AerCap Holdings (AerCap) has announced its major business transactions during the second quarter of 2022: The company signed 125 lease agreements, including 11 wide-body aircraft, 43 narrow-body aircraft, two regional jets, 32 engines and 37 helicopters. AerCap completed 16 purchases for 13 aircraft (including nine Airbus A320neo-family aircraft and one Airbus A220 aircraft for AerCap’s
Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has released that it has signed new lease agreements with Loganair, MTU and Airlink. The company has executed a lease agreement for one ATR72-500F with Loganair, based in Glasgow, Scotland and signed a lease agreement for six CF34-10E engines with MTU MLS for its rental pool. MTU MLS is a wholly
On July 11, 2022, AFG Aviation Ireland Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aircraft Finance Germany, completed the acquisition of one Airbus A330-200 aircraft bearing MSN 926, from a subsidiary of French shipping giant CMA CGM S.A. The aircraft will shortly be ferried to Teruel Airport (Spain) for storage while it awaits conversion with Elbe
ANA HOLDINGS (ANA HD) has reached an agreement with Boeing to convert two orders for the Boeing 777-9 aircraft to Boeing 777-8F cargo aircraft and finalised its existing purchase agreement for 30 Boeing 737-8 aircraft. The announcement reflects ANA HD’s plan to further expand its cargo business through securing large freighters and to replace the
Airbus Helicopters has delivered its 7,000th helicopter from the Ecureuil family. The light single-engine H125, which was assembled in Marignane, France, was handed over to Blugeon Hélicoptères, a French company specialised in sling work at high altitudes. This new H125 will join Blugeon´s existing fleet of five H125 helicopters located at three different bases in
The commencement of deliveries of the TBM 960 to customer to the United States sees this latest TBM version introduced to North America, which is the largest single-market region for Daher’s family of very fast turboprop aircraft. The TBM 960 – provides the benefits of digital power for enhanced sustainability, a superior piloting experience and
Virgin Galactic, an aerospace and space travel company, has announced an agreement with Aurora Flight Sciences (Aurora), a Boeing company, to partner in the design and manufacture of the company’s next-generation motherships. The mothership is the air launch carrier aircraft in Virgin Galactic’s space flight system that carries the spaceship to its release altitude of
Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has executed a lease agreement for seven E175/E190 aircraft with LOT Polish Airlines, which is the flag carrier of Poland, based in Warsaw. These deliveries were in conjunction with a fleet roll-over of leased Q400 aircraft. Furthermore, NAC has confirmed that it has executed a lease agreement for four ATR72-600’s with Olympic
The dispute between Airbus and Qatar Airways has gathered further momentum with the European planemaker cancelling the fourth of six A350s, this one at the end of June. It is anticipated that the A350 due for delivery at the end of July will also be cancelled by Airbus. The spat has developed over a difference
ST Engineering’s aviation asset management business will lease four Airbus narrow-body Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) aircraft consisting of two A320P2Fs and two A321P2Fs to Malaysian cargo operator, Raya Airways. Raya Airways’ Group Managing Director, Mohamad Najib Ishak, said, “The air cargo industry, being an integral part of the global supply chain, is expected to grow in tandem
