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http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/air-india-to-lease-19-airbus-a320-aircraft/article4692902.ece

Air India to lease 19 Airbus A-320 aircraft

May 7

Air India plans to lease 19 Airbus A-320 aircraft, which will be able to fly 180 passengers in an all-economy configuration.

The proposal to lease the aircraft, which will replace the same number of A-320 aircraft being phased out, was approved at the airline’s board meeting here on Tuesday.

The aircraft being phased out were acquired as part of an order placed by Indian Airlines in 1989; 14 of the A-320s being phased out are owned by Air India, while five are leased.

While the owned aircraft will be sold, the leased ones will be returned after the agreements lapse.

The induction of the leased capacity, which is expected to begin in the third quarter of this fiscal, will see an increase in seats being offered by the airline. Each of the aircraft being phased out offers seats ranging from 144 to 168.

The new aircraft will seat 180 passengers and help the airline fight competition from low-cost airlines that fly passengers in an all-economy class configuration.

harshwcam3 · Member Joined: 18 Oct 2012 Posts: 114

They can probably get their hands on the impounded IT 320's (ex DN) which were already configured in all economy and use them i.e if these aircrafts are capable to fly after the scavenging done by IT.

The_Goat · Posted: Tue May 07, 2013 11:55 pm Post subject:

747-237 · Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 5:10 pm Post subject:

Tender for Lease in of new A320 with Sharklets powered by CFM56-5B4/3 PIP engine, on dry lease for a lease period of SIX (6) years.
19 Nos.

http://mmd.airindia.co.in/aimmd/tender/TENDER%20DOCUMENT%20LEASE%20AIRCRAFT.pdf

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747-237 · Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 3:36 pm Post subject:

http://www.firstpost.com/business/air-india-cant-find-a-single-lessor-for-a320s-another-tender-in-the-offing-1103411.html

Air India can’t find a single lessor for A320s, another tender in the offing

Sep 12, 2013

Air India has been unable to lease 19 Airbus 320 aircraft, for which it put out a global tender last month, and may have to alter tender conditions before seeking quotations from lessors again.

A senior AI official confirmed to Firstpost that not a single lessor has come forward to lease brand new A320 aircraft, which the airline wanted to lease initially for six years.

“New aircraft means much less maintenance costs. But lessors probably do not agree with all of our lease conditions. We wanted brand new aircraft for six year lease and they would have progressively replaced the entire A320 family fleet. We will now hold discussions with lessors and put out another tender, perhaps with a longer lease tenure,” this official said.

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jasepl · Member Joined: 26 Jul 2008 Posts: 4257 Location: bund-bay

No one wants to give AI the planes, because a year-old aircraft will look like it's 40 years old within a month.
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Nimish · Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 5:31 pm Post subject:

747-237 · Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 5:34 pm Post subject:

Spiderguy252 · Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 1:57 pm Post subject:

To label AI's plans for their fleet as a merry-go-round is a bit of an understatement; they're well oiled giant wheels. How many stories have we heard about their grandiose plans for leasing out or selling VT-ALA/B/C, getting a few 320s for IX, all-Y 320 leases for the mainline, and whatnot.
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747-237 · Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 3:07 pm Post subject:

Air India officials on Friday met aircraft leasing companies to rework the terms and conditions for leasing new aircraft, confirmed the official adding, “We are expecting to induct the new planes (on lease) to our fleet by the first quarter or (latest) the second quarter of the next fiscal.”

Among other things, the airline is said to be negotiating hard on the rentals of the new aircraft that it plans to induct in its fleet. It could also increase the lease tenure for the aircraft from the proposed six years before seeking a quotation from the lessors again.

http://www.financialexpress.com/news/air-india-plans-to-scrap-14-ageing-a320s-after-march/1170443
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747-237 · Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 11:25 pm Post subject:

http://www.firstpost.com/business/ai-blames-engineer-for-dreamliner-panel-fall-suspends-him-1179645.html

AI is already facing aircraft shortage as it has embarked on an ambitious plan to replce 19 old Airbus 320 aircraft with new ones; lease on 5 other A 319 aircraft is expiring.
Air India has been unable to find new A320s and is being compelled to renew the lease of the A319s at higher lease rentals to overcome aircraft shortage.
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747-237 · Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 5:36 pm Post subject:

Tender has been renewed, with the period amended to "period of maximum up to Twelve (12) years."

