Mexico’s Interjet Grounds Four Planes, Stoking Lessor Angst
- Carrier says inoperative aircraft are undergoing maintenance
- Three Airbus A320 jets, one A321neo haven’t flown for months
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Interjet, the Mexican airline that acknowledged financial challenges in a court filing last year, is stirring concern among lessors by grounding four of its Airbus SE planes.
The company says the jets are undergoing “major maintenance” and that two of them will be returned to lessors as it prepares to add newer planes to its fleet. Three of Interjet’s 44 Airbus A320 aircraft haven’t flown since at least October, according to data compiled by online flight trackers. One of its eight new A321neo models has been on the ground since November.