IndiGo, SpiceJet to wet lease aircraft in the winter to enhance capacity

Wet leasing is an arrangement where the lessor provides an aircraft along with crew and maintenance, and has operational control

Indian airlines are being forced to wet lease aircraft in order to enhance capacity for the forthcoming winter schedule due to a slowdown in the delivery of new aircraft, reported The Economic Times.
 

In order to increase the capacity on foreign routes, IndiGo, the largest airline in India, has finalised a contract to wet lease up to three Boeing 777 aircraft. The airline, which had previously only operated single-class narrow-body aircraft, will now provide business class in addition to economy on these widebody aircraft.
 

Although there have been discussions of wet leasing narrow-body Airbus 321 aircraft, no decision has been