Aircraft & Engines
LOT Polish Airlines adds 12 more Embraer 175 jets
LOT Polish Airlines has signed a firm order with Embraer for an additional 12 EMBRAER 175 jets, plus two options and ten purchase rights. The total value of the agreement is $ 372 million, based on January 2007 economic conditions, and could come to $ 744 million, if all options and purchase rights are confirmed.
Lockheed Martin Receives $1.4 billion contract for 17 C-130J Super Hercules aircraft
Lockheed Martin has signed a contract with the Government of Canada valued at $1.4 billion for the purchase of 17 C-130J Super Hercules airlifters and related equipment and services. The Canadian Forces’ new Super Hercules will be the longer fuselage or “stretched” variant of the C-130J, similar to those being delivered to the U.S. Air
Spirit AeroSystems assessing impact of 787 schedule shift
Spirit AeroSystems will continue to work with Boeing to assess the 787 program schedule. Spirit President and CEO Jeff Turner said, “Although the additional delays in first flight and first delivery are disappointing for all of us, I continue to be pleased with Spirit’s overall performance on the program. Specifically, our structures’ design/build efforts are
Qantas says B787 delay has no impact on Group earnings
Qantas said that the three-month delay of the 787 Dreamliner announced by Boeing would now see Jetstar not take delivery of its first B787 before May 2009. The Chief Executive Officer of Qantas, Mr Geoff Dixon, said that while the delay would affect Jetstar’s international expansion in the short term, there would be no effect
PrivatAir orders additional Boeing 787-8 VIP airplane
Geneva-based PrivatAir announced an order for one Boeing 787-8 VIP airplane, a purchase-right exercise from PrivatAir’s initial 787 order in 2006. This latest order is valued at $162 million. Through this agreement, PrivatAir has two 787s on order and has secured an additional purchase right.
Airbus books orders for 1,458 aircraft in 2007
Airbus achieved 1,341 net orders valued at $157.1 billion at catalogue prices (1,458 new gross orders valued at $181.1 billion). They include 913 A320-Family aircraft, 405 A330/A340/A350s, and 23 A380s. This demonstrates the strong demand for Airbus aircraft, with all members of the product family doing extremely well. In particular the newly launched A350 XWB
Boeing shifts schedule for 787 first flight
Boeing announced that first flight of the 787 has been moved from the end of the first quarter of this year to around the end of the second quarter to provide additional time to complete assembly of the first airplane. Deliveries are now expected to begin in early 2009, rather than late 2008. “The fundamental
Embraer delivers two Ipanema aircraft to the FAB
Embraer delivered two new Ipanema aircraft to the Brazilian Air Force (For
