Australian's 767s are on lease to Qantas from British Airways and Qantas has subleased them on to Australian. Peter Gregg, Qantas chief financial officer, says the BA leases are nearing maturity.
Hmmm. Bit of journolistic license being exercised on this one! AO don't have
ANY of the BA lease 767s! They have QF 'mainline' 767s. That said, the 7 Rollers worth of capacity will still need to be replaced when the lease expires (next year?!?!). 7E7s for AO?
Realistically, either the leases will be extended or we'll be ordering at least seven aircraft in May (or whenever it is that it is going to be announced one way or another!). Why AO would want take on the classics though when the 777 can operate for a truck load less per punter has me stuffed! Perhaps that one is a bit of journolistic license as well!
