Air Algerie has taken quick delivery of the first ATR 72-500 in a batch of four ordered last year. ATR disclosed the agreement only in December, but the first 66-seat turboprop was handed over in Toulouse on 11 February. Air Algerie already operates eight of the type. The other three on order, which will take the fleet to 12, will be introduced this year. The carrier is to install a new flight simulator and ATR is to lend assistance to the project.
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Source: Flight International
Indian budget carrier IndiGo is stepping up to the long-haul sector with an agreement to order up to 100 Airbus A350-900s, deliveries of which will commence in 2027.
Norwegian is sticking to its expectations of increasing capacity around 12% this year despite operating three fewer aircraft than originally planned this summer.
Central European budget carrier Wizz Air had 45 grounded Airbus A320neo-family aircraft, some 20% of its fleet, at the close of its fiscal year on 31 March, the result of Pratt & Whitney engine inspections.
