Aircraft & Engines

Pratt & Whitney received Federal Aviation Administration approval to add the PW1100G-JM engine that will power the Airbus A320neo aircraft to its production portfolio. The certificates were awarded to Pratt & Whitney’s facilities in Middletown, Connecticut and West Palm Beach, Florida. Both facilities have expanded and modernized to introduce state-of-the-art assembly and test capability as

Turkish Airlines has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower PW1100G-JM engines to power its order of 72 firm and 20 option A321neo aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2017. The PurePower engine family has completed 19,000 hours and 34,000 cycles of full engine testing, including 5,000 hours of flight time.

Aircastle Holding, which is a subsidiary of Aircastle Limited, signed a firm order at the International Paris Air Show for 25 E-Jet E2s, consisting of 15 E190-E2s and 10 E195-E2s with an additional 25 purchase rights for 15 E190-E2s and 10 E195-E2s, bringing the total potential order to up to 50 aircraft. The transaction will

Japan Air Commuter – a JAL Group Company- and the European turboprop aircraft manufacturer ATR announced the signature of a contract for the purchase of 8 firm ATR42-600s, plus 1 option and 14 purchase rights, valued at US$496m. The signature of this deal represents a major milestone for ATR, as it represents the 1500th ATR

Spain’s Canary Islands airline Binter signed an agreement for the purchase of additional six new ATR 72-600 aircraft, following their first batch for six ATR 72-600s in February 2014, bringing total orders for ATR aircraft to thirty. The new ATR order is a part of the Binter’s fleet modernization and network improvements program. By progressively

GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the aviation leasing and financing arm of GE, announced a firm order for 60 Airbus A320neo family aircraft. All of the aircraft will be powered by CFM’s LEAP-1A engines. The agreement was jointly posted by GECAS President and CEO Norman C.T. Liu and Airbus Chief Operating Officer, Customers John Leahy.

Air Lease Corporation (AL) announced new long term lease contracts with Vietnam Airlines that converted the formerly contracted eight Boeing 787-9 aircraft to eight new Boeing 787-10s. These aircraft are from ALC’s order book with Boeing and deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2019 and continue through 2021. The Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner will be the

Boeing and Garuda Indonesia reported the airline’s intent to purchase 30 787-9 Dreamliners, as well as up to 30 737 MAX 8 airplanes. Boeing will work with Garuda Indonesia to finalize the order, at which time it will be posted to Boeing’s Orders & Deliveries website. In addition to the announcement, the flag carrier also