Calgary-based WestJet Encore has signed a firm purchase agreement for five Q400 NextGen airliners. This transaction is a conversion of a batch of five options booked by the carrier’s parent company WestJet and follows the first conversion of five option aircraft announced on March 27, 2014, bringing the number of option aircraft exercised to 10.
Rolls-Royce notes the termination by Airbus of an order for six Trent 900-powered Airbus A380 aircraft from Skymark Airlines of Japan. The aircraft were due for delivery between 2014 and 2015. The airline had also selected TotalCare service and support for the engines. This cancellation reduces the Group’s order book by £351m which represents 0.5%
FLY Leasing Limited, a global lessor of modern commercial jet aircraft, has signed agreements with a leading Asian airline to purchase and lease back three Airbus A330-300 aircraft. Under the terms of the agreements, FLY will purchase the first of the aircraft in the coming weeks and the two remaining aircraft later this year. Two
Boeing and All Nippon Airways celebrated the delivery of the airline’s first 787-9 Dreamliner. ANA will become the world’s first airline to operate both the 787-8 and 787-9 variants of the Dreamliner family when the airline launches 787-9 services on domestic Japanese routes in August. With this delivery, ANA will have 29 787s in its
Air Seychelles, the national airline of the Republic of Seychelles, will take delivery of its first Airbus A320 aircraft in December 2014, heralding significant enhancements to its international flight schedule at the same time. The changes, effective December 1st, include increased weekly frequencies between Seychelles and Abu Dhabi, more capacity on flights to Mauritius, and
At EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, ICON Aircraft unveiled the first production A5, an aircraft the company refers to as Engineering Serial Number 1 (ESN-1). This is the first A5 built from the production design, with production tooling, and using production methods and components. ESN-1 was built over a five-month period, from January to June
As recently announced by the Moscow Health Department, following an open tender, Airbus Helicopters Vostok was awarded a contract to supply two medical helicopters for the Health Department’s Scientific and Practical Centre of Emergency Medicine. The tender documentation requires two new medical helicopters to be delivered in 2015 and to be equipped with an oxygen
AWAS have placed one 737-800 passenger aircraft on lease with Air Italy, a scheduled service airline, and integral part of the Meridiana group based in Sardinia. This aircraft comes from AWAS’ existing portfolio and has been delivered on July 24th.
Embraer Executive Jets delivered the 25th Phenom 300 to NetJets, a Berkshire Hathaway company. A purchase agreement for 50 Phenom 300, plus 75 options, was signed in October 2010. The total value of the deal may exceed US$1bn, if all options are exercised.
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has signed an agreement to lease four Boeing 777-300ER aircraft to EVA Airways, following a lease of two B777-300ER aircraft in February 2014. Delivery of the six aircraft is scheduled for 2016 and 2017. The B777-300ERs will modernize EVA’s long-range fleet with high fuel-efficiency, more payload capabilities and additional flexibility
