Domestic carriers to wet lease 20 aircraft to meet festival season rush
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has allowed domestic carriers to beef up their fleet by wet leasing aircraft to meet the festival season rush of travellers. A total of 20 aircraft will be wet leased by carriers, mainly IndiGo and SpiceJet. According to sources, IndiGo will be wet leasing 11 Airbus A320 aircraft from SmartLynx Airlines. Similarly, SpiceJet will induct 9 Boeing 737Max aircraft from Corendon Airlines, Turkey.
Under wet leasing of aircraft, carriers get the plane alongwith the crew.
