Cathay Pacific Airways intends to add the A350-1000 to its future A350 XWB fleet, with an agreement to place a new order for 10 aircraft. In addition, the Hong Kong-based airline will convert 16 of its existing orders for the A350-900 to the larger A350-1000. The carrier selected Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines to power the
Bhutan’s national airline Drukair has signed a firm order for an Airbus A319 aircraft equipped with Sharklet fuel saving wing tip devices to complement its existing fleet of two A319s. The order announced at the UK’s Farnborough International Airshow, follows a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in February. Landlocked and surrounded by a wall of
Jetstar Airways, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Qantas Group, has selected IAE’s V2500 engine to power a further 32 Airbus A320 family aircraft.This is the third time that the airline has selected IAE as its engine provider since an initial order in 2004. Its engines are currently fitted to all 74 of the Jetstar
Kuwait airplane leasing company ALAFCO signed a commitment at the 2012 Farnborough Airshow for 20 Boeing 737 MAX 8s valued at $1.9bn at current list prices.
Embraer and Boeing announced an agreement that further enhances the collaboration between the two companies and brings additional capabilities to Embraer’s A-29 Super Tucano through new weapons integration developments to meet future customer requirements. The new weapons integration capacity enhances the solution presented to the U.S. Air Force Light Air Support (LAS) program. This latest
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI), has been selected by Aviation Capital Group (ACG) to provide a second B737-400SF 11 Pallet Configuration Freighter Conversion for ATRAN Cargo Airlines. Following conversion ATRAN Cargo Airlines based in Moscow, an airline of the Volga Dnepr Group, will operate the freighter. The aircraft is a high gross weight B737-400 (MSN 28758) built
Sun Country Airlines has signed a 5-year OnPoint solution agreement with GE Aviation for the overhaul of 28 CFM56-7B engines that power its Boeing 737-700 and -800 aircraft. The OnPoint agreement is valued at more than $60m over the life of the agreement. Southwest Airlines, the largest commercial customer for CFM56 engines, signed a 20-year
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) and Boeing announced at the Farnborough International Airshow a commitment to purchase 75 LEAP-1B-powered 737 MAX 8s and 25 CFM56-7B-powered Next-Generation 737-800s from Boeing. The aircraft agreement is still being finalized with Boeing, once this is completed, the airplanes will be posted to the Boeing Orders & Deliveries website as
Oman Air is the latest airline to become part of TRUEngine, qualifying all 33 CFM56-7B engines in its fleet for the program. The TRUEngine designation serves as a method for identifying engines with CFM-approved content and facilitates product support of the engine system. Moreover, industry stakeholders can use the knowledge of engine content to evaluate
Inmarsat, a leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, released that SwiftBroadband will be deployed as the satellite backbone for inflight internet services on two airlines in the Asia Pacific region. Japanese air carrier ANA will deploy SwiftBroadband on its international routes from mid-2013. ANA is one of Japan’s leading airlines and a member
