Aircraft & Engines

Rolls-Royce has won an order from Garuda Indonesia Airlines for Trent 700 engines to power 11 Airbus A330 aircraft. The contract includes long-term TotalCare service support. The order confirms an announcement made by the airline in April of its intention to purchase Rolls-Royce engines. Garuda Indonesia Airlines will have 24 A330 aircraft powered by Rolls-Royce […]

ATR and US-based leasing company Air Lease Corporation (ALC) signed a contract for the acquisition of 2 ATR 72-600s. These 72-seat aircraft are the conversion into firm orders of two of the ten options that ATR and ALC included in their first deal, booked in Farnborough 2010. With the purchase of these two aircraft, ALC

Pratt & Whitney will provide exclusive power for 100 Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) aircraft for an order announced by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation and SkyWest, Inc. The agreement represents 200 PurePower PW1200G engines with deliveries scheduled to begin in 2017. Each Mitsubishi Regional Jet is powered by two PurePower PW1200G engines. To date, Pratt & Whitney

JetBlue Airways and Pratt & Whitney signed a definitive agreement for PurePower PW1100G-JM engines to power its order of 40 firm A320neo family aircraft finalizing the MOU announced in late 2011. The agreement includes 86 PurePower engines with a long-term PureSolution maintenance service agreement.

Engine Alliance announced a series of performance and durability enhancements to the GP7200 engine applicable to new engine deliveries that will begin to enter service later this year. The refinements, to be released into production over the next 18 months, incorporate upgrades to engine clearances and sealing, introduce an improved turbine blade and offer a

CIT Group, a global leader in transportation finance, has firmly ordered 10 more A330 Family aircraft. This deal includes five A330s ordered previously and a new agreement for five additional A330s with the first commitment for the newly launched, longer-range A330. The deal was announced at the 2012 Farnborough International Air Show by C. Jeffrey

Turkish Airlines has been awarded TRUEngine designation for its CF6 engine fleet, which powers its seven Airbus CF6-80E-powered A330-200 aircraft. “With a TRUEngine designation, Turkish Airlines has demonstrated its commitment to OEM quality engine maintenance,” said Chuck Williams, general manager of the CF6 Program at GE Aviation. To qualify for TRUEngine status, the engine configuration,

Dublin, Ireland based aircraft leasing company Avolon announced that it plans to order LEAP-1B engines to power 10 Boeing 737 MAX8 and 5 Boeing 737MAX 9 aircraft, along with CFM56-7BE engines to power 10 Next-Generation 737 airplanes. Avolon has been a CFM customer since its launch in 2010 and already owns a fleet of 56

China Aircraft Leasing Company (CALC), the fast growing Hong Kong based aircraft leasing company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Farnborough International Air Show for 36 current generation A320 Family aircraft. The deal includes eight A321s, the largest member of the A320 Family and operators will be able to select Airbus’ new

China’s Juneyao Airlines has selected CFM International’s CFM56-5B engine to power five new Airbus A321 aircraft. The engine order is valued at more than $100m at list price and the airline is scheduled to begin taking delivery in 2013.