Monarch Airlines is finalizing terms and working towards a purchase agreement for 30 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, to be powered by LEAP-1B engines. CFM values the engine order, when finalized, at $1.9bn at list price, including a long-term service agreement. Under the terms of the Rate per Flight Hour (RPFH) service agreement, CFM will guarantee […]
Nordic Aviation Capital has signed a total order for 75 ATR 42-600 aircraft, in a deal valued at over US$1.55bn. Deliveries will commence in 2015 through to 2020. By confirming this order for new ATR 42-600s – which includes 25 firm orders and 50 options for the type – NAC is once again demonstrating its
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Air Lease Corporation selected GEnx-1B engines to power 30 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The list price for the engine order is valued at more than $1.4bn.
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Airbus has selected Rolls-Royce’s new Trent 7000 as the exclusive engine for the new Airbus A330neo. The Trent 7000, launched on Monday July 14th, is the seventh member of the Trent engine family. Over the last 19 years, Rolls-Royce Trent engines have accumulated more than 75 million flight hours. The majority of modern widebody aircraft,
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Qantas Airways has extended its OnPoint solution agreement with GE Aviation for an additional seven years on the fleet of CF6-80E1 engines that power the airline’s Airbus A330-200 and A330-300 aircraft. The extension, valued at $340m, ensures GE will provide the maintenance, repair and overhaul of 65 CF6-80E1 engines through 2025.
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American Airlines has selected CFM International’s advanced LEAP-1A engine to power its new fleet of 100 Airbus A320neo family aircraft. CFM values the engine order at $2.6bn at list price. The aircraft order was originally announced in July 2011 and American will begin taking delivery in 2017. American also has orders for LEAP-1B engines to
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At the Farnborough Airshow, the turboprop aircraft manufacturer ATR announced that it has taken firm orders for 144 aircraft (119 ATR 72-600 and 25 ATR 42-600), with options for 112 additional aircraft, since the beginning of the year. This year’s contracts, of which many will be revealed during the week of the show, represent a
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Middle River Aircraft Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of GE Aviation, has signed a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) agreement with Lufthansa Technik under which LHT will be MRAS’s authorized service provider for the thrust reverser on the GEnx-2B engines that power the Boeing 747-8 aircraft. This long-term partnership will cover the 24/7 product support,
On July 1st, Ameco Beijing started installing a tail dock at its present 4-bay hangar to go with the growth of aircraft overhaul workload. It is the fourth dock installed in this hangar, with an investment of more than US$1m. The installation is due to finish at the end of September. The new dock design
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Oman Air has signed a new deal with JorAMCo to provide the Omani national carrier with base maintenance services for two Embraer 175 and three Airbus A330 aircraft in its fleet. The maintenance checks are planned to take place between May and November this year. The move continues a collaborative effort between the two companies,
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