Spring Airlines (9C, Shanghai Hongqiao) has secured three A320-200s on lease from DAE Capital of which the first, B-1023 (msn 8060), was handed over to the carrier this past weekend.

According to the Dubai-based lessor, all three jets are equipped with CFM International CFM56-5B4/3 PIP engines and will be delivered direct from Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac).

With B-1023's arrival and subsequent deployment into service in China, Spring Airlines now has five A320-200s on lease from DAE which will grow to seven with the delivery of the other two aircraft later this year.

Spring Airlines currently operates a total of seventy-seven A320-200s and is readying itself for the delivery of its first A320neo during the second half of the year.