Qingdao Airlines, a newly established airline based in the Eastern Chinese coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong Province, has selected the best-selling Airbus A320 Family aircraft to build up its fleet. The airline has signed a purchase agreement with Airbus for a total of 23 A320 Family aircraft, including five A320ceo and 18 A320neo. The deal
Zhejiang Loong Airlines, an airline based in Hongzhou, capital city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for 20 Airbus A320 Family aircraft, including 11 A320ceo and nine A320neo. The airline has recently been approved by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for passenger flight operation.
Airbus has announced a new lower weight variant of its versatile A330-300 wide-body aircraft that is optimised for use on domestic and regional routes in high growth markets with large populations and concentrated traffic flows. China will be one of the most important markets for this new version of today’s world’s most efficient and reliable
BOC Aviation announced an order with Airbus for 25 A320 Family aircraft, including 12 NEOs, scheduled for delivery from 2015 to end of 2019. The order comprises A320 and A321 variants for both CEOs and NEOs. This comes on following an earlier order for 50 A320 family aircraft, signed in December 2012. BOC Aviation will make
ICBC Financial Leasing, a subsidiary of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), has entered into an agreement under which IAE International Aero Engines AG’s V2500 engines will power 17 firm and three option A320 series aircraft. This brings the total number of V2500 engines ordered by ICBC Leasing to 37. The new deal
As aviation becomes increasingly accessible in all parts of the world, future Journeys will increasingly be made by air particularly to and from emerging markets. According to Airbus’ latest Global Market Forecast (GMF) in the next 20 years (2013-2032), air traffic will grow at 4.7% annually requiring over 29,220 new passenger and freighter aircraft valued
FLY Leasing, a global lessor of modern commercial jet aircraft, has purchased another brand new Boeing B737-800 aircraft. The aircraft is on a long-term lease to a leading Asian airline. The purchase was financed with FLY’s unrestricted cash and its acquisition facility.
GE has awarded Alitalia its TRUEngine designation for 31 CF34-8E engines powering its fleet of EMBRAER 175s and 10 CF34-10E engines powering its fleet of EMBRAER 190s. Previously, Alitalia received the TRUEngine designation for its CFM56-5B engines and CF6-80E engines. Jetairfly has been awarded TRUEngine designation for its four CF34-10E engines powering its fleet of
Jet Asia Airways has accepted delivery of its fifth Boeing 767-200ER series aircraft, registered HS-JAF at its main base in Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Intl Airport. The aircraft completed a C — Check at Boeing Shanghai’s maintenance facility at Pudong Int’l Airport. The delivery of the aircraft, configured with 235 economy class seats is line with Jet
Airstream International Group has arranged the sale of five DHC-8-Q300 aircraft. The aircraft have been acquired from Caribbean Airlines by a US based investor. One of the five aircraft, serial number 487, was originally sold to Caribbean Airlines by Austrian Airlines in a transaction arranged by Airstream in 2002. Airstream has had a very successful
