Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Nov 22, 2007
Brazil's OceanAir placed a firm order for seven A330-200s, 14 A319s and seven A320s collectively valued at $2.65 billion, Airbus said. Deliveries will begin in 2009. OceanAir is owned by Synergy Group, also parent of Colombia's Avianca. Synergy Chairman German Efromovich told reporters in Sao Paulo yesterday that he wants to grow OceanAir's domestic market share to 15% by 2010 from 2% currently and compete more directly with Gol and TAM and believes the 21 A320 family aircraft will help achieve that goal.
Nov 21, 2007
Rolls-Royce will establish a facility in Singapore to assemble and test large civil aircraft engines, with the initial focus on the Trent 1000 powering the 787 and the Trent XWB powering the A350 XWB. "Together with its existing UK facility in Derby, this will provide the company with a dual sourcing capability for the assembly and test of large civil engines, including future new versions of the Trent engine," Rolls said.
Nov 21, 2007
Air Canada announced a 10-year lease deal with ILFC for one 777-300ER. AC will take delivery of its 18th 777 and sixth -300ER in April 2009. It has placed orders with Boeing for 16 777s plus 18 purchase rights.
Nov 21, 2007
US Airways yesterday announced an expansion to its massive Airbus order, reaching an agreement with the manufacturer for five additional A330-200s and signing an LOI with ILFC for two more.
Nov 21, 2007
Qantas firmed up its order for 12 Q400s plus 24 options and purchase rights, Bombardier said. The deal was announced last month (ATWOnline, Oct. 23). Aircraft will be operated by QantasLink. Four of the 12 firm aircraft are conversions of existing options, the manufacturer said. QantasLink currently operates seven Q400s and expects delivery of two previously ordered aircraft in January.
Jul 17, 2014
Air Seychelles has taken delivery of two new-build Twin Otters at the Farnborough Airshow, opting to keep its three older models—previously slated for replacement—in service.
Jul 17, 2014
Airbus has teamed up with British Airways, London Heathrow Airport (LHR), and UK air navigation services provider NATS to study and develop operational procedures to reduce the number of people affected by noise at the airport.
Jul 17, 2014
Qatar Airways has finalized an order for 50 Boeing 777-9Xs, valued at $18.9 billion at current list prices.
Jul 17, 2014
The Engine Alliance (EA), a General Electric-Pratt & Whitney joint venture, plans later this year to define a new set of performance upgrade packages to the Airbus A380’s GP7200 engine as Airbus continues to evaluate future propulsion options ranging from incremental improvements to re-engining.
Jul 17, 2014
China’s Hainan Airlines is finalizing terms with Boeing on a purchase agreement for 50 737 MAX 8s valued at $5.1 billion at list prices.
Jul 17, 2014
Air Mauritius signed a memorandum of understanding Wednesday for four Airbus A350-900s and said it would lease two more of the all-new widebody.
Jul 17, 2014
Bombardier has inked tentative deals for a total of 12 CSeries aircraft from two unnamed customers at the Farnborough Airshow, taking it over 500 orders and commitments for the type.
Jul 17, 2014
Myanmar’s state-owned national airline Myanma Airways—to be renamed Myanmar National Airlines in the near future—signed a deal for six ATR 72-600s with six options at the Farnborough Airshow.