Turkish Airlines has committed to order 40 737 MAX 8s, 10 737 MAX 9s and 20 Next-Generation 737-800 airplanes, valued at $6.9bn at list prices. The agreement also includes options for an additional 25 737 MAX 8s.
Embraer has signed a contract for the sale of two EMBRAER 190 jets to Austral Lineas Aereas, a company belonging to the Aerolineas Argentina Group. The Argentine airline currently operates 20 airplanes of this model. Like the aircraft that are already in operation, Austral’s new E190s are the Advanced Range (AR) model, which allows the
Skyworld Aviation announced that Air Urga of the Ukraine has taken delivery of a Saab 340B from UK-based investment firm Spitfire Investments. Serial number 360 embarked on its ferry flight from Springfield, U.S. to the Ukrainian operator on Friday, April 5th. The aircraft has the new registration UR-ELU and is placed on lease with Air
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of GE, announced it will lease two Airbus A320 aircraft to new customer Aer Lingus. Delivery of the aircraft is scheduled for this month.
Air Lease Corporation announced lease agreements with NAS Air (Saudi Arabia) for three Airbus A320-200 aircraft (MSNs 2776, 3218 and 3256). The three aircraft are contracted on six year leases and will deliver in May, August, and October 2013.
Air Transat will add Boeing B737 narrow-body jets to Air Transat’s fleet, which currently comprises Airbus A310 and A330 wide-body aircraft, beginning in 2014. In so doing, the company will internalize its medium-haul operations outbound from Canada to sun destinations in Mexico, the Caribbean and Florida, for which it has relied on a third-party partner
Skyworld Aviation delivered one ex-Air Caraibes EMB 190-100 aircraft to Air Moldova. Skyworld Aviation was exclusively appointed to market serial number 19000130 on behalf of Groupe Dubreuil of France. The aircraft now bears the registration ER-ECC and will enter service with its new operator during April on a long term lease. Air Moldova already operates
Sberbank of Russia and its wholly owned subsidiary, Sberbank Leasing, have reached an agreement on an order for 12 Next-Generation 737-800s. The airplanes are intended for operational leasing under Sberbank’s contract with Transaero, one of Sberbank’s key corporate customers. Valued at more than $1bn at current list prices, the deal will help lay the groundwork
Embraer Executive Jets handed over the first made-in-the-USA Phenom 300 to be delivered to a customer on March 29, 2013. The aircraft was delivered to an undisclosed customer who will use it to connect his business network in the U.S.. “This is a major milestone for Embraer Executive Jets and proves the maturity of our
Air Lease Corporation announced long term lease agreements with transavia.com (Netherlands) for two new Boeing 737-800 aircraft delivering in April 2015 and April 2016.
