AirAsia X has placed an order with Airbus for an additional 34 A330neo widebody aircraft. The order was announced at the Farnborough Air Show in the UK by Kamarudin Meranun, AirAsia Co-Founder and AirAsia X Group Chief Executive Officer, Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz, Chairman of AirAsia X and Eric Schulz, Airbus Chief Commercial Officer. The
Mexico’s flag carrier, Aeromexico, has signed a 12-years Rate Per Flight Hour agreement with CFM Services to support a minimum of 128 LEAP-1B engines that power its fleet of Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 airplanes. The order is valued at US$2.3 billion U.S. at list price. RPFH agreements are part of CFM Services
Boeing and British Airways have signed a commitment for three 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplanes. British Airways will take the 777s on an operating lease with a leasing company. British Airways is one of the world’s largest operators of the long-range jet, operating 58 777-200ER and 777-300ER airplanes across its global network. British Airways also flies
Following many months of negotiation and preparation, Doric’s Asset Management team has announced the first ever secondary market transaction for an Airbus A380. It comes almost 11 years after the first A380’s maiden commercial flight. The lease agreement with the Portuguese wet lease operator Hi Fly for the A380 (MSN 006) began in July 2018 and
Viva Aerobus, the ultra-low-cost carrier based in Mexico, has firmed up an amendment for 25 incremental A321neo and 16 upconversions of A320neos to A321neos to their existing purchase agreement. This latest order brings the all-Airbus operator’s total orderbook to 80 A320 Family aircraft (including 15 A320ceo, 24 A320neo, and 41 A321neo) and the airline’s total
Republic Airlines has ordered 100 CF34-8E-powered Embraer E170/175 regional jets. The engines are valued at more than US$1.4 billion list price. “With this order, Republic Airlines will be the largest operator of CF34-8E-powered Embraer E170/175 aircraft with close to 300 aircraft, and we are proud to partner with Republic and Embraer on this significant milestone
Hokkaido Air System, a JAL Group Company and ATR have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the purchase of two firm ATR 42-600s with an option for a third. HAC will begin operating these aircraft from 2020. These aircraft will replace HAC’s fleet of Saab 340s taking advantage of the superior economics of the cutting-edge
Embraer has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) for three E190 aircraft. The deal has an estimated value of US$ 156 million, based on Embraer’s list prices. These new aircraft will join the existing 134 E-Jets currently owned by NAC.
Air Lease Corporation has selected CFM International’s advanced LEAP-1A engine to power 34 previously announced Airbus A321neo aircraft in an order valued at just over US$1.0 billion at list price. Air Lease Corporation (ALC) specializes in purchasing new commercial aircraft and leasing them to its airline customers worldwide through customized leasing and financing solutions.
VietJet and Boeing have signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the Farnborough International Air Show for an additional 100 737 MAX airplanes. The agreement, which includes 80 737 MAX 10s and 20 737 MAX 8s, is valued at more than US$12.7 billion at current list prices. The Vietnamese low-cost carrier will become the largest MAX
