Airbus Updates No.4369

T'Way Air leases Airbus A330neos

South Korean low-cost airline T'Way Air has announced it has signed a lease-agreement with Avolon to lease five Airbus A330-900s. The aircraft come from the lessors existing orderbook for the type.

Deliveries of the new A330neos is scheduled to begin in 2026 and will be used to facilitate the airline's international growth.

T'Way, which was founded in 2004, currently has a fleet that is made-up of four A330-200s, three A330-300s, 27 Boeing B737-800s, and two B737-8s.

Illustration by T'Way Air.

Airbus Updates No.3732

 

1st A330 for T'Way Air nears delivery

South Korean carrier T'Way Air has released pictures of its first widebody aircraft in the hangar at Xiamen. In December 2020, the airline announced it planned to lease three A330-300s. The aircraft will be leased from AerCap and the first is A330-300 VQ-BCQ (1058), which is the former HS-XTK of Thai AirAsia X and will now become HL8501.

According to CH-Aviation, T'Way Air is planning to launch flights with its new widebody on 11 March, operating the type between Seoul-Gimpo and Jeju. Later, when borders are reopening, it will deploy the widebodies on new longhaul routes to Bishkek, Honolulu, Singapore, Sydney and Zagreb.

As a result of the planned Asiana/Korean Air merger, T'Way Air expects it will be granted more international traffic rights and therefore plans to add additional A330s which it then wants to use on new routes to London, Los Angeles (CA), New York (NY), Paris and Spain.

Photo by T'Way Air