French airline Air Caraïbes took delivery of its first ATR 72-600 on December 14. The aircraft, delivered in Toulouse, is part of an order for three ATR 72-600s, placed in 2014 and delivery of which will continue until 2019. The new 74-seater ATR 72-600s have 4 more seats than the current ATR 72-500s in operation,
Boeing and the United Republic of Tanzania have confirmed an order for one 787-8 Dreamliner, valued at US$224.6m at list prices. The aircraft will be operated by Air Tanzania, the flag carrier of Tanzania. The order was previously attributed to an unidentified customer on Boeing’s Orders & Deliveries website.
Embraer has delivered two Phenom 300s to Colorful Yunnan General Aviation Co., a newly established executive jet customer based in Yunnan province, Southwest China. This is the first time Embraer has delivered its U.S.-made executive jets to a Chinese customer. These two aircraft will undertake general aviation missions in Yunnan, such as medical-rescue and disaster-relief
Ahead of schedule, Doric Flugzeugfonds 2 has extended the lease agreement with Air Mauritius by 24 months – until December 2019 at least. Doric is the asset manager of the Airbus A330-200 with the registration 3B-NBM which was delivered in December 2007. To date the aircraft has completed around 7,100 flights to destinations such as
Intrepid Aviation confirmed the acquisition of a new B777-300ER aircraft from Boeing in Seattle and its delivery on long-term lease to Manila-based Philippine Airlines.
SAS has secured financing of an additional five Airbus A320neo through the signing of a Sale and leaseback agreement with SMBC Aviation Capital. The aircraft will be delivered between 2016 and 2018. The agreement means that SAS, at the time of delivery for the respective aircraft, will sell the aircraft to SMBC Aviation Capital and
Boeing and Iran Air announced an agreement for 80 aircraft that includes 50 737 MAX 8s, 15 777-300ERs and 15 777-9s, valued at US$16.6bn at list prices. Based on its Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Iran Air announced in June, the contract was reached within the terms of the U.S. Government license issued to Boeing
Norwegian’s subsidiary Arctic Aviation Assets (AAA) has taken delivery of its first ever Airbus aircraft. This is the first of 70 A320neos that the Norwegian Group has on order. It is also the first of 12 A320neos that will be leased to Hong Kong carrier HK Express. Norwegian also plans to become an Airbus operator
Finnair will wet lease an Airbus A330 aircraft and crew from its oneworld partner Iberia for its Miami route from January 10 to January 31. The wet lease is to accommodate pilot trainings that are necessary to secure the airline’s growing operations for the summer 2017 season and beyond. Due to the arrival of additional
CMIG Leasing received a brand new H125 helicopter from Airbus Helicopters in Marignane, France, making it the 100th Ecureuil family helicopter to operate in China’s skies. This helicopter will be operated by the Shanghai Skyway General Aviation Company (Skyway GAC), one of the pioneers in China general aviation, with a fleet of seven H125. Skyway
