Dragon Aviation Leasing took delivery of four Boeing 737-800 in Seattle. These four aircraft are the first aircraft of the purchase order signed with Boeing in 2013. The aircraft are leased to China Eastern and co-leased to China United Airlines and are the first four of eight aircraft to be leased to China Eastern. The
Finmeccanica-AgustaWestland, announced that, following an agreement signed on 29th December, it will provide 160 AW189 civil helicopters to the oil company Rosneft by 2025. The supply will be provided mainly through HeliVert, a joint venture between Finmeccanica-AgustaWestland and Russian Helicopters (a subsidiary of the corporation Rostec). HeliVert will be responsible for the final assembly (at
Boeing and Azerbaijan-based airline Silk Way West announced that the two companies are finalizing terms and working toward a purchase agreement for three 747-8 Freighter airplanes. When finalized, the contract will be valued at more than US$1.1bn at current list prices. The order will be posted on Boeing’s Orders & Deliveries website once all contingencies
Boeing and Qatar Airways have finalized an order for four 777 Freighters, valued at US$1.24bn at current list prices. The airline also has purchase rights for four additional airplanes, which when exercised will bring the combined value to US$2.46bn. Qatar Airways first announced an intent to order the four 777 Freighters at the 2014 Farnborough
Financial Products Group (‘FPG’), the Tokyo-headquartered, listed independent financial services firm and Amentum Capital (‘Amentum’), the Dublin based aircraft leasing company announced the acquisition of two 737-800s (MSN 35647 and 36814). The aircraft are on lease to Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA and were acquired from an affiliate of CDB Leasing.
Boeing set a record for the most commercial airplanes delivered in a single year at 723 in 2014, breaking the company record for a second consecutive year. The company also booked 1,432 net orders, carrying a value of US$232.7bn at list prices, breaking the previous all-time high set in 2007. Boeing’s unfilled commercial orders stood
Boeing and Air New Zealand have finalized an order for two additional 787-9 Dreamliners, valued at US$514m at current list prices. The order, booked in 2014, comes six months after Air New Zealand celebrated the first 787-9 delivery in July. “The entry into service program has gone very smoothly and we’ve been incredibly pleased with
Bristol Associates (Washington, DC), on behalf of the owner BLF (Bermuda), has completed the sale of five ex-UTAir Ukraine 2012 vintage ATR72-500’s (MSN’s 994, 1000, 1029, 1036 and 1037) to ABRIC Leasing (Ireland).
AerCap Holdings has signed an agreement with China Southern, the largest airline in both Asia and The People’s Republic of China, for the lease of twenty-four Airbus A320neo family aircraft from its order book. The A320/A321neos will be delivered to China Southern between 2016 and 2019 and equipped with PW1100G-JM engines from Pratt & Whitney.
GE Aviation’s Passport Integrated Propulsion System for Bombardier’s new Global 7000 and Global 8000 business jets began flight-testing on GE Aviation’s 747-100 flying test-bed. On December 30th, 2014, a single Passport engine successfully demonstrated aircraft systems and instrumentation functionality. Flight-testing will continue through January prior to expected FAA certification in 2015. To date, the Passport
