Air aviation news – DHL Air (D0, East Midlands) will add its first Airbus aircraft, namely five converted A330-200(P2F)s on lease from CaixaBank. The deal marks the entry of the Valencian financial institution into the aircraft dry leasing market.
Between July 2022 and May 2023, the British carrier, owned by DHL Express, signed lease contracts for the five aircraft, M-WPCW (msn 1157), M-TGKG (msn 1544), M-PVDM (msn 1374), M-MPSD (msn 1408), and M-SVGS (msn 1338), according to UK Companies House records. The first two are ex-Singapore Airlines (SQ, Singapore Changi) stock, while the other three were previously operated by Thai Airways International (TG, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi). All five aircraft are currently under conversion at Dresden, the ch-aviation fleets advanced module shows.
The airline did not disclose any delivery dates.
DHL Air currently operates five B757-200(SF)s, four B767-300ER(BCF)s, two B767-300ER(BDSF)s, four B767-300Fs, and five B777-200Fs. While most DHL-affiliated production carriers operate Boeing freighters, the group’s largest airline, Germany’s EAT Leipzig (QY, Leipzig/Halle),…
Thai Airways mulls 90-strong aircraft order – report
13.09.2023 – 03:11 UTCThai Airways International (TG, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) is in talks with the two big aircraft manufacturers about an order for as many as 95 aircraft, according to a Reuters report. Talks, reportedly still in a “very early stage,” concern a potential order for 15 narrowbody aircraft and 80 widebodies.
The majority-state-owned airline, which continues to work its way through a court-supervised restructuring program to tackle THB400 billion baht (USD11.3 billion) worth of accrued debt, had previously said it wanted to sign an order for an additional 30 aircraft by the end of 2023. This latest report triples that number.
Having posted losses for a decade, Thai Airways is now profitable but handicapped by a shortage of aircraft, which it is attempting to address in the short term through leasing arrangements. Thai’s fleet currently comprises five former Thai Smile A320-200s, three A330-300s, fourteen A350-900s, six B777-200ERs, seventeen B777-300ERs, six B787-8s, and two B787-9s. The airline also says it has secured twelve A321neo-type aircraft on lease, with deliveries across…