Air Caraïbes takes delivery of first leased A350 XWB from AerCap

AerCap announced the delivery of a new Airbus A350-900 to Air Caraïbes, the first of three new A350 aircraft deliveries on long-term lease from AerCap’s order book with Airbus. The aircraft was transferred to the French carrier at a ceremony in the Airbus Delivery Centre in Toulouse. A second A350-900 aircraft is scheduled for delivery to Air Caraïbes in March 2017. AerCap has one of the largest Airbus A350 XWB portfolios with a total of twenty-nine owned and on order, delivering through 2019.