HK Express is 'only doing operating leases at the moment' to finance new aircraft

HK Express CEO Andrew Cowen, speaking at the CAPA Airline Fleet & Finance Summit 2016, said (04-Mar-2016) the carrier is "only doing operating leases at the moment" to finance new aircraft. Mr Cowen noted: "This is sheer practicality more than anything - if we wish to acquire neo's we couldn't really purchase those directly from Airbus until something like 2020 thereabouts."