Aircraft & Engines

Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, announces the delivery of a Boeing 737-800 aircraft to Pegasus Airlines. The delivery is Avolon’s fifth aircraft on lease to Pegasus, one of Europe’s fastest growing airlines. Headquartered in Ireland, with offices in the United States, Dubai, Singapore and China, Avolon provides aircraft leasing and lease management services. Avolon

Boeing and Air India celebrated the airline’s milestone delivery of its 20th 787 Dreamliner from Boeing’s final assembly facility in North Charleston, S.C. The new Dreamliner also features the Star Alliance livery, Air India’s – and the world’s – first 787 to do so. The flag carrier joined the global airline network last year, reflecting

GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing arm of GE, delivered a new leased Boeing 737-800 aircraft to Japan’s Solaseed Air. The leased aircraft is part of GECAS’ existing order book with Boeing. Solaseed Air operates a fleet of 12 Boeing 737-800 aircraft to destinations in Japan.

A contract for two new Airbus Helicopters Dauphins, along with deliveries of three Dauphins this month, have underscored the importance of this twin-engine aircraft family in Japan – particularly with the country’s law enforcement and firefighting agencies. The latest order was signed with Japan’s National Police Agency for one H155 version (previously known as the

Doric has structured investments in four regional aircraft for two family offices. Doric took delivery of the ATR72-500s in Finland at the end of March 2015. Each plane is leased to Finnair for a period of eight years. Three of the aircraft were 100% equity financed; one aircraft was part-financed by NordLB. In addition to

Air China has selected Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines and long-term TotalCare support. The engines will power 15 new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. The decision continues a strong relationship with the airline, which has 49 Trent 700-powered Airbus A330 aircraft in service, with four to be delivered, and ten Trent XWB-powered Airbus A350XWB aircraft on order.

Boeing and All Nippon Airways finalized an order for three 787-10 Dreamliners, valued at approximately US$900m at list prices. With this order, originally announced as a commitment in January 2015, ANA becomes Boeing’s newest 787-10 customer and first airline in Asia to operate the entire family of 787 Dreamliners. ANA, the launch customer of the

Embraer announced a firm order for 15 E175s and two E190s from KLM Cityhopper, KLM’s regional subsidiary. The contract for the 17 E-Jets also includes an option for 17 additional E-Jets for KLM Cityhopper or Air France regional subsidiary HOP! The firm order, which will be included in Embraer’s 2015 first-quarter backlog, has an estimated

Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, delivered a new A321 aircraft to Philippine Airlines (PAL). The delivery is Avolon’s sixth aircraft on lease to PAL, comprising five A320 family aircraft and one A330 aircraft.