AJW Capital Partners, part of the AJW Group of companies, has entered into a purchase agreement with Airbus SAS for two new A340-500 aircraft. The aircraft will enter commercial service with an existing AJW Group customer. AJW Capital is the AJW Group’s principal investing division and is responsible for the purchase, sale and lease of
Hainan Airlines selected GE Aviation’s GEnx-1B engines to power its two additional Boeing 787 aircraft. This bring Hainan Airlines’ total GEnx-powered Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet to 10 aircraft. Hainan Airlines also expanded its long-term service agreement to include the additional GEnx engines. As part of the agreement, Hainan’s GEnx engine fleet will be maintained in
Boeing and SilkAir have finalized an order for 54 Next-Generation 737s and 737 MAX 8s worth $4.9bn at list prices. With this agreement, the 737 MAX has accumulated 969 orders to date. SilkAir’s order for 23 737-800s and 31 737 MAX 8s is the largest order in the airline’s history and begins a fleet transition
Boeing and LOT Polish Airlines celebrated the delivery of the airline’s first Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The Polish carrier is the first European airline to take delivery of the 787. LOT will operate the 787 on short-haul flights across Europe in December, and will introduce the Dreamliner on its long-haul passenger service from Warsaw to Chicago
Boeing has finished defining in broad terms its newest single-aisle airplane, the 737 MAX, recently completing a major milestone in development known as ‘Firm Concept’. “The program has achieved this development milestone by defining the significant changes needed to deliver the performance we’ve committed to our customers,” said Beverly Wyse, vice president and general manager
TransAsia Airways has converted options for six A321neo aircraft with Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1100G-JM engines into firm orders. Pratt & Whitney will now power TransAsia’s order of 12 firm A321neo aircraft. The deal includes a 10-year PureSolution maintenance service agreement for 27 engines, including spare engines. Deliveries are scheduled to start in 2017.
CFM International’s LEAP family continues to be the engines of choice for next-generation single-aisle aircraft. The order for 50 LEAP-1C-powered C919 aircraft announced by COMAC at the Zhuhai Air Show pushed total LEAP engine orders and commitments to 4,352 engines at a list price value of more than US$52bn. CFM’s LEAP-1C is the sole Western
An Airbus ACJ319 with the fuel-saving Sharklet option has been ordered by a Chinese customer, in the first deal for this version from the country. The order builds on the strong Airbus corporate jet presence in greater China, where there are around 25 orders to date. Airbus corporate jets such as the ACJ318 and ACJ319
China’s Spring Airlines signed an agreement with CFM International for CFM56-5B engines to power two new Airbus A320 aircraft. The engine order is valued at US$40m at list price and the airline is scheduled to take delivery of the first aircraft in January 2014 and the second aircraft in July 2014. Shanghai-based Spring Airlines, established
Reliance Aircraft International, Austin, TX, released that it purchased an ex-Malaysia Air Boeing 737-400 (27096). The aircraft has no engines and is for disassembly/part out.
