Industry Addendum
Gulf’s flynas planning LEAP-1A engine order
May 1st 2018
Saudi Arabian carrier, flynas, has signed a US$6.3 billion Letter of Agreement (LoA) with CFM for 160 LEAP-1A engines along with a long-term pay-by-the hour services contract. Read More » The CFM Services agreement will guarantee maintenance costs on a dollar per flight basis. The Gulf carrier announced an order for 80 A320neo in January with first deliveries scheduled for year end.
The budget carrier has been a CFM customer since it began flying in 2007 with CFM56-5B powered A320ceos. It now operates 30 A320ceos to 17 domestic and 53 international destinations from bases in Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and Abha.