GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of GE, announced delivery of the first of two leased Boeing 737-700s to its customer VRG Linhas Aéreas S.A. The second aircraft is scheduled for delivery later this month. VRG Linhas Aéreas, the parent company of GOL, is Brazil’s second largest air carrier.
Hawaiian Holdings. parent of Hawaiian Airlines, reported plans to acquire three ATR 72 turboprop aircraft in an all-cargo configuration to expand its interisland shipping services. The new operation will launch in the first half of 2016, starting with flights between Honolulu International Airport (HNL) and Kona International Airport (KOA), Kahului Airport (OGG), Līhuʻe Airport (LIH)
Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, announced the delivery of an Airbus A320-200 aircraft to Thai AirAsia. This delivery is Avolon’s first aircraft directly on lease to Thai AirAsia. Furthermore, Avolon delivered one Boeing 737-800 aircraft to Hainan Airlines. This is Avolon’s second aircraft on lease to Hainan Airlines.
Air Lease Corporation announced long term lease agreements with Frontier Airlines, an ultra-low-cost carrier based in the United States, for two new Airbus A320-200s. These aircraft are from ALC’s order book with Airbus and will deliver in the second and third quarters of 2016.
International AirFinance Corporation (IAFC) selected Rolls-Royce to provide Trent 700 engines, worth US$930m, for 20 Airbus A330 Regional aircraft. Moulay Omar Alaoui, International AirFinance Corporation, President and CEO, said: “We selected the Trent 700 as the best solution in terms of economics and reliability.”
PEMCO World Air Services (PEMCO) has redelivered the first of two aircrafts to AerCaribe, an airline servicing Colombia. The two-conversion agreement was secured early first quarter of 2015, and the first plane was redelivered May 2015. The second aircraft is planned for induction later this year. The 737-400F (MSN 24431), converted at PEMCO’s Tampa facility,
GA Telesis announced its asset transactions for the second quarter of 2015. The company added one MD-11 freighter on lease to FedEx and one CFM56-5A engine to its portfolio. The company sold or leased six ERJ-145 aircraft, four CF34-3 engines, three CFM56-5B engines, two CFM56-5A engines, two A321-100 airframes, two A320 aircraft, two CF6-80C2B1F engines,
Air Lease Corporation signed a long term lease agreement with Far Eastern Air Transport (FEAT), an international airline based in Taipei, Taiwan, for one new Boeing 737-800. The aircraft is from ALC’s order book with Boeing and will deliver in the second quarter of 2016.
At the end of the second quarter of 2015 Embraers firm order backlog reached US$22.9bn, the highest level in the Company’s history. At the end of the previous quarter, in March 2014, the firm order backlog totaled US$20.4bn. During 2Q15, the Company delivered 27 jets to the commercial aviation market and 33 jets to the
The A350 XWB arrived in Sao Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport, officially kicking off the aircraft’s Americas Demo Tour. The Demo Tour will continue taking flight test aircraft MSN 2 to other major airports in Latin America, stopping in Campinas, Brazil and Bogota, Colombia before heading to the United States. Senior Airline representatives from TAM, the A350
