Earlier this year, Aegean Airlines talked of an important longer term fleet decision to be made in 2017, or early 2018, since the majority of Aegean's leases will need to be replaced between 2019 and 2023. It issued a tender for the supply of 45-60 narrowbody jets earlier this summer.

Aegean currently operates Airbus narrowbodies, but is equally evaluating the new generation A320neo family and Boeing 737MAX. A decision is expected before the end of 2017. It will continue to use operating leases as its preferred means of funding aircraft acquisitions, and believes that lessors have ample capacity to place.

ikolkyo wrote:

Just gonna be another neo order.

eamondzhang wrote:

Sounds like a no-brainer neo order to me.

However I certainly hope Airbus' sales team get their acts order and don't waste another perfect opportunity. Since Leahy's imminent retirement they seems to be in a mess and is losing focus on sales, therefore getting a lot of existing customers defecting to other manufacturers unnecessary (Like others I'm not saying Boeing's bad, but some like AC would certainly make more sense to order neo than MAX). They certainly need something good for the year.

Michael

Polot wrote:

eamondzhang wrote:

Sounds like a no-brainer neo order to me.

However I certainly hope Airbus' sales team get their acts order and don't waste another perfect opportunity. Since Leahy's imminent retirement they seems to be in a mess and is losing focus on sales, therefore getting a lot of existing customers defecting to other manufacturers unnecessary (Like others I'm not saying Boeing's bad, but some like AC would certainly make more sense to order neo than MAX). They certainly need something good for the year.

Michael

It sounds to me like Aegean is not interested in placing a direct order with Boeing/Airbus but rather shopping lessors to see who can give them the best deal from their large Neo/Max holdings.

OA412 wrote:

I agree with those saying it's likely to be a NEO order. 737 is certainly not out of the question; after all, A3 started out flying the 737. However, those were Classics, not NGs, so I'm not sure they'd be willing to go to the expense of the bringing their pilots up to speed on the MAX.

OA260 wrote:

Airbus already has it ... case closed. .