Jet orders 13 ATR aircraft
Jet Airways ordered for 13 new ATR 72-500 aircraft at a cost of $238 million on Thursday, which will take its total ATR fleet to 21 planes.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: Jet Airways ordered for 13 new ATR 72-500 aircraft at a cost of $238 million on Thursday, which will take its total ATR fleet to 21 planes.
The lease agreement in this regard was signed between officials of the airline and Irish company Aircraft International Renting (AIR) at the ongoing Paris Air Show.
The deliveries will begin in phases this year and will be completed by 2010. Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of eight ATR 72-500s.
“From the beginning of our ATR operations in 1999, the fleet of leased ATR 72-500s has proved itself and has played an important role in the growth of our airline’s regional domestic operations,” Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal was quoted as saying in a release.
The lease agreement in this regard was signed between officials of the airline and Irish company Aircraft International Renting (AIR) at the ongoing Paris Air Show.
The deliveries will begin in phases this year and will be completed by 2010. Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of eight ATR 72-500s.
“From the beginning of our ATR operations in 1999, the fleet of leased ATR 72-500s has proved itself and has played an important role in the growth of our airline’s regional domestic operations,” Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal was quoted as saying in a release.
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