Turkish Airlines and Air Lease trim passenger A350 orders

Turkish Airlines and US lessor Air Lease each appear to have trimmed their commitments to the passenger Airbus A350, the airframer’s full-year backlog figures show. The Turkish flag-carrier has cut three A350-900s from its backlog, reducing the number to 20. Air Lease has also dropped a pair of A350-900s as well as a pair of the larger A350-1000. The lessor has newly-ordered seven A350 freighters, however, which raises the company’s net commitment to the A350 family by three, to 33 aircraft. Air Lease has taken delivery of 17 A350s – comprising 12 -900s and five -1000s – while Turkish Airlines has received five -900s. Airbus has secured overall orders for 917 A350s including seven A350 freighters.<br/>