CDB Aviation has announced a lease agreement with the flag carrier of Greece, Aegean Airlines (Aegean), for one Airbus A321-271NX from the lessor’s orderbook. The Athens-based carrier is expected to take delivery of the aircraft in spring 2025 as it continues to expand in the European region by renewing its fleet and operating to new […]
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Airbus, easyJet and Rolls-Royce have combined forces in a bold attempt to position Britain as a market leader of hydrogen-powered aviation at a time when the industry is plotting its course to decarbonisation. The partnership has been launched under the name of the Hydrogen in Aviation (HIA) alliance and aims to ensure that infrastructure, policy,
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Avolon has signed a binding agreement for its order of 20 new A330neo aircraft from Airbus. The order firms up a memorandum of understanding signed at the Paris Airshow in June. The new aircraft are scheduled to be delivered between 2025 and 2028. Avolon was a launch customer for the A330neo programme in 2014 and
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It has been announced that Airbus SAS (Airbus) and Air France SA (Air France), the subsidiary of Air France-KLM, are to combine resources for the creation of a 50:50 joint venture. This JV is for the provision of component maintenance services (supply chain management, repairs, creation of a worldwide pool of aircraft components for the
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Latvian national airline airBaltic welcomed its 43rd Airbus A220-300 jet, registered as YL-ABR, in Riga. This is the fourth Airbus A220-300 delivery for airBaltic in 2023. It is a part of the 50 strong order for the A220-300 from airBaltic. In addition, airBaltic holds 30 options and purchase rights for the same aircraft type. Thus far, airBaltic has carried close to 13,000,000 passengers on the Airbus A220-300 aircraft, having completed nearly 143,000 flights
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Airbus Helicopters and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) have signed an agreement to initiate the serial production phase of the Light Armed Helicopters (LAH). This follows the contract awarded by the country’s Defence Acquisition Programme Administration to KAI in December 2022 to supply an initial batch of ten LAH to the Republic of Korea Army. Deliveries
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Aircraft Leasing & Management (ALM), has announced the conclusion of sale and leaseback agreements for three Airbus A321neo aircraft with Frontier Airlines. The first aircraft bearing registration N626FR has been delivered by Fuyo to Frontier at the Airbus facility in Mobile, AL. ALM will act as servicer for the duration of the lease. The remaining
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Airbus is advancing its industrial system and expanding ramp-up capacity with a new automated A321XLR equipping hangar, officially opened on August 30, 2023. With this, Airbus continues its modernisation and digitalisation of its industrial system and expands its capacity for the rate ramp-up in the A320 programme to 75 in 2026. In the new equipment installation hangar,
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The U.S. Army has awarded Airbus a US$27.8 million contract to upgrade the Army National Guard Security & Support Battalion Mission Equipment Package (MEP). Upgrades to the MEP expand the UH-72A Lakota helicopter’s capabilities to conduct day-and-night operations by providing an advanced moving map, enhanced digital interfaces, new monitors, an airborne mission management system and other system
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Airbus has reported consolidated financial results for the half-year (H1) ended June 30, 2023. “During the first half of 2023 we progressed well across our businesses in an operational environment that remains complex. Our commercial aircraft are in strong demand, as demonstrated by more than 800 orders announced at the Paris Air Show. This demand
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