Aircraft & Engines

Air Lease Corporation (AL) reported the placement of two new Boeing 787-9s on long-term lease to Oman Air. The aircraft are scheduled to deliver in 2018 and 2020, both from ALC’s order book with Boeing. This new agreement follows Oman Air’s August 2015 announcement of lease agreements covering 14 additional jet aircraft on lease from […]

AviaAM Leasing, a Warsaw Stock Exchange listed global aviation holding company engaged in the business of commercial aircraft acquisition, leasing and sales, has delivered the fourth Airbus A321 to the European leisure carrier Small Planet Airlines. The delivered aircraft comes as the final one under the recently signed operating lease agreement between the carrier and

Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has delivered one new Airbus A320-200 to Frontier Airlines, the first of two new Airbus A320-200 aircraft deliveries on long-term lease from ALC’s order book with Airbus. The second A320-200 is scheduled to deliver in fall 2016.

Air Serbia, the national airline of the Republic of Serbia, took delivery of its first wide-body aircraft at Nikola Tesla Airport. The Airbus A330 will be used on Air Serbia’s Belgrade-New York route, which launches on June 23, 2016, reconnecting Serbia and the United States with direct air service for the first time in 24

Allegiant has signed an agreement to purchase four additional Airbus A319 aircraft from Philippines-based low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific. The purchase marks another milestone for the company in its long-term transition to an all Airbus fleet. The aircraft in this agreement are scheduled for delivery in 2017 and 2018. Allegiant previously agreed to purchase six Airbus

VAS Aero Services, a leader in aviation logistics and aftermarket services, has purchased a Boeing 777-200ER aircraft, MSN 28414, from Aircastle Advisor. Aircastle will retain ownership of the aircraft’s Trent engines for disposition in the market, while VAS will disassemble the airframe and manage re-distribution of the component parts to VAS’s key OEM, Airlines, and

AerFin Ltd (UK) continues its acquisition programme with the purchase of Embraer E170 aircraft MSN 17000106 from SMBC Aviation Capital. Bob James, CEO, AerFin commented: “AerFin continues to work with a number of regional airlines to progress the continued operation of the E170 aircraft under an inclusive AerFin spares support program”.

Rolls-Royce has despatched the first ‘shipset’ of four engines as part of its largest ever order, for Emirates. The Trent 900 engines left the Rolls-Royce site at Derby, UK, where they were assembled, for Airbus in Toulouse, France, where they will be fitted to an A380 aircraft. Rolls-Royce is providing Trent 900 engines and TotalCare

CTS Engines, a global leader for mature jet engine maintenance services, has completed the acquisition through an affiliate of 12 CF6-80 engines from a major U.S. carrier. The acquired engines include nine CF6-80A and three CF6-80C2A5 models. Additional terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The engines will be used as teardowns and short-term spares

Embraer announced the debut of the E190 jet in Japan with J-AIR, subsidiary of leading carrier Japan Airlines. The inaugural revenue flight took place between Osaka (Itami Airport) and Kagoshima. The entry of the first E190 in J-AIR’s fleet brings the current number of E-Jets operating across Japan to 28.