Delta set to add three more American 757-200s to fleet
Delta Air Lines is set to add three more Boeing 757-200s currently operated by American Airlines to its fleet as part of its ongoing push to expand its international services. The three aircraft, which are to be leased from Pegasus Aviation for five years from 2008, are in addition to 10 757-200s now leased to American by International Lease Finance (ILFC) that scheduled to join Delta's fleet in 2007 once the currently leases expire.
In a bankruptcy court document dated October 25, Delta requests court approval for letters of intent on the three 757s as they "will be beneficial to its [Delta's] on-going efforts to reconfigure its fleet towards an expanded international capacity". The aircraft, which are part of the 757-200 fleet American assumed when it acquired TWA, are to be equipped for extended twin-engine operations
of 180min.
Pegasus will contribute an unspecified cash contribution toward the purchase of winglets, notes Delta in its filing.
All three aircraft, like the rest of the ex-TWA 757-200 fleet, are powered by two Pratt & Whitney PW2037 engines.
Two of the aircraft, serial numbers 28485 and 30340, were built in 1999.
The third aircraft, 28479, was made in 1997.
Source: Air Transport Intelligence news
Delta Air Lines is set to add three more Boeing 757-200s currently operated by American Airlines to its fleet as part of its ongoing push to expand its international services. The three aircraft, which are to be leased from Pegasus Aviation for five years from 2008, are in addition to 10 757-200s now leased to American by International Lease Finance (ILFC) that scheduled to join Delta's fleet in 2007 once the currently leases expire.
In a bankruptcy court document dated October 25, Delta requests court approval for letters of intent on the three 757s as they "will be beneficial to its [Delta's] on-going efforts to reconfigure its fleet towards an expanded international capacity". The aircraft, which are part of the 757-200 fleet American assumed when it acquired TWA, are to be equipped for extended twin-engine operations
of 180min.
Pegasus will contribute an unspecified cash contribution toward the purchase of winglets, notes Delta in its filing.
All three aircraft, like the rest of the ex-TWA 757-200 fleet, are powered by two Pratt & Whitney PW2037 engines.
Two of the aircraft, serial numbers 28485 and 30340, were built in 1999.
The third aircraft, 28479, was made in 1997.
Source: Air Transport Intelligence news
My first thought when I saw the thread title was "add them to what?....the desert?" 
