Wizz Air, the largest Central and Eastern European low cost – low fare airline, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to buy 50 more A320s. This will take their total orders up to 132 aircraft. All Wizz Air aircraft will be configured in a comfortable single-class layout, seating up to 180 passengers. No choice of
Zest Airways (ZestAir) of the Philippines has placed a firm order with Airbus for its first brand new single aisle A320. The aircraft will join an existing fleet of two A320s that the airline purchased in the open market in 2008. Ambassador Alfredo M. Yao, President and CEO ZestAir said: “With our plans to expand
The French private airline Aigle Azur has placed a firm order with Airbus for one new A319 aircraft. This is the first time the airline has purchased an aircraft directly from Airbus. The new A319 will be powered by CFM-56 engines from CFM International. Aigle Azur currently operates a fleet of ten A320 Family aircraft,
Airbus and Condor have announced the first ever contract to retrofit for A320 Family currently in operation the new Enhanced Cabin – only previously seen inside aircraft recently delivered fresh from the production line. The Condor fleet of 12 A320s will be the first in-service to benefit, with first installations planned for the fourth quarter
Final assembly has begun on the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner destined for delivery to launch customer ANA (All Nippon Airways) of Japan. ANA and Boeing launched the 787 program with a firm order for 50 of the all-new composite jetliner. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2010.
Air China’s Boeing 777 fleet powered by PW4000 engines has surpassed 550,000 hours, or the entire operational span of the Air China Boeing 777 fleet, without an in-flight shut-down setting a new standard for operational excellence for the carrier’s PW4000 112″ engines. As a whole, PW4000-112″ engines have accumulated more than 10 million hours of
This week, the 1000th overhauled CFM56 engine will roll out of the Engine Maintenance Centre of SR Technics. In line with its long-term strategy, SR Technics is developing new competencies and innovative solutions to meet the current needs of its clients and to create real added value. Thanks to continuous performance-enhancing measures, SR Technics is
DAE Capital, the aircraft leasing financial business arm of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), handed over the second Boeing 777 Freighter to Emirates SkyCargo last week. Six more Boeing 777 Freighters are expected to be delivered to DAE between 2009 and 2014. DAE has also secured a US$450 million Guaranteed Loan Facility from Citibank, N.A. to
Aeroflot Russian Airlines has achieved TRUEngine status for 102 of the CFM56-5B engines. Aeroflot has been a CFM customer since 1998 and currently operates more than 50 CFM56-5B-powered A320 family aircraft.
On the occasion of the Paris Air Show, Nigerian carrier Afrijet Airlines and ATR signed a contract for the purchase of 4 ATR 72-500 aircraft. The deal is valued $80 million, and follows a HoA (Heads of Agreement) inked last month on the occasion of the official visit to Nigeria of the French Prime Minister,
