Thai Airways has announced it has signed a lease-agreement with an unnamed lessor for additional Boeing B787-8s. In total, the deal is for ten aircraft, which are expected to be delivered from June onwards.
Being B787-8s, deliveries starting relatively quick, and the number of aircraft involved, we at Scramble suspect that these Dreamliners are former China Southern Airlines-aircraft that have been retired from service and were offered for sale previously. They are vintage 2013 and 2014 aircraft.
According to the airline, the new additional aircraft will replace (to be) retired aircraft and be used as a bridge until its own newly ordered B787s will be delivered. It currently has open orders with Boeing for 39 B787-9s and six B787-10s which are planned to begin to arrive in 2027.
Thai Airways is undergoing a fleet renewal and simplification programme, planning to standardize the fleet to the Airbus A321neo, A350-900 and Boeing B787-8, -9, and -10.
Today, the airline's fleet is made-up of 20 A320s, two A321neos (30 more on order), six A330-300s, 23 A350-900s, two B777-200s, seventeen B777-300ERs, six B787-8s and four B787-9s.
Photo: Ton Jochems
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