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Old Jan 3, 2024 | 2:05 am
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Originally Posted by SeeBuyFly
Any chance of new planes on DEL-ORD in summer 2024? (Probably not.)
It must cost them a lot of money in loan interest or opportunity cost to lease all these planes and keep them parked.
The existing B777 fleet will go for refurb in AMM this summer. The leased aircraft will take over the operations for the ones that are in the cabin retrofit. Opening new routes and frequencies now makes no sense if you don't have the equipment (and crews) to operate them later. Having some extra spares to stabilize operations isn't so bad either.
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