Macquarie Group announced the launch of Macquarie Rotorcraft Leasing, a helicopter operating leasing business that will focus on the growing, worldwide demand for commercial helicopters servicing offshore oil and gas, medical transport, search and rescue, and the executive transport markets. As part of the formation, Macquarie also announced the following executive appointments: Jeffrey Pino has
AgustaWestland delivered a GrandNew light twin helicopter to Eichsfeld Air Gmbh of Germany. Based in Berlin, this aircraft will enable Eichsfeld Air to resume its rotorcraft operations, performing missions across Germany as well as to the UK and Switzerland. The helicopter will also be operated in Cote d’Azur (France) and Sardinia (Italy) during the summer
During the second quarter of 2013, Embraer delivered 22 jets to the commercial aviation market and 29 to the executive aviation market, for a total of 51 aircraft. On June 30, 2013, the firm order backlog totaled US$17.1bn, an increase of US$3.8 bn over the first quarter, reaching the Company’s highest backlog value since the
Boeing and Silk Way Airlines, a cargo carrier based in Baku, Azerbaijan, announced an order for two Boeing 747-8 Freighters valued at $704m at current list prices. Silk Way Airlines currently operates Boeing 747-400 Freighters and 767-300 Freighters. It is considered as one of the leading cargo airlines in Central Asia providing full-fledged services to
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) announced delivery of a leased Airbus A320 to new customer Tianjin Airlines to expand the carrier’s fleet. Tianjin Airlines operates a fleet of more than 75 aircraft to some 60 destinations in China.
Following its shareholders’ approval, easyJet has firmed up the purchase of 135 Airbus A320 family aircraft (100 A320neos and 35 A320ceos). The initial agreement was announced earlier in June. The agreement was concluded following a thorough technical and economical evaluation. The order by easyJet sustains nearly 2,500 jobs as well as some 7,500 in the
International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) has completed 125 lease transactions during the January through June timeframe of 2013. These transactions include extensions, new leases of used aircraft as well as placements of new aircraft from ILFC’s aircraft portfolio, which today supports a worldwide network of approximately 200 airline customers across more than 80 countries. ILFC
Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL), the national airline of Azerbaijan, received the first of four EMBRAER 190s on order. The aircraft will be deployed on the carrier’s international network from Baku’s Heydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD). The three remaining aircraft are scheduled for delivery by the end of the year. The four E190s are part of an
Avinco, the aircraft investment manager and remarketing specialist, has placed a 1998 vintage A321-200 aircraft, MSN852, on lease to Kolavia-Metrojet on behalf of a subsidiary of TUI Travel. The aircraft was delivered to the Russian charter airline on June 5th, on a 5 year operating lease. The aircraft has been operated by Thomsonfly (UK) since
Firefly, Malaysia Airlines’ subsidiary carrier has taken ownership of its first brand-new ATR 72-600. The aircraft is the first of 20 latest generation firm ATRs, plus 16 options, ordered by Malaysia Airlines in December 2012. Firefly currently operates 12 ATR 72-500s, and with the arrival of the new ATR 72-600s will almost triple its exclusively
