AirBlue to lease two used Airbus A321-200 aircraft

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 6:48 am

Just got following info from my friend Alexandre Avrane - ATDB

AirBlue has signed an agreement with International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) to lease two used Airbus A321-200 aircraft. The two aircraft are powered by V2533-A5 engines and will be delivered to AirBlue in December 2005. The lease terms are for 5 years each.

Amaad Lone · Post by **Amaad Lone** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 7:04 am

Great job Air Blue.

The A321s are probably for the Dubai route.

Will the Turkish A320s return after the ILFC A321s arrive??

Amad

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 7:24 am

Following are the two Airbus A321s leased by AirBlue from ILFC

Airbus A321-231
Year of Make: 2000
Last Operator: Aero Flight
Last Registration: D-ARFB
Photo link: http://planepictures.net/netshow.php?id=404251

Airbus A321-231
Year of Make: 2000
Last Operator: Aero Flight
Last Registration: D-ARFA
Photo link: http://planepictures.net/netshow.php?id=411276

ord · Post by **ord** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 8:16 am

Fantastic.

DARFA was delievered on April 1, 2004.
DARFB was delievered on March 26, 2004.

So for all intents and purposes, these aircraft are brand new.

Yeah, I think these will be used on the DXB route. The Turkish wet-lease a/c were supposed to be an off-peak season a/c, which is a bit strange because we are heading in to the peak DEC/JAN season right now.

Abbas Ali · Post by **Abbas Ali** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 8:53 am

ord wrote:Fantastic.

DARFA was delievered on April 1, 2004.
DARFB was delievered on March 26, 2004.

So for all intents and purposes, these aircraft are brand new.

D-ARFB - Built in year 2000 and delivered to ILFC/Aero Lloyd as D-ALAM on April 13, 2000. Acquired by Aero Flight on April 1, 2004 as D-ARFB. Aircraft grounded since October 31, 2005.

D-ARFA - Built in year 2000 and delivered to ILFC/Aero Lloyd as D-ALAN on April 28, 2000. Acquired by Aero Flight on March 4, 2004 as D-ARFA. Aircraft grounded since October 31, 2005.

AirBlue · Post by **AirBlue** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 9:36 am

acha...maybe the shaheen crew that has been sent for training is for these aswell as the other A320s...the current staff still needs to be trained on the A321s which will take 2 days of training

raza · Post by **raza** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 2:13 pm

Why are they leasing these a/c for five years. I thought they have bought 8 A320s

AP-BGL · Post by **AP-BGL** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:07 pm

It wil be very nice to see Airblue with A321s. Will they have Pakistani registration as well?

raza wrote:Why are they leasing these a/c for five years. I thought they have bought 8 A320s

By the end of five years all of the 10 planes which AirBlue is going to have will be deleivered and these two A321s will surely help acomodating heavy pax load which Airblue can have for sure in near future.

Kashif · Post by **Kashif** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:09 pm

Simple. With 2 A321 they can swap to bigger capacity on their routes when needed.

AirBlue · Post by **AirBlue** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 3:11 am

http://ilfc.com/press/2005%20Air%20Blue.htm

PK777 · Post by **PK777** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 4:43 pm

Good news to see AB expanding, you have to notice that Airblue is going planning a full airbus fleet

and what a line up it is

4 Airbus A320
8 Airbus A320 ( on order )
2 Airbus A321
2 Airbus A330 ( on order )

AP-BFU · Post by **AP-BFU** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 5:03 pm

Is the 330 for the manchester route ??? and do Pia and Airblue co operate when i was in pakistan in lahore airport a airblue bird was in and its realy nice mashallah

AirBlue · Post by **AirBlue** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 6:49 pm

PiaAP-BFU wrote:Is the 330 for the manchester route ???

Yes and for the USA route. But right now they will be starting MAN next June

Charliedelta11 · Post by **Charliedelta11** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 6:33 am

what i've just learnt is that Airbus industrie has asked airblue to get experience pilots first ..only then will the A330 be delivered....since their own pilots do not have enough airline experience on wdie body aircraft..they were looking for PIA pilots and offering 400G's as the starting salary for them provided they joined air blue...but ofcourse the government asked them not to hire PIA pilots..so until they can get their hands on experienced pilots..which probably wont be form Pakistan..the A330 is still miles away..

AirBlue · Post by **AirBlue** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 8:10 am

Charliedelta11 wrote:what i've just learnt is that Airbus industrie has asked airblue to get experience pilots first ..only then will the A330 be delivered....since their own pilots do not have enough airline experience on wdie body aircraft..they were looking for PIA pilots and offering 400G's as the starting salary for them provided they joined air blue...but ofcourse the government asked them not to hire PIA pilots..so until they can get their hands on experienced pilots..which probably wont be form Pakistan..the A330 is still miles away..

LOL ill have to disagree on that man....first and most important thing is the cockpit commonality so lets just forget about the experience think.......wide body.....hmm.....ED has ex-PAF pilots which had been flying the B707, C-130's and B737 (VIP Sqdn).....so that will not be a problem as well.....ED wont hire non pakistani crew...yea for training purpose ofcourse but not for ever....wen the airline started.....the pilots were gone for training about a month or more before the first flight.....same thing with the A330's.....right now they are concentrating on the A320 family and training the shaheen crew for that.....and will send the current best fit pilots for the A330.....mind you...pilots who do not qualify for the necessary hours on a A320 will not be sent to the A330....mostly the Capt.'s of the A320 will be sent to the A330's .... if required , again, the best fit F/O's will be taken in for that a/c

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