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Airbus' mystery customer...

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...for 52 Airbus A320s no less :!:

See http://www.airbus.com/en/corporate/orde ... eliveries/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... a320s.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Let me do just a wild guess; Amsterdam Airlines :twisted:
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Ryanair?
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SPL wrote:Ryanair?
My guess as well ... :-)
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MainPower wrote:
SPL wrote:Ryanair?
My guess as well ... :-)
Ryanair is B737-800, perhaps easyJet which is replacing its B737-700 with the A320 family.
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Ryanair is threatening Boeing with switching to Airbus as their supplier, although I think these Airbusses are not for Ryanair. 52 is not much, for Ryanair. They usually order a lot more.

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My real guess is Lufthansa.
To replace the old B733's and the older A320 series.

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Easyjet? :?:
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W!ZZ ?
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customer could also be a leasing company.... but Ryanair is a very very good possibility as well.
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I doubt it is Ryanair. Firstly because they are looking for up to 200 planes and for big discounts (which makes it unlikely they will order in batches). Secondly because Ryanair would surely use such a deal for some free publicity, which they will not get if they keep the deal under the table.

My guess is a US customer. There is a lot of old metal flying around in the US that needs to be replaced at some point.

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