Originally Posted by
Salukidawg
The only NTU’s that WN took were about 15 frames that were supposed to go to Spicejet. I don’t know the specific details on why those were taken and not other frames that were also available at the time. I also don’t know if the Spicejet frames were already built and painted or not. WN doesn’t typically take other Airlines new build frames probably because they already get nearly 1 out of every 4 MAX’s produced as it is already.
They had been built and painted. There were pictures of the Spice Jet tails going around when that deal was announced.
as for these Chinese-bound jets, I’m guessing there are airlines without the steep discounts we have that also want the jets…