Bombardier Aerospace announced that Caribbean Aircraft Leasing (BVI) Limited has signed a contract to acquire a new Bombardier Q300 50-seat turboprop airliner. The order was placed two months after Bombardier announced Caribbean Aircraft Leasing
Eurofly has signed a contract with Airbus for the purchase of three A350-800s with three more on option, and becomes the Italian launch customer for Airbus’ new 250 – 300 seat long range airliner. Eurofly is also leasing two additional A330-200s, bringing its total fleet of the type to five. The A350s are scheduled for
Air Deccan placed a firm order with Airbus for 30 more A320s on 22nd December, taking its firm orders for the type to 62 aircraft. A choice of engines has yet to be announced. Bangalore-based Air Deccan was India
Avion Group, Iceland, signed a contract for the purchase of four 777 Freighters with Boeing. The airplanes are in addition to an order for four 777 Freighters that Avion Group placed with Boeing last September. The four new orders were previously posted as unidentified on Boeing’s Orders & Deliveries website. The new cargo planes will
Bangkok Airways decided to acquire six Airbus A350s for operation on new long range services from Thailand to Europe commencing in 2012. The airline currently operates a fleet of seventeen jet and turboprop aircraft on a network of services to destinations in Thailand and across Asia. This decision by Bangkok Airways takes total firm orders
Continental Airlines announced that it has given notice to withdraw 69 of 274 regional jet aircraft from its capacity purchase agreement with ExpressJet Holdings, Inc. and ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. ExpressJet is currently the exclusive operator of regional jet services for Continental Airlines. Continental will request proposals from numerous regional jet operators to provide regional jet
Ethiopian Airlines has selected the General Electric GEnx engines to power its Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft due to enter service with the Airline from 2008. The order is for 20 engines to power the 10 aircraft and 3 spare engines.
GOL will equip its new Boeing 737-800 aircraft with Blended Winglets. GOL and Aviation Boeing Partners signed a contract in November for the delivery of 60 Blended Winglet Systems.
World Air Holdings, Inc., parent company of World Airways and North American Airlines, has signed a letter of intent to lease an additional Boeing 767-300ER passenger aircraft for delivery to North American in December 2006. The initial lease will be for three years. The aircraft will be North American
AirAsia has initiated a total fleet renewal with the delivery of the first of sixty A320s. The A320s will over time completely replace the Boeing 737-300 fleet currently operated by the AirAsia Group (comprising AirAsia in Malaysia, Thai AirAsia in Thailand and AWAIR in Indonesia). AirAsia holds options to purchase a further 40 A320s under
