BA to lease B777-300s???
At an Engineering forum earlier this week,hosted by a senior BA manager,the subject of fleet renewal/replacement was discussed as a topic. The staff were then told that BA is about to lease 10-12 B777-300s which will be used as a stop-gap due late delivery of the B787.
Apparently,these a/c have been ordered by a finance company for lease to another airline,who have recently canx the order!! Boeing,keen to keep BA sweet "re 787 slippage" has promised that they will be able to fit the interiors to BA scheme and still keep to the original customers delivery schedule,which means the first a/c could be with us in September.....the first four a/c of this order are on production line at present!
Once deliverys begin they will be used as a one for one swop with the older B747-400s which will be parked up in the desert.
Does anyone know anything of this apparent order???