BIG AVIATION REPORT

Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 07:03:03 MT

CH-AVIATION · DEFENSE

AIR SÉNÉGAL'S "NEW" B737-800 IS A REPAINTED WET LEASE...

The celebrated arrival at Dakar Blaise Diagne International on September 7, 2026, of a purportedly "new" in-house B737-800 for Air Sénégal was revealed to be LY-SEI (msn 32692), a 19.3-year-old jet that the carrier has in fact been wet leasing f…

SCOTT: Lessors already own the metal. When four names dominate widebodies, your airline’s “fleet strategy” is really a lease-return calendar. Crews feel that as a mix of types and a shorter time on any one of them.

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