4 January 2010

Embraer and Germany

LAN Airlines has placed a firm order for the purchase of 30 Airbus Family A320 aircraft. This marks an important milestone raising LAN’s total number of firm orders for Airbus aircraft to over 100. Joining LANs existing fleet of A318, A319, A320, and A340-300s, the new A320 Family aircraft will be operated from Latin American

Allegiant Travel Company announced that on December 30, 2009 it signed an agreement to purchase 18 MD-80 aircraft from Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS). Allegiant will pay for the aircraft with cash. Allegiant expects to take delivery of these aircraft during the first three quarters of 2010. The 18 purchased aircraft comprise two groups: 13 MD-82/3

Boeing delivered four Next-Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range) airplanes to Lion Air in December. The new jetliners will be deployed to increase frequencies on existing routes and to replace older airplanes in the fleet. Lion Air, a Jakarta-based private carrier in Indonesia, is the launch customer of the 737-900ER. The airline operates an all-Boeing fleet, which

SkyWorks Leasing, LLC has been engaged to remarket three B757-200SF aircraft (s/n 22210, 22211 and 22611) for sale or lease. SkyWorks will also manage the return of 22210 and 22211 from its existing lessee, Varig Logistica, S.A. in January and May of 2010, respectively. The Rolls-Royce powered aircraft were converted to freighters in 2006 using