Delta Air Lines declared Tuesday that it would add 36 new airplanes to its fleet. The aircraft will buy 29 utilized Boeing 737-900ERs, while renting seven utilized Airbus A350-900s.

The move comes as Delta tries to extend its fleet subsequent to resigning older narrow-body and larger wide-body planes during the pandemic as demand collapsed.

Delta said in a press release that the A350s will supplant the Boeing 777s that the airline resigned during the pandemic. Indeed, even with the slowdown in travel demand, the 777 retirement came as an amazement to numerous industry observers — Delta had just barely wrapped up retrofitting the airplane with its most current on-board product. The A350 has a lower capacity than the 777-200 and – 200LR planes it replaces, however can accomplish a comparable reach to the long-range variation of the Boeing plane.

The Boeing 737-900ERs will “complement Delta’s existing fleet,” the airline said. The – 900ER variation permits carriers to carry more travelers with just minimal expense expands contrasted with more modest thin body planes.

Delta’s declaration remains in wonderful difference to one from United recently, during with the Chicago-based carrier reported a record order for 270 next-generation aircraft, including 200 Boeing 737 MAX and 70 Airbus A321neo jets.

The airline is possible getting an exceptional airline, be that as it may, given the influx of used aircraft to the market as travel collapsed around the world in 2020. Further, competition by carriers for airplane orders has cratered as the pandemic keeps on seething in numerous parts of the world.

The A350s were gotten back to lessors by LATAM, as indicated by a report by The Air Current in late-June, while the 737-900ERs come from Malaysia-based Lion Air, which stopped the airplane in the midst of the downturn.

Remarkably, it’s not the first time when that Delta has obtained A350-900s from LATAM. The Atlanta-based carrier purchased four from the South American airline in 2019, and expected 10 of the aircraft’s future deliveries.

Regardless of the differences in the obtaining procedure, the two airlines are comparably extending their fleets and fine-tuning their post-pandemic methodologies while taking advantage of a soft market for new and used aircraft.

The declaration comes a day prior to Delta is planned to reveal its second-quarter financial performance and discuss future plans with investors.