Air Lease Corporation (ALC) signed a firm contract for 36 A320neo Family aircraft, 20 of which will be of the larger A321neo model in line with the market trend towards larger aircraft across all market segments, plus 14 options. This firm contract follows the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed at the 2011 Paris Le Bourget […]
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Cebu Pacific, the Philippines’ largest National flag carrier, has chosen the Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines to power up to eight leased Airbus A330-300 aircraft that the carrier will use to launch long haul operations in the second half of 2013. Rolls Royce, the global power systems company, will also provide long-term TotalCare service support for
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Norwegian reported its May traffic results with a load factor of 77%, up 1 point compared to the previous year, traffic increased 15% and capacity was up 14%.
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StandardAero has delivered its 4,000th Rolls-Royce AE3007 engine since the program’s inception in 1997. The delivery took place at StandardAero’s Maryville, Tenn. facility and was delivered to long-time customer Aerolitoral, S.A. de C.V., a Mexico-based regional airline. The AE3007 engine powers the Embraer ERJ 145 regional jets, the Embraer Legacy 600/650 and the Cessna Citation
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Etihad Airways has signed a contract with Airbus to equip 17 of its future A320s on order with Airbus’ fuel saving Sharklets. The new wingtip devices measure 2.5 metres tall, replace the aircraft’s current wingtip fence and will reduce fuel burn particularly over longer distances. Deliveries of the Sharklet-equipped A320s to Etihad Airways will begin
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Air Lease Corporation has entered into lease agreements with China Southern for 18 new jet aircraft from ALC’s orderbook delivering in 2013, 2014, and 2015. The aircraft include twelve new Boeing 737-800s, four new Airbus A320-200s, and two new Airbus A321-200s, all of which are signed on 12-year lease terms.
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Frontier Airlines had a load factor of 90% in May 2012 compared to 88% the previous year. Frontier’s traffic decreased 8% and capacity decreased 10% compared to May 2011.
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Republic Airways reported preliminary passenger traffic results for May 2012. Traffic for the month of May was 6% lower than the same month last year, on a 7% decrease in capacity. Consolidated load factor was 83% in May of 2012 versus 82% in the same month last year.
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WestJet announced May traffic results with a load factor of 79.2%. Traffic increased 7.2% year over year, and capacity grew 1.3% over the same period.
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Uwe Mukrasch, who has been a member of the Lufthansa Technik Executive Board with responsibility for Human Resources and Information since January 2007, has asked the Lufthansa Technik Supervisory Board to release him from his contract early so he can pursue other career interests.
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