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BOC Aviation awarded IAE International Engines AG with an engine order for 13 firm A320 family aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled from May 2014 to becember 2016. The new order brings the total number of V2500-powered aircraft ordered by BOC Aviation to more than 110. Spirit Airlines, North America’s leading ultra low-cost airline, and IAE International

International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) has expanded its order for CFM International’s LEAP-1A engines to power an additional 20 Airbus A320neo Family aircraft, bringing the total of its LEAP-powered A320neo Family aircraft to 60. The aircraft are scheduled for delivery beginning in 2016. This newest engine order is valued at $510m at list price.

Parker Aerospace, an operating segment of Parker Hannifin Corporation, has been chosen by Rolls-Royce to partner on its Trent XWB-97 engine program. The Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engine is being developed for the new Airbus A350 XWB-1000 aircraft and is the sole engine currently available to power this new aircraft. Parker estimates that the agreement will

LATAM Airlines has selected Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1100G-JM engines to power its order of 42 firm A320neo family aircraft. This agreement includes a 12-year Fleet Management Plan. PurePower engine deliveries are expected to begin in 2016.

Embraer disclosed a firm order from Japan Airlines (JAL) for another four EMBRAER 170 jets. The firm order is already included in Embraer’s backlog as an “undisclosed” customer. With this new agreement, the total number of firm orders for the E170 from JAL is 15 aircraft. Embraer has also signed an extension of the Pool

Aviation Capital Group has selected Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1100G-JM engines to power 12 firm A320neo aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled to start in 2018. Each of the twelve ACG Airbus A320neo family aircraft will be powered by two PurePower engines. Pratt & Whitney has announced orders for more than 3,500 engines that include announced and

Embraer and Consorcio Venezolano de Industrias Aeronauticas y Servicios Aereos, S.A. (Conviasa), a Venezuelan airline, signed a contract for seven CF34-10E-powered EMBRAER 190 jets, exercising options from the original order released in July 2012, which provided for six firm orders and 14 options. The announcement was made during the 50th Paris Air Show, in France.