British Airways will lease two Boeing 757-200s from Titan Airways, which operates charter flights in the UK, as well as four Airbus A321-200s from Finnair, to meet the expected high demand for the European summer season, which begins this month.
The last model of the American manufacturer regularly flew aboard British Airways in October 2010. The company already had about 60 of these aircraft, which began operating in January 1983.
The two planes offered by Titan Airways (G-POWH and G-ZAPX) have the capacity to take up to 202 passengers each, and have been in commercial operation since 2000. They have tickets for other airlines, such as Spanish Iberia, and will cover some routes they must operate. Boeing 787-10, which has some units stockpiled in the United States, due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sector.
The leases are also good news for Finnair, which will temporarily allocate four of its 20 Airbus A321-200s to British Airways. The Finnish airline is in crisis due to the closure of the airspace of Russia, a neighboring country, and is facing serious problems in resuming flights to destinations in Asia, due to restrictions imposed on the country of Vladimir Putin.
The temporary assignment of these units will be an exemption, even if temporary, from the company’s funds. They have the capacity to take up to 209 passengers, and their average age is about eight years.
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