Buying is fairly common; Indigo just placed the largest ever single purchase of airplanes (500) https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/airbus-wins-h

Buying is fairly common; Indigo just placed the largest ever single purchase of airplanes (500) https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/airbus-wins-historic-500-plane-indigo-order-2023-06-19/ https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/airbus-wi... If you’re leasing it’s not for free, the lessor is charging you a premium to make a profit over what they’re spending, so it still makes sense to own, particularly for large, heavily utilized fleets that don’t scale down much.