Jetstar Airways, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Qantas Group, has selected IAE’s V2500 engine to power a further 32 Airbus A320 family aircraft.This is the third time that the airline has selected IAE as its engine provider since an initial order in 2004. Its engines are currently fitted to all 74 of the Jetstar
Kuwait airplane leasing company ALAFCO signed a commitment at the 2012 Farnborough Airshow for 20 Boeing 737 MAX 8s valued at $1.9bn at current list prices.
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI), has been selected by Aviation Capital Group (ACG) to provide a second B737-400SF 11 Pallet Configuration Freighter Conversion for ATRAN Cargo Airlines. Following conversion ATRAN Cargo Airlines based in Moscow, an airline of the Volga Dnepr Group, will operate the freighter. The aircraft is a high gross weight B737-400 (MSN 28758) built
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) and Boeing announced at the Farnborough International Airshow a commitment to purchase 75 LEAP-1B-powered 737 MAX 8s and 25 CFM56-7B-powered Next-Generation 737-800s from Boeing. The aircraft agreement is still being finalized with Boeing, once this is completed, the airplanes will be posted to the Boeing Orders & Deliveries website as
Oman Air is the latest airline to become part of TRUEngine, qualifying all 33 CFM56-7B engines in its fleet for the program. The TRUEngine designation serves as a method for identifying engines with CFM-approved content and facilitates product support of the engine system. Moreover, industry stakeholders can use the knowledge of engine content to evaluate
BOC Aviation has signed agreements for the lease of two new Airbus A321-200 aircraft to Asiana Airlines. The aircraft, powered by IAE2533-A5 SelectOne engines, are scheduled for delivery in the second half year of 2013.
Airbus has decided to offer a further enhanced version of the popular A330 airliner by increasing the maximum takeoff weight capability to 240 metric tonnes. This 240 tonne capability will be first applied to the larger A330-300 model and subsequently to the A330-200 and A330-200F. The respective performance improvements are as follows: The 240 tonne
Bombardier Aerospace released that a new customer, which has requested to remain unidentified at this time, has placed a conditional order for five CS100 and 10 CS300 jetliners. Based on the list prices of CS100 and CS300 aircraft, the contract is valued at approximately US$1.02bn.
China Express Airlines has converted a previously announced conditional order for six CRJ900 NextGen regional jets to a firm order. The transaction includes options on an additional five CRJ900 NextGen aircraft. As previously announced, and based on the list price of the CRJ900 NextGen airliner, the firm order contract is valued at approximately US$264m and
Arkia Israeli Airlines, the second biggest Israeli airline, signed a purchase agreement for four A321neos at the Farnborough International Airshow. This order makes the airline a new Airbus customer and the first airline in Israel to order the A320 neo Family. Engine selection will be announced at a later date. The aircraft will be configured
