Garuda Indonesia has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Airbus for 30 A350 XWB aircraft. The agreement was signed at the Paris Air Show by Arif Wibowo, President and CEO, Garuda Indonesia, and Fabrice Bregier, President and CEO, Airbus. Under the Letter of Intent, Garuda Indonesia intents to purchase the A350 XWB. The A350 […]
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Pratt & Whitney has completed assembly and is initiating testing of the first PurePower PW1900G test engine at its facility in East Hartford, Connecticut. The PW1900G engine, a derivative of the PW1500G engine, has been specifically designed for installation on the new Embraer E190-E2 and E195-E2 aircraft. The first PW1900G engine will initially conduct ground
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Wings Capital Partners announced the purchase of a 2002 Airbus A320-200 adding to their growing portfolio. The aircraft was purchased from Airbus S.A.S., through their Asset Management Group and was subsequently leased to Iberia Express. “This acquisition builds upon long standing relationships we have with Airbus and we are delighted to have closed this transaction
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ATR and Sweden-based Braathens Aviation signed a contract for the purchase of 5 ATR 72-600s and 10 optional aircraft as part of the company’s fleet upgrade strategy. Deliveries will commence at the end of 2015. The new aircraft, which will seat 72 passengers, will be operated on the carrier’s regional services in Sweden. The ATR
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Cebu Pacific Air (CEB) ordered 16 ATR72 -600 from ATR, the European Turboprop aircraft manufacturer. Cebu Pacific and ATR announced that the deal includes options to acquire an additional 10 ATR72-600, valuing the total aircraft order at US$673m, based on current list prices. The order is part of Cebu Pacific’s fleet renewal program. Cebu Pacific
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Qatar Airways announced an order for 10 GE9X-powered Boeing 777X aircraft and four GE90-115B-powered Boeing 777 Freighters. The total engine order for the 20 GE9X engines and eight GE90-115B engines are valued at more than US$1.1bn list price. This order follows Qatar’s order for 50 GE9X-powered Boeing 777X that was placed during the 2013 Dubai
WestJet has signed a firm order for five Bombardier Q400 NextGen aircraft. A firm order for one Q400 aircraft was also signed in March 2015. These transactions are conversions of options previously booked by WestJet. The five firm orders are for delivery in 2016 and 2017.
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Pratt & Whitney received Federal Aviation Administration approval to add the PW1100G-JM engine that will power the Airbus A320neo aircraft to its production portfolio. The certificates were awarded to Pratt & Whitney’s facilities in Middletown, Connecticut and West Palm Beach, Florida. Both facilities have expanded and modernized to introduce state-of-the-art assembly and test capability as
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Turkish Airlines has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower PW1100G-JM engines to power its order of 72 firm and 20 option A321neo aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2017. The PurePower engine family has completed 19,000 hours and 34,000 cycles of full engine testing, including 5,000 hours of flight time.
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Sikorsky Aircraft announced the certification by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) of Rig Approach for the S-92helicopter. Rig Approach provides operators with an automated approach to offshore rig and platform landings. Rig Approach is available as an option on the S-92 helicopters, providing a fully coupled and automated approach capability with a higher safety
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