NEWS FLASH
Croatia Airlines has concluded the lease of its final six Airbus A220 aircraft with Griffin Global Asset Management, finalising contracts for all fifteen of the incoming aircraft. Deliveries of the final six A220s will commence in 2026. “We are thrilled to be participating in the recently announced Croatia Airlines growth and fleet rollover plans, as we welcome a new customer and aircraft type to the Griffin portfolio. This six aircraft transaction demonstrates our ability to provide the most up to date and fuel-efficient aircraft at scale and is consistent with our strategy of partnering with top-tier airlines. The entire team at Griffin is looking forward to a successful long-term relationship with Croatia Airlines”, Griffin’s Senior Vice President for Marketing, Peter Bennett, said. As reported by EX-YU Aviation News last month, Croatia Airlines will lease six A220s from the Air Lease Corporation, three from Azzora and the remaining six from Griffin. The first two jets are to be delivered during the second half of this year, with all to arrive by 2027.
Bravo Hrvatska!
ReplyDeleteBravo Croatia Airlines 👏
ReplyDeleteVery nice! Good to see this! 12 planes!
It's not 12 it's 15. Read the article...
Delete15* ok
DeleteSo how many planes are there to be delivered this year?
ReplyDeleteRead the article...
DeleteMy bad i thought it was referring directly to the Griffin ones
DeleteJust noticed that two TradeAir planes are flying for OU today. Is this a long term arrangement?
ReplyDeleteOne is long term but the other one jumped in at short notice because two aircraft are out of service.
DeleteOne Q400 remained at SKP this morning. I dont know the reason for this.
DeleteOf the 15 planes, how many -100 and how many -300?
ReplyDeleteIt's not known yet. Only out of the first 6 it is known that 2 will be -100 and the rest -300.
Deletei think there are all 100 ,300 is to large for Croatia airline needs
DeleteDon't think, please. It's not good for you.
Delete11:58 I found on Wikipedia that 3 A220's will be the -100 variant and the other 12 (well, obviously) will be the -300 variant.
DeleteIt is literally written in the linked article in the text. Do you people read anything?
Delete2 are 100's, 13 are 300's
DeleteLinked article says two 127-seat A220-100s and four 149-seat A220-300s. That's only for those 6 aircraft. Wikipedia says 3x100 and 12x300 but that's from different sources.
DeleteIt says that because the exact order has only been finalized for the first six planes which are arriving in 2024 and 2025. The rest that are coming in 2026 and 2027 are still under review. The wikipedia thing is just speculation which is why it has no source citing the exact order.
DeleteAnon 15:43, they're A220-300, just read...
DeleteGreat news.
ReplyDeleteBravo OU!
ReplyDeleteThe first two will be delivered in the second half of the year, so likely after the brunt of the summer season.
ReplyDeleteThe whole plan is absolute shambles.
Hope the fly them to ATH!
ReplyDeletewhat happened with the money that Croatia paid to Airbus as a down payment for the A320neo?
ReplyDeleteIt was transferred to these A220s
DeleteNow is that gift to the lessor?
DeleteI really wonder where Pozdrav is, looking at the fact that he didn't comment yet, which surprises me to be honest.
ReplyDeleteHe is trying to cope.
DeleteWhat about the interior/exterior of new planes?
ReplyDeleteThere were several articles about both here
DeleteSorry, missed them. We still don't know what these planes are gonna look like in OU livery, right?
DeleteNo don't recall any articles about the specifics of the cabin layout nor the new livery, though OU will apparently invest in better onboard services incl. Wi-Fi with internet acceess.
DeleteCroatia Airlines to redesign visual identity
Deletehttps://www.exyuaviation.com/2023/05/croatia-airlines-to-redesign-visual.html
Croatia Airlines to roll out on board Wi-Fi and product upgrade
https://www.exyuaviation.com/2023/01/croatia-airlines-to-roll-out-on-board.html
Again, since I obviously wasn't clear. No news about how the interior will look like, what the livery will look like. Quite odd, since their first plane will probably arrive in June?
DeleteHow is it odd? New liveries are usually introduced along with the newly delivered aircraft.
DeleteYeah, the operators usually make a big deal of it, especially if a new type is also introduced. Some operators literally pull down the curtains on the “first” day of the operation.
DeleteI'm pretty sure we'll have some info on the interior and exterior and other things before June. At least, I hope.
DeleteThey should have at least one painted in the early 90s livery.
DeleteI hope beyond hope this is complemented with proper strategy...in fact any strategy would be better than the current state of affairs, for starters at least.
ReplyDeleteWhatever happens, at this point I can only be pleasantly surprised by OU, since normally I either expect a trainwreck or status quo at best.
Onwards and upwards, bravo Hrvatska!
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