The Volga-Dnepr Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for 20 additional GEnx-2B powered Boeing 747-8 Freighters. This order brings Volga-Dnepr’s total GEnx-2B-powered Boeing 747-8 Freighter fleet to 26 aircraft. The additional engine order is valued at more than US$1.8bn list price.
Vietnamese carrier VietJetAir has placed a firm order with Airbus for the purchase of six additional A321s. The order was signed at the Paris Air Show. VietJetAir first took to the skies at the end of 2011 and now operates a fleet of 25 A320 Family aircraft on a network covering Vietnam and a growing
Synergy Aerospace Corporation, Avianca’s largest shareholder and owner of Avianca Brasil, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airbus for 62 A320neo Family aircraft. The agreement paves the way for Avianca Brasil to base its fleet renewal and network growth strategy on the A320neo Family. Synergy has ordered 10 A350 XWBs, six A330-200 passenger,
Doha-based Qatar Airways has selected CFM International’s CFM56-5B engines to power eight new Airbus A320ceo (current engine option) aircraft. The firm engine order is valued at US$174m at list price and the airline began taking delivery earlier in 2015.
Ethiopian Airlines has decided to take Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines and long-term TotalCare support worth US$500m to power six Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft. The decision marks a significant vote of confidence in the Trent 1000, Ethiopian having previously selected engines from another provider to power 13 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
Dublin-based aircraft leasing company Avolon selected CFM International’s LEAP-1A engine to power 20 new Airbus A320neo aircraft. The engine order is valued at $590 million U.S. at list price. Avolon has been a CFM customer since its launch in 2010 and has a committed fleet of 161 CFM-powered aircraft.
Bahamasair, the national flag carrier of Bahamas, has placed a firm order for 2 ATR 72-600s and 3 ATR 42-600s, thus becoming a new ATR customer. Bahamasair’s first ATRs will be delivered before the end of 2015. The new generation ATRs will replace ageing aircraft in Bahamasair’s fleet allowing the airline to solidify excellent passenger
News comes from le Bourget, Paris that Aercap, who only recently took over US leasing giant ILFC, have confirmed an order initiated by ILFC for 100 Boeing 737 Max planes worth an estimated US$10.7bn at list price. “This is something we have been working on for a long time,” said AerCap chief executive Aengus Kelly,
Korean Air has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Airbus to acquire up to 50 A321neo aircraft, becoming a new customer for the best-selling single aisle A320 Family. The agreement, covering 30 aircraft plus 20 options, was announced at the Paris Air Show. Korean Air signed a further Memorandum of Understanding with Pratt &
EVA Air of Taiwan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Airbus for the purchase of four additional A330-300s. As with its existing A330 fleet, the new aircraft will be powered by CF6-80 engines by General Electric.
