Boeing and SilkAir have finalized an order for 54 Next-Generation 737s and 737 MAX 8s worth $4.9bn at list prices. With this agreement, the 737 MAX has accumulated 969 orders to date. SilkAir’s order for 23 737-800s and 31 737 MAX 8s is the largest order in the airline’s history and begins a fleet transition
Boeing and LOT Polish Airlines celebrated the delivery of the airline’s first Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The Polish carrier is the first European airline to take delivery of the 787. LOT will operate the 787 on short-haul flights across Europe in December, and will introduce the Dreamliner on its long-haul passenger service from Warsaw to Chicago
The U.S. Army has awarded EADS North America a $181.8m contract option to deliver 34 additional UH-72A Lakota helicopters, bringing the total aircraft ordered to date to 312. Army plans call for procuring 347 Lakotas through 2016. EADS North America has delivered 243 Lakotas from its American Eurocopter facility in Columbus, Miss., where up to
ACE Aviation Holdings (ACE) has sold to Cormark Securities, as investment dealer, a total of 31m shares of Air Canada and 2.5m warrants to purchase Air Canada shares at exercise prices of $1.51 (1.25m warrants) and $1.44 (1.25m warrants), for total net proceeds to ACE of approximately $58m. As a result, ACE no longer holds
TransAsia Airways has converted options for six A321neo aircraft with Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1100G-JM engines into firm orders. Pratt & Whitney will now power TransAsia’s order of 12 firm A321neo aircraft. The deal includes a 10-year PureSolution maintenance service agreement for 27 engines, including spare engines. Deliveries are scheduled to start in 2017.
CFM International’s LEAP family continues to be the engines of choice for next-generation single-aisle aircraft. The order for 50 LEAP-1C-powered C919 aircraft announced by COMAC at the Zhuhai Air Show pushed total LEAP engine orders and commitments to 4,352 engines at a list price value of more than US$52bn. CFM’s LEAP-1C is the sole Western
Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL), has won approval to provide technical support to LOT Polish Airlines’ Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which is the first aircraft of its type to be operated from Europe. MAEL’s engineering team has worked tirelessly over several months to ensure that its new line maintenance facility in Warsaw, Poland is equipped with the
Lufthansa Technik’s Innovation Business Unit has begun production deliveries of its nice HD CMS / IFE (cabin management & and in-flight entertainment) system for the new Learjet 70 and Learjet 75. The nice HD system featured on both the Learjet 70 and Learjet 75 aircraft will include personal HD video at most seat locations via
Airbus has recently selected Liebherr-Aerospace to provide the nose landing gear for the A350-1000 aircraft. Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH, Germany, center of excellence for flight control/actuation systems and landing gear systems within the Liebherr Group, will develop, manufacture and service the nose landing gear. Liebherr’s scope of supply for the A350-1000, which already includes the slat
An Airbus ACJ319 with the fuel-saving Sharklet option has been ordered by a Chinese customer, in the first deal for this version from the country. The order builds on the strong Airbus corporate jet presence in greater China, where there are around 25 orders to date. Airbus corporate jets such as the ACJ318 and ACJ319
