TUI Group selected the GEnx-1B engine to power an additional Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. TUI Travel and GE also expanded a TrueChoice Flight Hour agreement for engine maintenance, repair and overhaul services to include these new GEnx-1B engines. The engine order and TrueChoice Flight Hour agreement are valued at more than US$120m list price and
Indian low-cost airline Go Air has chosen Airbus for its further expansion plans by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for 72 A320neo aircraft at the Farnborough International Airshow. Go Air, a Wadia Group company, announced its latest order following a similar agreement for 72 A320neo placed in 2011 bringing the total order book to
AirAsia has signed a firm order with Airbus for the purchase of 100 A321neo aircraft. The contract was announced by AirAsia Group Chief Executive Officer Tony Fernandes and Airbus President and CEO Fabrice Brégier. The contract marks the first order placed by AirAsia for the largest model in the A320 Family. This latest announcement sees
AerCap has chosen the Pratt & Whitney PurePower Geared Turbofan engine to power an additional 10 Airbus A320neo aircraft. The order, originally announced as options, brings AerCap’s PW1100G-JM engine powered fleet to 100 aircraft.
Boeing and Volga-Dnepr Group, a leader in transportation of unique, outsize and heavy cargo, announced at the 2016 Farnborough International Airshow finalization of terms for the acquisition of 20 747-8 Freighters, which includes four aircraft that have already been delivered. Boeing also signed an agreement with the Group’s subsidiaries AirBridgeCargo Airlines and Volga-Dnepr Airlines to
WOW air the low-fare airline based in Iceland has signed a firm order for four A321s. The airline’s first purchase agreement directly with Airbus also makes WOW air a new Airbus customer. WOW air is an all Airbus operator with 11 aircraft in its fleet to date and will grow to 12 by the end
AWAS has chosen CFM International’s CFM56-5B engine to power 10 new Airbus A320ceo (current engine option). The aircraft are part of a 15-aircraft order the company announced with Airbus on June 23 and the engine order is valued at US$320m at list price. Dublin-based AWAS became a direct order CFM56-5B customer in 2008 with an
Germania Group has placed a firm order for 25 Airbus A320neos. The contract was signed at the Farnborough International Airshow by Karsten Balke, CEO of Germania and S.A.T., and Fabrice Brégier, President and CEO of Airbus. Germania Group operates an Airbus fleet of ten A319s and five A321s to destinations in Europe, North Africa and
Boeing reported a commitment for 30 737 airplanes from an unidentified Chinese customer at the 2016 Farnborough Airshow. The commitment includes a mix of 737 MAX and Next-Generation 737 airplanes, valued at more than US$3bn at current list prices.
Air Lease Corporation signed an order with Boeing for six 737 MAX 8s at the 2016 Farnborough International Airshow. Three of the orders are new, and three were previously attributed to an unidentified customer on the Boeing Orders & Deliveries website. ALC chose CFM International’s LEAP-1B engine to power the new aircraft.
