SriLankan Airlines issues A330 dry-lease RFP

SriLankan Airlines has issued a Request for Proposal for the dry lease of five A330-200s or A330-300s for six years with bids due by March 27, 2023. The state-owned carrier expects the delivery of all five aircraft within 2023 under six-year contracts. SriLankan has yet to publish detailed information concerning its requirements for the aircraft. The RFP follows an unsuccessful tender in December 2022, which covered five A330s and five A320s. SriLankan Airlines said earlier it needed the five newly leased widebody aircraft to replace the current A330s, the leases of which are due to expire shortly. The ch-aviation fleets advanced module shows the airline's widebody fleet currently comprises five A330-200s, which are 20.5 years old on average, and seven -300s, which are 7.8 years old on average. <br/>