FLEET - Türkiye’s AJet to lease six B737 MAX 8s from CDB

AJet (VF, Istanbul Sabiha Gökcen) parent Turkish Airlines (TK, Istanbul Airport) has reached an agreement with lessor CDB Aviation to lease six B737-8s, for the new-look subsidiary to take delivery of in 2025 and 2026.

CDB Aviation and Turkish Airlines reached an agreement for a total of seven new leases, the seventh of which pertains to one used A330-300, which will be delivered to Turkish in May 2024 to support its mainline international growth.

With this agreement, CDB Aviation will be dry leasing a total of 17 aircraft to Turkish Airlines and its subsidiary, including twelve B737-8s, one B737-800, one B777-300ER, one A320-200N, one A321-200NX, and one A330-300.

“The 737 MAX 8 aircraft will contribute toward the airline’s stated goal for AJet to become an important part of the low-cost aviation industry on a global scale,” said Jie Chen, CDB Aviation’s chief executive officer.

The carrier formerly known as AnadoluJet is a division of Turkish Airlines and operates a fleet of 70 aircraft, of which 65 are wet-leased from several sources including BBN Airlines Türkiye, SmartLynx Airlines, SmartLynx Airlines Estonia, SmartLynx Airlines Malta, and Turkish Airlines itself. It recently launched operations employing its own code ‘VF'.

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TC-JFF B.737-8F2(WL)- cn.29768 (ex.N1786B)