Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has announced the delivery of an Airbus A320-200 aircraft to new customer, flyadeal. The delivery took place at the Airbus delivery centre in Hamburg, Germany, and represents the first aircraft in the flyadeal fleet.
The Dubai-based lessor has agreed to lease eight Airbus A320 family aircraft to the new Saudi Arabian low-cost airline. All aircraft will come equipped with CFM 56-5B4/3 PIP engines. These modern, fuel-efficient planes will be delivered in 2017 and 2018, and are part of a direct order DAE has with Airbus.
flyadeal is a subsidiary of the internationally acclaimed Saudi Arabian Airlines group. The airline will offer low-cost travel options to leisure and business travelers, and service destinations in the Middle-East and beyond. flyadeal will begin flight operations in September 2017.
Firoz Tarapore, CEO of DAE, commented on the deal: DAE is pleased to welcome flyadeal on-board as a new customer. This transaction demonstrates our capital strength and our ability to provide comprehensive solutions to airline clients. We are delighted to be able to support flyadeals fleet strategy as it begins operations, and we look forward to working with the airline to fulfill its fleet ambitions, going forward.
Con Korfiatis, CEO of flyadeal, said: flyadeal has selected key partners from across the aviation industry to deliver services that provide the most economical solutions for flyadeals low-fare, high value business model. Dubai Aerospace Enterprises long-standing presence in aviation solutions presented the ideal platform to build the new fleet for flyadeal.
John Leahy, COO of Airbus Commercial Aircraft – Customers, said: It is a pleasure to expand our partnership with Dubai Aerospace Enterprise and to be a part of flyadeals official operational launch.