Originally Posted by
wheels_down
Indigo teamed up with Ryan Group in 2002 on the hunt to launch a LCC in Asia. They got SQ onboard and launched Tiger in 2004.
Now own have Frontier, Wizz, Volaris. 450 Neos on order.
surely a big % of these neo orders will be postponed or cancelled, when so many A320 ceos being parked all over the world. How many ? 1000s maybe ? If not many 100s with stuff all demand.
For a start how many in VARA & Tiger fleets here with OZ rego ?
The public wouldn't know the difference between an up to 20+ yo A320ceo (with new paint/interior) & a new A320neo. The former would probably come at 1/4 or less, of cost to buy/lease a neo, but with higher maintenance costs. They probably could do maintenance somewhere cheap in asia, where they might even fly to. (when you consider Alliance fly all their Fokker jets to Bratislava for heavy maintenance)