Aircraft & Engines

GE Aviation’s new H75 and H85 turboprop engines received engine type certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The two new engines are derivatives of the H80 engine.  The China Aviation Industry General Aircraft Co., (CAIGA) selected GE Aviation’s new H85 turboprop engine to power CAIGA’s five-seat Primus 150 business aircraft. This is the […]

International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), announced the final delivery of an American Airlines 737-800 as part of a 15-aircraft sale-leaseback program. The agreement provided for 15 previously ordered Boeing 737-800 Next Generation aircraft to be purchased by ILFC from American and immediately leased back to American under a sale-leaseback financing arrangement. The program began in

GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS) announced delivery of a leased Boeing 737-500 to Lineas Aereas De Mocambique (LAM), the flag carrier of Mozambique. LAM, along with its subsidiary MEX (Mozambique Express), operates 10 aircraft to destinations in Africa from its base in Maputo, Mozambique.

Hong Kong Aviation Capital (HKAC) delivered a further new Airbus A320 purchased from Indigo Airlines and leased back. This is the 12th A320 HKAC has on lease with the airline.

Air Lease Corporation (AL) placed two new ATR 72-600s (MSNs 1086 and 1096) from their order pipeline, on long term lease to Aeromar (Mexico), delivering April and May 2013.

Avianca Airlines, Colombia’s flagship airline, announced an order for three 787 Dreamliners. The order was previously attributed to an unidentified customer on Boeing’s Orders & Deliveries website and is valued at approximately $620m at published list prices.

AJW Capital Partners, part of the AJW Group of companies, has entered into a purchase agreement with Airbus SAS for two new A340-500 aircraft. The aircraft will enter commercial service with an existing AJW Group customer. AJW Capital is the AJW Group’s principal investing division and is responsible for the purchase, sale and lease of

Hainan Airlines selected GE Aviation’s GEnx-1B engines to power its two additional Boeing 787 aircraft. This bring Hainan Airlines’ total GEnx-powered Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet to 10 aircraft. Hainan Airlines also expanded its long-term service agreement to include the additional GEnx engines. As part of the agreement, Hainan’s GEnx engine fleet will be maintained in

Boeing and SilkAir have finalized an order for 54 Next-Generation 737s and 737 MAX 8s worth $4.9bn at list prices. With this agreement, the 737 MAX has accumulated 969 orders to date. SilkAir’s order for 23 737-800s and 31 737 MAX 8s is the largest order in the airline’s history and begins a fleet transition