Alafco Plans To Double Fleet By 2018
October 24, 2011
Kuwait's Aviation Lease & Finance Company (Alafco) plans to double its aircraft fleet to 100 by 2018, and is in negotiations with Airbus for a new order, its chairman said on Monday.
"The first part of our plan was to reach a fleet of 50 aircraft, and we are almost there... Now our plan is to reach 100 aircraft by 2018," Ahmad al-Zabin told the Reuters Middle East Investment Summit in Kuwait.
"We are in negotiations with Airbus to increase the last order, and any outcome will be announced at the Dubai Airshow in November," Zabin said.
At the Paris Airshow in June, Alafco signed a memorandum of understanding to purchase 30 A320neo family aircraft, worth a total of USD$2.7 billion at list prices.
The firm has a fleet of 48 aircraft, 27 of which are Airbus, and the rest Boeing, Zabin said.
"Among the companies we lease to are Saudi Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Royal Jordanian, and Ethiopian Airlines," he added.
Zabin said the firm expected to post "record" profits for the fiscal year that ended September 30, from one-off gains. It made a net profit of KWD10.8 million dinars (USD$39.2 million) in 2010.
Islamic lender Kuwait Finance House and state-owned Kuwait Airways are Alafco's biggest shareholders.
"The first part of our plan was to reach a fleet of 50 aircraft, and we are almost there... Now our plan is to reach 100 aircraft by 2018," Ahmad al-Zabin told the Reuters Middle East Investment Summit in Kuwait.
"We are in negotiations with Airbus to increase the last order, and any outcome will be announced at the Dubai Airshow in November," Zabin said.
At the Paris Airshow in June, Alafco signed a memorandum of understanding to purchase 30 A320neo family aircraft, worth a total of USD$2.7 billion at list prices.
The firm has a fleet of 48 aircraft, 27 of which are Airbus, and the rest Boeing, Zabin said.
"Among the companies we lease to are Saudi Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Royal Jordanian, and Ethiopian Airlines," he added.
Zabin said the firm expected to post "record" profits for the fiscal year that ended September 30, from one-off gains. It made a net profit of KWD10.8 million dinars (USD$39.2 million) in 2010.
Islamic lender Kuwait Finance House and state-owned Kuwait Airways are Alafco's biggest shareholders.
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