Aircraft investment specialist Stratos has sold two wide-body aircraft to an affiliate of DHL, a German logistics company providing courier, package delivery and express mail service, and a major Middle East carrier, respectively.
The first, an Airbus A330-300 MSN1338 aircraft, had originally operated at Thai International and was acquired speculatively last year on behalf of one of Stratos’ European investors. The aircraft spent a number of months in maintenance and was flown to Dresden, Germany, for conversion to a freighter, commencing in the coming months.
The second aircraft, a Boeing 777-300ER MSN39232, was delivered to a major carrier in the Middle East in a transition from Cathay Pacific. The aircraft had operated since new at the Hong Kong flag carrier and was returned as part of a normal lease expiry before transitioning on lease.
Stratos said the sale continues a deal flow involving more than 10 widebodies to different buyers and lessees in the pa
