Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jan 29, 2010
International Aero Engines announced a V2500 SelectOne order from Jetstar Airways worth up to $1.5 billion comprising engines for 50 A320 family aircraft plus 40 options and purchase rights. Jetstar also signed a $2 billion IAE Aftermarket Services agreement covering the newly ordered engines plus those already operating on 40 current aircraft. Rolls-Royce said its share of the order was valued at up to $1.2 billion and Pratt & Whitney said its share "could exceed" $1 billion, including the aftermarket agreement.
Jan 28, 2010
ILFC closed out 2009 with the following lease deals and deliveries: One used A320-200 to Wind Jet for five years; one used 737-500 to Georgian Airways for three years; one used 757-200ER to Spanish charter airline Privilege Style for five years (scheduled for February delivery); one used 737-300 to Wings of Lebanon for three years; two used A321-200s to Air Berlin for five years each; one used A321-200 and one used A320-200 to Turkuaz Airlines of Istanbul for five years each; one used 737-400 to Vision Airlines of Las Vegas for five years; one used A310-300 to Biman Bangladesh Airlines
Jan 28, 2010
Lufthansa Systems signed a five-year deal with Cimber Sterling to provide Lido RouteManual navigation charts and the Lido TakeOff performance analysis solution.
Jan 28, 2010
Boeing Chairman and CEO Jim McNerney said yesterday that "re-engining the 73[7] is under active consideration" with customers "anxious for us to make a move" on a more efficient narrowbody.
Jan 27, 2010
Airbus signed an MOU with CDB Leasing of China "to share competence and experience to cooperate on a variety of leasing and financing projects," including pre-delivery payment financing, delivery financing and passenger-to-freighter conversion projects. CLC will offer financing solutions to airlines around the world and committed to $4 billion in sale-and-leaseback transactions over the next five years.
Jan 12, 2016
China Eastern Airlines has received approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission for a private placement to renew its fleet.
Jan 11, 2016
WestJet has launched flights from Calgary and Edmonton to Hawaii using its own Boeing 767-300ERs, a major step for the Canadian low cost-carrier as it gears up for widebody service to London Gatwick.
Jan 11, 2016
The latest US Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption figures - for November 2015 - organized by domestic, international and system totals, contrasted with figures from the previous month, three months prior, six months prior, a year ago, two years ago, five years ago and ten years ago.
Jan 11, 2016
Swedish accident investigators have recovered the two flight recorders from the West Atlantic Bombardier CRJ200 freighter that crashed in Sweden near the Norwegian border in the early hours of Jan. 8, killing the two crew members.
Jan 11, 2016
Chinese firm Bohai Leasing has completed its $7.6 billion acquisition of Irish lessor Avolon, ranking its parent company HNA Group as the world’s fourth largest lessor by asset value.
Jan 11, 2016
Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) has confirmed the suspension of its Paris and Amsterdam routes will allow it to retire its remaining Boeing 777-200ERs, and that many of the pilots from this fleet will also be leaving the airline.
Jan 08, 2016
Dubai-based Emirates Airline will add a second daily Airbus A380 flight from Los Angeles next summer, timing the new departure to connect with an early morning bank of departures from Dubai, many bound for India and Pakistan.