Aircraft & Engines

American Airlines officially welcomes its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner. American took delivery of the airplane, a 787-8 with registration number N800AN, on January 22nd, at Boeing’s factory in Everett, Washington. American has placed firm orders for 42 Boeing 787 aircraft, with the right to acquire an additional 58. American will take delivery of both the […]

BOC Aviation is pleased to announce the signing of a new contract with CFM International (“CFM”) for firm orders of CFM 56 engines to power 10 new A320 aircraft, part of its existing order with Airbus. “This new engine order signifies our continued confidence in CFM 56-powered A320 aircraft, delivering a reliable airframe and engine

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) Ltd. and Azul Brazilian Airlines announced today that they had recently completed the delivery of 5 ATR 72-600s to the airline. DAE Managing Director Khalifa H. AlDaboos said: “We are delighted to include AZUL as one of DAE’s new clients in Latin America. We look forward to a mutually rewarding long-term

GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing arm of GE, delivered a new leased Airbus A330-300 aircraft to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, as part of the airline’s fleet renewal program. The aircraft is part of GECAS’ existing order book with Airbus. The KLM Group currently operates a

Seattle-based Horizon Air has converted two of seven previously acquired Q400 NextGen aircraft options to firm orders. The airline retains its options on another five Q400 NextGen aircraft. Horizon Air and its sister carrier, Alaska Airlines are subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group. Based on the list price of the Q400 NextGen aircraft, the purchase agreement

Boeing and Thai Airways International (THAI) celebrated the Thai flag-carrier’s 75th direct delivery of a Boeing airplane. Marking the milestone delivery, Boeing and THAI collaborated to transport 1,000 wool blankets onboard THAI’s newly delivered 777-300ER (Extended Range). The blankets, donated by Another Joy Foundation, will be distributed by the airline to people in need in

International Airfinance Corporation (“IAFC”) has signed a firm purchase agreement for five Airbus A330-200 aircraft. The agreement also includes options for an additional four A330-200 aircraft. Based on list price, the contract value for IAFC’s transaction covering five Airbus A330-200 aircraft and four options is approximately US$2bn. Firm Aircraft are already placed on long term

Germany based maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider Lufthansa Technik and the Brazilian low fare airline Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras have signed a comprehensive long-term component supply contract for the airline’s Airbus A330 fleet of seven A330-200 aircraft. The contract will run until end of 2019. Azul, Brazil’s largest airline by number of cities served,

Fokker Services, part of Fokker Technologies, reported that a total of thirty-six Fokker aircraft were placed with four new as well as nine existing Fokker operators during 2014 by their respective aircraft sellers and lessors. These comprise thirteen Fokker 50s, ten Fokker 70s and seven Fokker 100s. In addition, leases were extended on two Fokker

A Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft joined the fleet of Russian airline — Red Wings. The aircraft with tail number RA-89021 was ferried from the Delivery Center of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company to Domodedovo International Airport — home base of the airline. In just a couple of days the SSJ100 delivered to Red Wings will be