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Old 28th May 2007, 17:12
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akerosid
 
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I saw on another forum that some of the current A330 leases are supposed to expire soon:

EI-EWR is an ILFC aircraft (scheduled lease expiry some time in 2007)
EI-CRK is an ILFC aircraft (scheduled lease expiry in July 2007)
EI-DUB is also an ILFC aircraft (scheduled lease expiry some time in 2008)
EI-JFK is apparently managed by Airbus Asset Management (scheduled lease expiry in August 2008)

I don't see the A332s (of which EI-EWR is one) going anywhere and it will probably receive a refit, but the 333s will probably be leaving. I'm not sure what the position with EI-ORD is. I understand that this acft is leased, but I'm not sure when its lease expires. Apart from 'DUZ, which will be delivered next month with the new configuration, I don't believe there are any plans to upgrade any of the older -300 aircraft (not sure about the -200s). I gather that the plan is to ditch (I'm presuming not literally!) the older 330s; DM has spoken has spoken of the possibility of two more A330s and with new routes to be added next year (plus no doubt inc. frequencies on current routes), there should be quite a lot of action on the 330 fleet over the next 2 years or so.
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