Lufthansa has placed a firm order for 30 Airbus A320neo Family aircraft. This contract follows the selection by the Lufthansa Supervisory Board of the A320neo Family in March this year. The order comprises 25 A320neo and five A321neo aircraft. These will be powered by new-generation Pratt & Whitney PW1100G turbofan engines. With this latest order
IAG has confirmed the firm order of eight of Airbus’ eco-efficient A330 Family aircraft for Iberia’s fleet following the preliminary Memorandum of Understanding signed earlier this year. The A330 will be Iberia’s only twin engine wide body aircraft, and will fit perfectly into its existing Airbus fleet, given the unique commonality between the Airbus’ short haul
Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance (WNAA) has signed a preliminary sale contract for two AW169 helicopters. The aircraft will be delivered in 2015 specially configured for the WNAA’s air ambulance mission requirements. The contract marks the entrance of the AW169 into the UK public service market and represents another success for the all new AW169 model, just
DVB Bank reported the successful closing of two separate finance facilities with Guggenheim Aviation Partners (Guggenheim) for two A330-200 aircraft on lease to Jet Airways (India) and three B777-200ER aircraft on lease to American Airlines. The finance facility for the two A330-200 aircraft on lease to Jet Airways closed in late March. Both aircraft were
GECAS reported the delivery of a new Boeing 777F freighter aircraft to China Cargo Airlines. The aircraft comes from GECAS’ existing order book with Boeing. GECAS leased another new Boeing 777F to China Cargo Airlines in late 2010. China Cargo Airlines, majority owned by China Eastern Airlines, currently operates a fleet of 18 freighters.
Bristol Associates, (Washington, DC) completed the sale of a 1992 vintage B747-422 (Msn 26876; Reg # N187UA) on behalf of the Seller, United Airlines, to Orient Thai Airlines (Thailand) as Buyer. This marks the 37th aircraft placed on behalf of United/Continental itself and is part of the over 100 ex-United/Continental aircraft remarketed by Bristol on
Embraer and Minsheng Financial Leasing Co., a subsidiary of China Minsheng Banking Co. and one of the largest financial institutions providing executive jets leasing services in China, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at Embraer’s headquarters in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil. According to the MoU, Minsheng Financial Leasing intends to purchase up to 20
The first Boeing Next-Generation 737 with the certified performance improvement engines was delivered on a 737-800 to China Southern Airlines at Boeing Field in Seattle last week. The new CFM56-7BE engine configuration, which is now standard on all delivered 737s, is an improved design that includes high and low pressure turbine modification. Coupled with drag
Boeing reached a major milestone with GECAS by delivering the leasing company’s 400th airplane, a Next-Generation 737-800. GECAS leasing customer Xiamen Airlines will operate the milestone airplane. To date, GECAS has ordered 485 airplanes from Boeing. GECAS placed their first order with Boeing on Aug. 30, 1995 for two 767-300ER (Extended Range) airplanes. Since that first order,
Skyworld Aviation reported that, acting on behalf of Airfinancial Management Ltd of Cyprus, it has arranged the acquisition of another Airbus A320 aircraft. A320-200 serial number 361 was purchased by Airfinancial from Aercap Ireland for onward lease to Khors Aircompany of the Ukraine. The aircraft was built in 1992 and is powered by V2500-A1 engines.
