As Most Airlines Scrap Jet Orders, One Tiny Carrier Is Throttling Up
- East European carrier could bring forward Airbus deliveries
- CEO has got rid of older planes, sees opportunities in rebound
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Airlines are doing everything they can to scrap or delay jetliner deliveries amid an unprecedented collapse in air travel. Not Air Baltic Corp.
The East European carrier has started talks with Airbus SE to accelerate handovers of its A220 model, Chief Executive Officer Martin Gauss said in an interview. The existing plan to assemble a fleet of 50 of the narrow-body jets by 2025 could come to fruition a couple of years early, he said.