MAS will lease, not own, new Boeing aircraft, says CEO


As of now, the national carrier has a firm order of 25 Boeing 737 aircraft with everything else being optional, says Malaysia Airlines Bhd CEO Peter Bellew. – EPA pic, September 20, 2017.


GLOBAL lessors and lenders will pay for the national carrier’s 16 new Boeing aircraft, said Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAS) CEO Peter Bellew.

The Malaysian Reserve reported today that Bellew said MAS would not own the aircraft, but would lease it from leasing firms and lenders as was “the norm”, in a September 15 internal memo it sighted.


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