Alitalia Successor ITA to Swell Fleet With 59 Airbus Jets
- Italian carrier announces mix of new orders and leased planes
- Agreements including A330 wide-bodies, latest A320neo model
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Italy’s new state-backed airline Italia Trasporto Aereo SpA reached an outline deal to buy 28 Airbus SE jets and will lease 31 more as it consolidates its fleet around the European planemaker.
The purchased aircraft will comprise 10 A330neo wide-bodies, 11 of the top-selling A320neo family of narrow-bodies, and seven smaller A220s for regional routes, ITA said Thursday. They’re worth about 1.5 billion euros ($1.7 billion), Bloomberg reported earlier. The leased jets, a mix of the same models, will come from Air Lease Corp.