• Upto 07 aircraft required in Fourth Quarter of 2013/14.
• Upto 04 aircraft required in FY 2014/15.
• Upto 08 aircraft required in FY 2015/16.
However, earlier deliveries will also be considered

http://mmd.airindia.co.in/aimmd/tender/Tender%20HMM%2014%20A320Lease%20ENQ%2002%20dt%2024%20Oct%202013.pdf

747-237 · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 9:29 pm Post subject:

http://zeenews.india.com/business/news/companies/ai-to-soon-conclude-lease-of-five-airbus-a-320-planes_97235.html

AI to soon conclude lease of five Airbus A-320 planes

April 02, 2014

Air India, which has issued a tender for 12 Airbus A-320s, would soon conclude the lease of five of these aircraft, which would be in an all-economy configuration, airline sources said on Wednesday.

The national carrier's capacity is expected to grow by 9.2 percent with the addition of six more Boeing 787 Dreamliners to the fleet, they said. As of February this year, the airline has 13 Dreamliners in its fleet out of a total order of 27.

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747-237 · Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 7:56 pm Post subject:

The tender is up again and has been modified :

Only 14 x A320s this time around (I guess the deal for the 5 above is solid).
No more " brand new with sharklets " A320s, but "Old (upto 6 years vintage)" airframes.

However the tender mentions :

Air India additionally will shortly invite tender for dry lease of upto 14 new A320 Aircraft powered by CFM56-5B4/3 PIP Engines with Sharklets.
Air India will require a total number of 14 A320 Aircraft on dry lease (old Aircraft as per the current tender and new Aircraft as per the tender to be floated).
Air India reserves the right to select either old Aircraft or new Aircraft or a combination of both or reject fully or partly any bid submitted pursuant to this tender.

http://mmd.airindia.co.in/aimmd/tender/TENDER%20HMM_15_A320%20LEASE_ENQ%20001%20DT.%2024.04.pdf

747-237 · Posted: Fri May 02, 2014 4:25 pm Post subject:

The tender for "Lease in of (14) NEW new A320 aircraft with sharklets powered by CFM56-5B4/3 PIP engines on dry lease, for a lease period of minimum 6 years with maximum up to Twelve (12) years" is up now.

Note:
Air India has invited separate tender hosted on 24th April 2014 for dry lease of upto 14 Old A320 Aircraft (upto 6 years vintage) powered by CFM56-5B4/3 Engines with or without Sharklets.
Air India will require a total number of 14 A320 Aircraft on dry lease (old Aircraft as per the tender already released,and new Aircraft as per the current tender).
Air India reserves the right to select either old Aircraft or new Aircraft or a
combination of both or reject fully or partly any bid submitted pursuant to this tender.

http://mmd.airindia.co.in/aimmd/tender/Tender%20HMM_15_A320%20LEASE_ENQ%20002%20for%20Dry%20Lease%20of%20New%20%20A320.pdf

Spiderguy252 · Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 5:29 pm Post subject:

HAWK21M · Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 2:59 pm Post subject:

What about profits.....
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Spiderguy252 · Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 2:08 pm Post subject:

By the way, I know this is a long shot - but if and when these 320s are leased, will they feature the new AI product as on their other 319s/320s/321s introduced post 2007? Will there be IFE and all the bling?
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Karan69 · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 1334

Unlikely Spiderguy242,

The evntual plan for AI is to use the 787 [they have plenty and more to come] on all SE Asian routes including BKK DXB etc..

The 321s and 319s with ife will take over metro sectors and metro to tier 1 cities while the all y aircraft will be used for tier 1 to tier 2 city connectivity as well as off peak hour flights

Karan

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747-237 · Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 1:48 am Post subject:

http://www.financialexpress.com/news/ai-raises-410-m-to-finance-purchase-of-4-dreamliners/1256734

...... five Airbus A320 planes it has leased from a Hong Kong-based firm to combat aggressive competition on domestic routes with the imminent arrival of new entrants like AirAsia and a new airline to be started by Tata Sons, along with Singapore Airlines.

