Aircraft & Engines

China Aviation Supplies Holding Company (CAS) has signed a General Terms Agreement (GTA) with Airbus for the purchase of 60 Airbus aircraft, which includes 42 A320 Family aircraft and 18 A330 aircraft. The GTA was signed at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing by Li Hai, President and CEO of CAS and Fabrice

FLY Leasing, a global lessor of modern commercial jet aircraft, has acquired a 2013 manufactured Boeing 737-800 aircraft on a 12-year lease to a leading low-cost carrier in Asia. The acquisition was funded with a combination of FLY’s unrestricted cash and the $250m aircraft acquisition facility that was closed in November 2012.

Air Lease Corporation announced a long term lease agreement with KLM for a new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, which is scheduled for delivery in March 2015. Additionally, ALC and KLM reached agreement on lease extensions for three 737-800s and one 777-200ER, currently operating in the KLM fleet.

Rolls-Royce has won a $1.6bn order, at list prices, from International Airlines Group (IAG) for Trent XWB engines to power 18 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft. The order includes long-term TotalCare service support. In addition, IAG has placed options for a further 18 A350 aircraft. The A350-1000 aircraft is powered exclusively by the higher-thrust version of the

FLYNONSTOP of Kristiansand, Norway, received its first EMBRAER 190 at a ceremony at Embraer’s headquarters in São José dos Campos, Brazil. The aircraft, leased from a third party, will be used to launch nonstop routes between Kristiansand and key cities in Southern and Central Europe.

LAN and TAM Airlines, two of Latin America’s leading airlines and part of the LATAM Airlines Group, took delivery of their first Airbus A320s equipped with Sharklets. Powered by CFM, the LAN and TAM aircraft have been delivered at the end of April and will begin operating domestic routes within Chile and Brazil. The two

Bombardier Aerospace and RwandAir of Kigali, Rwanda have signed a firm purchase agreement for one Q400 NextGen turboprop airliner. Based on the list price of the Q400 NextGen aircraft, the order is valued at approximately $33m. RwandAir will become the 12th operator of Q400 and Q400 NextGen aircraft in Africa, and its Q400 NextGen aircraft

Air Lease Corporation announced a lease agreement with Ethiopian Airlines for two new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, both on lease for twelve years. The aircraft are scheduled for delivery in May and June 2015.

GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has signed a purchase and leaseback transaction with Spirit Airlines for six new Airbus A320 aircraft to expand the carrier’s fleet. GECAS delivered the first aircraft to Spirit in March. The remainder deliver in 2013 with all six aircraft coming from Spirit’s existing order book with Airbus.