China Southern Airlines has selected Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines to power its new fleet of five Airbus A380s. The deal is worth a total of $600 million. China Southern is the launch customer for both the Trent 900 and the A380 in China, with aircraft deliveries scheduled for late 2007. The announcement was made during
Embraer has been granted type certification for the 100-seat EMBRAER 190 airliner from Canadian certification agency Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA). This paves the way for deliveries of the EMBRAER 190 to begin to Air Canada, which ordered 45 aircraft. Embraer
Aeroflot and Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company announced the firm order for 30 Russian Regional Jet (RRJ) aircraft . In accordance with the Contract Aeroflot orders thirty RRJ95 in basic configuration with deliveries to start in November 2008. The total deal is valued at approximately $820 million at list prices. All the RRJs will be powered
STAR FLYER, based in Japan, will lease one new Airbus A320-200 aircraft from ILFC. The aircraft will be powered by CFM56-5B4/P engines and is scheduled to deliver in February 2007. The lease term is for eight years.
Inter Airlines, based in Turkey, will lease two used Airbus A321-231 aircraft from ILFC. The aircraft, MSN 968 and 974 will be powered by V2533-A5 engines and are scheduled to deliver in March 2006. The lease terms are for 4 years each.
Air Malta will lease one new Airbus A320-200 aircraft from ILFC. This aircraft will be powered by CFM56-5B4/P engines and is scheduled to deliver in March 2007. The lease term is for twelve years.
LAN AIRLINES, based in Santiago, Chile will lease one (1) used Boeing 767-300ER aircraft from ILFC. The aircraft, MSN 26261 will be powered by PW4062 engines and delivered in November 2005. The lease term is for 3
GATX Corporation announced a plan to focus its aircraft leasing portfolio around its newer, more profitable aircraft. As part of this plan, GATX announced its intent to sell up to $450 million of older aircraft assets (including wholly owned and joint venture aircraft), or approximately 23% of its current air portfolio. In conjunction with this
ABX Airannounced today that a U.S. bankruptcy court has approved ABX Air
Germanwings has signed a contract for 18 Airbus A319s. The order follows an earlier announcement of the airline
