Norwegian has signed an agreement to acquire four new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. This means that the company has ordered 14 wide-body aircraft in total; three of which are already in service. The 787-9 is larger than the 787-8 that Norwegian currently operates on its long-haul routes. Norwegian continues to expand its international operations by entering
THAI Smile, a subsidiary of THAI Airways and Airbus have extended their existing 15 years ‘Flight Hour Services – Tailored Support’ (FHS-TSP) contract, adding nine additional leased A320 aircraft to cover its entire fleet of 20 A320 aircraft. The contract provides an extensive scope of A320 line replaceable units (LRUs), guaranteed spare parts availability through
Pratt & Whitney will provide exclusive power for 50 firm Embraer E-Jets E2 aircraft, with an additional 50 purchase rights, for an order announced by Embraer and Air Costa. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2018. The PurePower Geared Turbofan (GTF) engine family has more than 5,000 orders and commitments, including options.
Pratt & Whitney has signed an exclusive, three-year Engine Management Program (EMP) agreement with Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to maintain the airline’s fleet of 12 PW4152 installed engines. The Pratt & Whitney engines that are covered under this agreement power PIA’s fleet of A310 aircraft.
IAE International Aero Engines has awarded Singapore-based operator Tigerair the Pure-V designation for V2500 engines powering its aircraft. A Pure-V designated engine contains IAE-approved parts and repairs throughout the entire engine. The program was created to provide a designation IAE customers’ engines that have been maintained to OEM standards, for example those covered by a
Copa Holdings reported net income of $113.9m for 4Q13, as compared to net income of $86.6m in 4Q12. Excluding special items, which for 4Q13 includes a non-cash impairment charge of $31.2m on Intangible Assets booked in 2005 related to the acquisition of AeroRepublica (now Copa Colombia) and a non-cash gain of $2.6mn associated with the
Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has signed its first order with IAE International Aero Engines AG to supply V2500-A5 SelectOne engines to power two new firm A320ceo aircraft plus options for two additional aircraft. Aircraft deliveries are scheduled for 2015.
Aerolíneas Argentinas ordered GE’s CF6-80E1 engines to power its four new Airbus A330-200 aircraft. “GE and Aerolíneas Argentinas have a strong relationship with the majority of their fleet powered by GE or CFM56* engines,” said Doug Izarra, Vice President for the Americas Sales at GE Aviation. “The selection of CF6-80E1 engines will continue to strengthen
AJW Aviation has signed a five year framework agreement with East Air the private carrier based in Tajikistan. The airline operates one A320-300 and one Boeing 737-400 aircraft and will be fully supported by AJW across the supply and repair of components, as well as AJW’s global AOG service. This end-to-end programme is backed up
At the Airshow in Singapore BNP Paribas and VietJetAir have reached a mutual agreement wherein BNP Paribas was assigned to be the adviser and financing arranger for VietJetAir’s aircraft order. In which BNP Paribas will arrange financing for the first three aircrafts that VietJetAir will receive in 2014. The value of these three aircrafts is
