Aircraft & Engines

AviancaTaca and Rolls-Royce sign Trent 700 agreement

Rolls-Royce has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide Trent 700 engines to AviancaTaca for four Airbus A330 aircraft. The agreement includes Rolls-Royce TotalCare long-term engine services and support. The aircraft will be acquired by AviancaTaca and operated by its subsidiary, Tampa-Cargo. The aircraft will establish Tampa-Cargo as the first A330 freight operator in

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DRF Luftrettung orders 25 type EC145 T2 helicopters

Eurocopter and the German air rescue organisation DRF Luftrettung signed a purchase agreement for 25 helicopters of the newest generation – the EC145 T2. This purchase makes the air rescue organisation Europe’s largest customer for this type of helicopter. With the purchase of these aircraft, the DRF Luftrettung will successively replace the BK 117s in

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GECAS delivers new Airbus A320 to start-up Japanese Airline Peach Aviation

GE Capital Aviation Services reported the delivery of a new Airbus A320 aircraft to a new low-cost carrier in Japan, Peach Aviation. The aircraft comes from GECAS’ existing order book with Airbus and is the first aircraft in the start-up airline’s fleet. It is the first of 10 A320s Peach is leasing from GECAS.

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Aviation Capital Group signs firm order for 30 A320neo

Aviation Capital Group (ACG), the United States based global aircraft leasing company, signed a purchase agreement with Airbus for 30 eco-efficient A320neo Family aircraft at the 2011 Dubai Airshow. This latest order from ACG for 30 A320neo’s brings the lessor’s total A320 Family order book to 98 aircraft. Engine selection on ACG’s A320neo fleet will be

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Turkey's Atlasjet signs for up to 15 Bombardier CS300 airliners

Atlasjet Havacilik A.S. of Istanbul, Turkey has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to acquire 10 CS300 jetliners and take options on a further five CS300 aircraft. Based on the list price of the CS300 airliner, a firm-order contract would be valued at $776m, and could increase to $1.18bn if the five options were converted

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Spirit Airlines signs commitment for 75 Airbus A320 Family jets

Spirit Airlines and Airbus signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Dubai Airshow for 75 single-aisle aircraft, comprising 45 A320neo aircraft (new engine option) and 30 A320s. The engine selection will be announced later.  “We are excited to expand our partnership with Airbus and grow our fleet into the next decade,” said Ben Baldanza, President

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Qatar Airways selects 50 Airbus A320neo and 5 additional A380s

The State of Qatar’s national airline, Qatar Airways, has selected the A320neo as the reference aircraft for expanding its short to medium haul fleet and has increased its order for the A380. The agreement signed at the 2011 Dubai Airshow, is a firm contract for 50 A320neo aircraft and five additional A380s. Qatar Airways has

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