Bombardier Aerospace has received firm orders for 12 Global 8000 business jets from an undisclosed customer. The transaction is valued at approximately $804m, based on the 2013 list price for typically equipped aircraft.
A new commercial airline in Europe, Air Lituanica of Vilnius, Lithuania, has acquired two Embraer E-Jets. The carrier will launch scheduled service on June 30th with one EMBRAER 170 leased from a third party. In July, Air Lituanica will add another E-Jet, an EMBRAER 175, leased from ECC Leasing Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Embraer.
Korean Air agreed to purchase five 747-8 Intercontinental airplanes and six 777-300ER (Extended Range) jetliners, valued at approximately $3.6bn at current list prices. Korean Air chose the GE90-115B- engines to power six 777-300 ER and GEnx-2B engines to p0wer five 747-8 Intercontinental airplanes. Boeing will work with Korean Air to finalize the order, at which
LATAM Airlines Group signed a memorandum of understanding with CFM International to purchase CFM56-5B engines to power 25 firm A321ceo and five firm A320ceo aircraft, in additional to options for 20 additional Airbus A321ceo (current engine option) aircraft. Once finalized, the agreement will be valued at approximately $1.1bn at list price, including spare engines and
Syphax Airlines, a new Tunisian based airline, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to buy three A320neo. The order is the first time an African based carrier has ordered the NEO and marks a significant breakthrough for Airbus in one of the world’s fastest developing markets. Syphax have also ordered three A320ceo aircraft. The
Rolls-Royce has won an order from Air Lease Corporation, worth $160m at list prices, for Trent 1000 engines to power four Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. The order marks the first Trent 1000 selection by the US aircraft leasing company. The Trent 1000 was the first engine to power the 787 Dreamliner into service in October
SuperJet International (SJI) – joint venture between Alenia Aermacchi (a Finmeccanica Company) and Sukhoi Holding – announced the delivery of its first Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) aircraft to the Mexican airline Interjet. With an order for 20 aircraft plus 10 options, Interjet is the first western customer to take delivery of the SSJ100. The aircraft
BOC Aviation signed a new contract with CFM International for 10 firm orders of CFM 56 engines and 10 firm orders of CFM LEAP engines to power A320 family aircraft on order with Airbus. This is the second direct contract between BOC Aviation and CFM for an engine order for the A320 aircraft type.
BOC Aviation awarded IAE International Engines AG with an engine order for 13 firm A320 family aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled from May 2014 to becember 2016. The new order brings the total number of V2500-powered aircraft ordered by BOC Aviation to more than 110. Spirit Airlines, North America’s leading ultra low-cost airline, and IAE International
International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) has expanded its order for CFM International’s LEAP-1A engines to power an additional 20 Airbus A320neo Family aircraft, bringing the total of its LEAP-powered A320neo Family aircraft to 60. The aircraft are scheduled for delivery beginning in 2016. This newest engine order is valued at $510m at list price.
