Royal Brunei Airlines (BI, Bandar Seri Begawan) is mulling the possible replacement of its ageing fleet of two A319-100s and four A320-200s whose leases expire in 2015/2016. It is understood that the Bruneian national carrier has submitted requests to Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac), Boeing (BOE, Washington National), Bombardier Aerospace (BBA, Montréal Trudeau) and Embraer (EMB, São José dos Campos U.E. Stumpf International) for ten jets among them the A320NEO, the B737 MAX, the CSeries and the E190. Royal Brunei is also due to take on five B787-8s by the end of 2014 as replacements for its four B777-200ERs.
Royal Brunei mulls its options ahead of A319, A320 fleet lease expiry
Royal Brunei Boeing 787-8,
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