Aircraft & Engines

GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) reported the delivery of a new Airbus A320 to Spring Airlines to expand the Chinese low-cost carrier’s fleet. The aircraft comes from GECAS’ existing order book with Airbus. Spring Airlines operates a fleet of 33 aircraft to 34 destinations in China, Japan, Macau and Thailand.

International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) has entered into an agreement with American Airlines for the purchase and leaseback of an additional 15 new B737-800 and one new B777-300ER aircraft. The B737 aircraft are scheduled for delivery between May 2013 and December 2014. The B777 widebody aircraft is forecasted to deliver in the second half of

Boeing and Cathay Pacific Airways signed an order for three 747-8 Freighter airplanes. The order, valued at approximately $1bn at list prices, also includes options for five additional 777 Freighters. The new additions will bolster Cathay Pacific’s 747-8 Freighter fleet to 13 airplanes.

Air Lease Corporation announced long term lease agreements with Air New Zealand for two new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft delivering in 2014. “We are very pleased to further our relationship with Air Lease Corporation with the addition of these two 777-300ER aircraft to our fleet. These aircraft are a great fit to our network and will

Boeing and Air Lease Corporation announced an order for 10 777-300ERs (extended range) airplanes. The order, valued at $3.2bn at current list prices, adds to the growing portfolio of long-haul airplanes for the Los Angeles-based leasing company. ALC has ordered 185 airplanes from Boeing including 78 Next-Generation 737s, 80 737 MAXs, 12 787 Dreamliners and

BOC Aviation has delivered the first of two new EMBRAER 190 aircraft to Jetairfly, an airline subsidiary of TUI Travel, one of the world’s leading leisure travel companies. The leases for both aircraft were signed last year and the second aircraft is scheduled for delivery next month. The E190s are configured with 112 slim line

Mesa Air Group has reached an agreement with US Airways to add an additional nine aircraft to its fleet of 38 CRJ-900 aircraft. The term of this new agreement is eight years. Under the agreement, Mesa will continue to provide US Airways Express service out of US Airways’ hubs in Phoenix, AZ and Charlotte, NC.

Pratt & Whitney completed the first phase of an assembly-floor transformation project at its Middletown, Conn., facility that prepares the Engine Center to produce its portion of PurePower PW1100G-JM engines for the Airbus A320neo and increases production capacity for the F135 engine powering the F-35 Lightning II for the U.S. Military. The PurePower PW1100G-JM engines