SKY express welcomes 1st A320neo

On 27 November SKY express took delivery of their first A320neo. The aircraft, c/n 10083 and registered SX-IOG was welcomed at Athens with a traditional water salute by the airport fire brigade. The airline is planning to deploy their new aircraft from 14 December.

On 14 October, SKY express announced they would order four A320neos directly with Airbus and lease two additional ones via Aviation Capital Group. Since then, the airline has made a change and ordered two directly and signed a lease-agreement for four planes, but still totalling six A320neos. The main reason for this change was earlier availability of the aircraft via the lessor. A good example of this, is this first A320neo, which was originally built for AirAsia, but not taken-up.

The first destinations SKY express will fly to from Athens with the A320neo will be Rhodes and Thessaloniki.

Photo by SKY express