“The plan was to get 19 A320 aircraft on lease, which was to be used partly for the replacement of old fleet and partly for launching new flights on domestic routes,” the Air India executive said. “Since we have been able to lease five planes already, we will soon float another tender for the remaining 14 planes,” the Air India official said. Air India plans to operate these planes, all of them less than six years old, in an all-economy configuration with 188 seats.

747-237 · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 5:32 pm Post subject:

http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1566234/air-india-pact-china-aircraft-leasing

Air India in pact with China Aircraft Leasing

04 August, 2014

China Aircraft Leasing Group seeks to expand in Asia after becoming the first plane lessor in the region to go public last month.

The company has signed an agreement with state-owned carrier Air India to lease five Airbus A320s starting next year, chief financial officer TT Yu said, without providing a value for the contract. This is the company’s first leasing pact with a non-Chinese carrier, he said.

rutvij · Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 5:44 am Post subject:

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747-237 · Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2014 5:33 pm Post subject:

With 5 in the bag, AI continues on its search for 14 more.

Our Ref: HSP/14/RFI for A320 Lease
November 14, 2014

Air India is presently an A320 operator with an Airbus fleet of 60 A320 family aircraft – of which 43 units have an average age of less than 7 years and 14 units are more than 20 years old.

Air India is in a process of securing additional A320 aircraft for its short-term fleet requirement. We are planning to issue a new RFP in the next 3 (three) weeks. The RFP will be for a total of upto 14 units, which are mainly towards replacement of the existing old A320s in the fleet.

Air India would like to discuss the possibility of acquiring A320 NEO aircraft with the earliest possible delivery schedule. We would further like to discuss the possibility of looking at a mix of A320 CEO or A320 NEO to match our aircraft requirement with availability. Air India expects the first deliveries in 2015 and last deliveries in 2018. The A320 CEOAircraft should be CFMI powered while the engine choice for the A320 NEO fleet is open.

In order to fully understand the aircraft availability with the Lessors and to benefit from the Lessors’ flexibility to efficiently manage their A320 CEO/NEO order book, Air India kindly invites Lessors for a briefing meeting at the Air India Office anytime during the week of 24 November 2014, at Airlines House, 113, GurudwaraRakabganj Road, New Delhi and participate in the preliminary discussions prior to Air India issuing this tender for the 14 A320 CEO/NEO aircraft.

http://mmd.airindia.co.in/aimmd/tender/HSP_14_RFI_%20FOR%20A3200.html
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Spiderguy252 · Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 11:08 am Post subject:

The sooner the better, those ex-IC 320s are really starting to show their age, both Mx wise and from the inside.
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747-237 · Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2014 9:30 pm Post subject:

Karan69 · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 1334

Are these birds new builds or coming off lease from a previous. Carrier

Karan

747-237 · Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 5:57 pm Post subject:

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747-237 · Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:03 pm Post subject:

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Kabir-de-saint · Member Joined: 09 Mar 2009 Posts: 73 Location: New Delhi

Along with the new ATR 72 for the Alliance Air, I hear this all economy 320s are for Alliance Air as well. How true is this news?

747-237 · Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 6:40 am Post subject:

National carrier Air India will phase out by next year six of its old, problematic Airbus A319s that have been in operations for about 30 years, replacing them with new Airbus A320neos (new engine option).

The decision was taken at a board meeting on December 11. The board also decided, in-principle, to prepare a road map for 14 more A320neo, for which it would negotiate seperately with Airbus, said a top Air India official.

The airline decided that three of these planes will be taken under a leaseback arrangement — the seller leases it back from the purchaser for the long term and continues to use it without actually owning it.

The decision comes after the airline’s failure to attract bidders last year, even as it issued a fresh global tender for the lease of 19 new A320s.

http://www.financialexpress.com/article/industry/companies/ai-to-replace-six-airbus-a-319s-with-a320neos-raise-350-m-bridge-loan/20383/
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747-237 · Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 7:55 am Post subject:

binaiks · Member Joined: 15 Jul 2007 Posts: 162 Location: VOBL/VOCI

Wow! Thats a beautiful AI A320 - with sharklets! What is that German flag doing on the tail?
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