International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) announced that it will lease five new Airbus A320neo aircraft to Spirit Airlines. ILFC is the leasing industry’s launch customer with the largest order book for the Airbus New Engine Option (NEO) family.
Airbus continued its excellence in widebody aircraft with the inauguration of the A350 XWB Final Assembly Line – an event that occurred 40 years after the maiden flight of its game-changing A300, which put the company on track to becoming a world-leading commercial airliner manufacturer. The inauguration, held inside this purpose-built L-shaped facility next to
The Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT), an agency under the Prime Minister’s Department, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 5th October 2012 with the Performance Review Institute (PRI), which administers the Nadcap program on behalf of the aerospace industry, marking another milestone in efforts to advance the competencies and competitiveness of the Malaysian
Norwegian’s (NAS) flew 1,647,702 passengers in September. The total passenger traffic increased by 20% and the total capacity increased by 21%. The load factor was 80%, down 1.0 point compared to the previous year.
In September 2012, IAG Group traffic rose by 5.1% versus September 2011, while Group capacity was up 3.6%. The load factor for the month improved 1.5 points to 84%.
The European turboprop aircraft manufacturer ATR announced the delivery of the very first ATR 72-600 aircraft in the livery of an Asian carrier. The aircraft, with registration number B-17001, has been delivered in Toulouse (France) on September 27th, to Taiwan-based carrier UNI AIR, a regional subsidiary of EVA AIR. This very first Asian ATR 72-600
Eurocopter and the Royal Thai Air Force signed a contract for the supply of four EC725 helicopters, configured for search and rescue missions. Deliveries of the EC725, the twin-engine tactical rotorcraft from Eurocopter’s successful Cougar family, will be in 2015. Eurocopter already is a helicopter supplier in Thailand for military and law enforcement, having been
Belarus-based Belavia has taken delivery of the first of two EMBRAER 175 jets in a ceremony held at Embraer’s headquarters in São José dos Campos, Brazil. The aircraft, which is leased from Air Lease Corporation of Los Angeles, will operate on European routes from Minsk International airport, in Belarus. The second E175 is scheduled for
Embraer’s entry-level Phenom 100 executive jet recently received the Validation of Type Certificate issued by Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). “Embraer has been strengthening its market position in China’s executive aviation market over the past few years,” said Guan Dongyuan, President of Embraer China. “CAAC’s certificate for the Phenom 100 is great news for
For the January to June period, airBaltic achieved +50% improvement of its net result, compared to the same period a year ago; this is also a better result than originally planned in airBaltic ReShape programme. In the first six months of the year airBaltic operated 23 750 flights, or -15% fewer than a year ago,
