Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jul 15, 2011
AerCap Holdings entered into a purchase-leaseback transaction with American Airlines to finance up to 35 Boeing 737-800s, including 29 firm deliveries—26 of which were previously ordered—plus three new orders. The deal also covers six optional 737-800s, which, if exercised by the carrier, would be delivered in 2013-2014.
Jul 15, 2011
Cebu Pacific Air, now the largest airline in the Philippines, said Friday it signed six-year operating lease agreements with Dublin-based RBS Aviation Capital for two new Airbus A320 aircraft, which will be delivered in March 2012.
Jul 15, 2011
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise's DAE Capital aircraft leasing unit continues its dramatic climb down from its ambitious 2007 launch. It followed its recent Airbus order cancellations by axing orders for 35 Boeing 737NGs valued at $2.8 billion at list prices. Boeing confirmed the cancellation Friday.
Jul 14, 2011
AerCap Holdings had a busy second quarter in which it signed new lease agreements for 16 aircraft, delivered seven, purchased one Airbus A330 and one A320, and sold one A321 and one Boeing 737-400. It also inked contracts for the sale of another four aircraft from its owned portfolio (two A320s, one 737-300, one 757-200), and four aircraft from its managed portfolio (one 737-400, three 737-500s).
Oct 10, 2016
Lufthansa Group carrier Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) will introduce the Boeing 777-300ER onto existing services to Miami and San Francisco from Oct. 30 for the upcoming 2016-17 winter schedules.
Oct 10, 2016
Istanbul-based Turkish Airlines will defer 39 narrowbody deliveries from a 167-strong Airbus and Boeing aircraft order because of decreased demand resulting from a series of terrorist bombings and other economic challenges in Turkey.
Oct 10, 2016
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has confirmed that a piece of wing trailing edge debris, found in Mauritius around May 10 is from the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 that crashed in March 2014 while operating as MH370.
Oct 10, 2016
HY4 flies on hydrogen fuel cell; fuel burn could be reduced faster; laminar-flow wings ready for Europe’s BLADE; flights probe Europe’s weather-forecasting failures.
Oct 07, 2016
Airbus and Boeing booked over $11.1 billion in combined commercial aircraft orders in September.
Oct 07, 2016
Lufthansa Group subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has ordered a tenth Boeing 777-300ER, to be delivered in 2018, the carrier announced Oct. 7.
Oct 07, 2016
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has awarded type certification to the Bombardier CS300, the larger version of the CSeries slated to enter service with Latvian carrier airBaltic in the 2016 fourth quarter.
Oct 07, 2016
Qatar Airways has placed an order for 30 Boeing 787-9s and 10 777-300ERs, and signed a letter of intent for up to 60 737 MAX 8s.