Japan Airlines (JAL) has selected the GEnx engine to power its 30 firm, 20 option Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The value of the firm engine order is more than $700 million (USD). Engine deliveries begin in 2008.
The US Airways Group – the merged entity of the two low-cost carriers US Airways and America West, has firmed up their order and signed the contract for 20 Airbus A350 aircraft. The airline has not yet announced its engine selection or seating configuration for the aircraft. US Airways’ intention is for the A350 to
US-based aircraft lessor Jetscape has signed a four year lease extension with Mexican airline Mexicana with respect to one Airbus A320 aircraft. Now scheduled to be redelivered to Jetscape in the year 2010, the aircraft (bearing manufacturer
US-based aircraft lessor Jetscape has signed a five-year lease agreement with Spanish airline Baleares Link Express, which operates under the Hola Airlines name, with respect to one Boeing B757-200 ETOPS aircraft. The aircraft (bearing manufacturer
East Star Airlines, a new Chinese airline based in Wuhan, signed a Letter of Intent with Airbus for the purchase of 10 A320s plus a firm lease deal with GE Commercial Aviation Service (GECAS) for another 10 A320s, becoming a new Airbus customer in China. Deliveries of the leased A320s to East Star will start
East Star Airlines, a new start-up carrier in China, has signed a Letter of Agreement to purchase CFM56-5B engines to power it
Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd (ST Aerospace) announced that it has won a contract to provide training helicopter for the Singapore Ministry of Defence. Under this contract, worth about $120m, ST Aerospace will provide the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) a fleet of five EC120 Colibri helicopter with full technical and logistic support for the
AerCap has signed a letter of intent for the purchase of 70 Airbus A320 Family aircraft. AerCap was formerly known as debis AirFinance, which was recently acquired by Cerberus. In 1999 AerCap (then debis AirFinance) had ordered 31 Airbus A320 Family aircraft. The new deal will take its Airbus portfolio to more than 170 aircraft.
Airbus announced orders and commitments (excluding options) for 157 airliners worth around $14 billion during the Dubai air show. The deals reaffirm Airbus’ leading role in the airliner business and reflect an increasingly strong market recovery. In addition, they had 155 commitments for the new A350 airliner, which is expected to rise to approx. 200
