Copenhagen Kastrup) as a part of its ongoing restructuring.

SE-RSC (msn 391) was retired by the Scandinavian carrier in August 2022 and subsequently ferried for storage to Lourdes/Tarbes on November 29, 2022, Flightradar24 ADS-B data shows. It remains parked at the French airport. The 2020-vintage aircraft is configured for up to 300 passengers, including 228 in economy class, 32 in premium economy, and 40 in business.

It is one of two A350-900s retired by SAS after just two years of service in August 2022. EI-HJZ (msn 378), formerly SE-RSB, has been parked at Victorville since early January 2023. The Scandinavian airline continues to operate a fleet of four A350-900s and retains two more on firm order from Airbus, with deliveries estimated by ch-aviation for 2024.

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