Aircraft & Engines

Boeing Business Jets reported the sale of the first BBJ MAX 9 at the Paris Airshow. The BBJ MAX 9 was ordered by an undisclosed European customer and previously booked on the Orders & Deliveries website. The BBJ MAX 9 sale marks the fifth BBJ MAX order. Boeing has previously booked four orders for the […]

China Aircraft Leasing Group (CALC), the largest independent operating aircraft lessor in China, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to power 18 Airbus A320neo aircraft with Pratt & Whitney PurePower engines. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2017.

Intrepid Aviation and Philippine Airlines signed a lease agreement for two B777-300ER airplanes during a ceremony at the Paris Air Show. The order adds to the six 777-300ERs the flag carrier currently operates, including one leased by Intrepid Aviation.

An Asia-based airline has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airbus for 60 A320neo Family aircraft at the Paris Airshow.

The Volga-Dnepr Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for 20 additional GEnx-2B powered Boeing 747-8 Freighters. This order brings Volga-Dnepr’s total GEnx-2B-powered Boeing 747-8 Freighter fleet to 26 aircraft. The additional engine order is valued at more than US$1.8bn list price.

Vietnamese carrier VietJetAir has placed a firm order with Airbus for the purchase of six additional A321s. The order was signed at the Paris Air Show. VietJetAir first took to the skies at the end of 2011 and now operates a fleet of 25 A320 Family aircraft on a network covering Vietnam and a growing

Synergy Aerospace Corporation, Avianca’s largest shareholder and owner of Avianca Brasil, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airbus for 62 A320neo Family aircraft. The agreement paves the way for Avianca Brasil to base its fleet renewal and network growth strategy on the A320neo Family. Synergy has ordered 10 A350 XWBs, six A330-200 passenger,

Doha-based Qatar Airways has selected CFM International’s CFM56-5B engines to power eight new Airbus A320ceo (current engine option) aircraft. The firm engine order is valued at US$174m at list price and the airline began taking delivery earlier in 2015.

Ethiopian Airlines has decided to take Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines and long-term TotalCare support worth US$500m to power six Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft. The decision marks a significant vote of confidence in the Trent 1000, Ethiopian having previously selected engines from another provider to power 13 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.

Dublin-based aircraft leasing company Avolon selected CFM International’s LEAP-1A engine to power 20 new Airbus A320neo aircraft. The engine order is valued at $590 million U.S. at list price. Avolon has been a CFM customer since its launch in 2010 and has a committed fleet of 161 CFM-powered aircraft.