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Old 20th Feb 2020, 18:12
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davidjohnson6
 
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Leasing demand in east Asia might be a little lower this summer compared to last year.

Airlines in the Far East which have signed a contract for a dry lease for S20 might be quite happy to pay a reduced fee and be released from their payment obligations. Leasing company then gets maybe 30% of their fee from APAC *and* gets to re-lease their aircraft to Easyjet for the same fee as they were originally going to receive from an Asian carrier
Western pilots flying for some Asian airlines are being furloughed, so would prefer to fly on a temporary contract instead of seeing zero income from Asia

I know this doesn't solve everything by any means, but a collapse in air travel demand in APAC should mean the likes of Easyjet/Ryanair can fill any potential hole left by Flybe more easily than might be anticipated
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