Adria considering Bombardier jet lease
Adria Airways is likely to lease Bombardier aircraft for the 2020 summer season after its plans to acquire fifteen Sukhoi Superjet 100 jets fell through. Adria's CEO, Holger Kowarcsh, said, "Adria will most probably lease Canadian Bombardier planes. The 2020 summer season is now being planned so we will see what sort of fleet is required". The airline currently has twelve Bombardier jets in its fleet, although half of them are being wet-leased through ACMI contracts to other airlines over the summer. Adria itself does not own any aircraft. Its two CRJ700s are being leased until December 2019, a further four CRJ900s are under contract until 2022, another two until 2026 and 2027, while one of the jets is being leased through a pay-by-the-hour agreement, where Adria pays its dues to the lessor based on aircraft utilisation. The remaining two are under long-term leases.
Last June, Adria signed a contract to acquire an additional three Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft from lessor Regional One, which were to be delivered in 2019. Commenting on the status of the deal late last year, Adria noted, "The order for the CRJ900 is still an option for us". At the time, the carrier said it would also consider adding more of the seventy-seat CRJ700 aircraft to its fleet in 2019. Adria added two CRJ900s last year. The Ljubljana-based maintenance company Adria Tehnika is a Bombardier Authorised Service Facility. Its agreement with the Canadian plane manufacturer is set to last until 2021.
Mr Kowarcsh previously noted that the Slovenian carrier's fleet is too small and needs to grow in order to support its route network. "I think critical mass for us would be in the range of 25 to thirty aircraft in the future. We're a small carrier, we have to grow, strengthen our operations and improve our connectivity", Mr Kowarsch said. In addition to Bombardiers, Adria also boasts three Airbus A319 and six Saab 2000 aircraft in its fleet, although two of the turboprops are wet-leased to Swiss International Air Lines, while another two are stored. The airline's average fleet age stands at fifteen years.
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