GoAir decides against ordering 20 more A320s

Indian low-cost carrier GoAir has rejected a proposal to order another 20 Airbus A320s and has decided to wait for prices to go down before buying more aircraft.
Mumbai-based GoAir currently operates six A320s, four older model leased aircraft and two from the 20-aircraft order it placed in 2006. GoAir CEO Edgardo Badiali says the carrier had been in talks with Airbus for several months over ordering 20 more A320s for delivery after the last aircraft in the original order is delivered in 2011, but GoAir recently decided against pursuing the proposed deal.
“We were in discussions but we’ve decided to wait,” Badiali said in an interview with ATI sister publication Airline Business Magazine.
He adds Airbus was trying to persuade GoAir it needed to order more aircraft this year to keep up with competitors such as Indigo, which in 2005 ordered 100 A320s, and to secure delivery slots for the first half of next decade.
25/04/08 Flightglobal.com/Flight International

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