18 June 2013

Spirit Airlines has selected Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1100G-JM engines to power its order of 45 firm A320neo aircraft. Spirit also selected International Aero Engines’ (IAE) V2500 engine to power its order for 30 firm A320ceo aircraft.

Bombardier Aerospace has received firm orders for 12 Global 8000 business jets from an undisclosed customer. The transaction is valued at approximately $804m, based on the 2013 list price for typically equipped aircraft.

A new commercial airline in Europe, Air Lituanica of Vilnius, Lithuania, has acquired two Embraer E-Jets. The carrier will launch scheduled service on June 30th with one EMBRAER 170 leased from a third party. In July, Air Lituanica will add another E-Jet, an EMBRAER 175, leased from ECC Leasing Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Embraer.

Korean Air agreed to purchase five 747-8 Intercontinental airplanes and six 777-300ER (Extended Range) jetliners, valued at approximately $3.6bn at current list prices. Korean Air chose the GE90-115B- engines to power six 777-300 ER and GEnx-2B engines to p0wer five 747-8 Intercontinental airplanes.  Boeing will work with Korean Air to finalize the order, at which

Syphax Airlines, a new Tunisian based airline, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to buy three A320neo. The order is the first time an African based carrier has ordered the NEO and marks a significant breakthrough for Airbus in one of the world’s fastest developing markets. Syphax have also ordered three A320ceo aircraft. The

Rolls-Royce has won an order from Air Lease Corporation, worth $160m at list prices, for Trent 1000 engines to power four Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. The order marks the first Trent 1000 selection by the US aircraft leasing company. The Trent 1000 was the first engine to power the 787 Dreamliner into service in October