Iberia goes for 79 Airbus A320!

Post by **sn26567** » 27 Feb 2005, 10:05

It is about time that Iberia starts rationalising their fleet. They had the most diversified fleet in Europe, if not in the world. Think about costs of maintaining so many types of aeroplanes!

Buzz · Post by **Buzz** » 27 Feb 2005, 14:36

HorsePower wrote:Airbus tries to sell some to CityJet (AF subsidiary), which are capable to operates from LCY, but I don't think they will buy it (they are looking for something able to replace a BAe 146-300 (110 pax), but they are not in a hurry).

Can you operate an A318 into LCY?

HorsePower · Post by **HorsePower** » 27 Feb 2005, 20:26

Not at the moment, but Airbus leads some tests to do so. AFAIK, they will only change the softwares to be able to do an approach at 5.5°.

Regards

Seb.

earthman · Post by **earthman** » 27 Feb 2005, 20:36

I remember reading it was supposed to get certiefied for the steep approach necessary at LCY.

waldova · Post by **waldova** » 28 Feb 2005, 10:30

Wauw, this is a huge order. I hope Iberia is not ordering too much. We have seen a good example of that in Belgium, with Sabena, they ordered to many planes.
For Airbus this is good news. 79 planes!!

Also lets hope they will manage to certify their planes for LCY. That would be a great deal!