AirAsia looks to slash fleet with fewer leased planes, orders
Malaysia’s AirAsia Group is looking to slash dozens of planes from its fleet by returning aircraft to lessors, Group CE Tony Fernandes said on Thursday. “We are not going to buy new planes and we are going to return as many as we can. I estimate by the end of next year we’ll be flying 180 planes,” Fernandes told reporters. The group currently has 245 aircraft. He said the group has is already looking at returning 22 planes from this year. Fernandes said AirAsia remains in talks with Airbus about reducing pending orders. “I don’t see us getting into a position where we want to buy planes for a number of years. And even if we want to buy planes, there will probably be a lot of cheap secondhand planes,” Fernandes said.<br/>
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AirAsia looks to slash fleet with fewer leased planes, orders
Malaysia’s AirAsia Group is looking to slash dozens of planes from its fleet by returning aircraft to lessors, Group CE Tony Fernandes said on Thursday. “We are not going to buy new planes and we are going to return as many as we can. I estimate by the end of next year we’ll be flying 180 planes,” Fernandes told reporters. The group currently has 245 aircraft. He said the group has is already looking at returning 22 planes from this year. Fernandes said AirAsia remains in talks with Airbus about reducing pending orders. “I don’t see us getting into a position where we want to buy planes for a number of years. And even if we want to buy planes, there will probably be a lot of cheap secondhand planes,” Fernandes said.<br/>
