Red Wings acquires first western built aircraft

Red Wings Airlines (Russia) has leased it's first western built aircraft, a 2002 built Airbus A321-200 (MSN 1843 VP-BRS), leased from Aviation Capital Group (US). The aircraft was delivered new to Spanair, and last operated for Nordwind Airlines. The Moscow based airline has until now only operated Russian built aircraft, with it's current fleet including 8 Tupolev TU-204s and 1 Tupolev TU-214. An additional 5 A320 family aircraft are expected to be acquired (with an additional A321 and first A320, leased from AerCap in early June).