Boeing has launched the 737 MAX 10 as the newest member of the 737 MAX family at the 2017 Paris Air Show. The airplane has gained wide market acceptance with more than 240 orders and commitments secured from more than 10 customers worldwide. Customers will be announcing order details throughout the week. The 737 MAX […]
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International Airlines Group (IAG), one of the world’s largest airline groups, has selected CFM International’s LEAP-1A engine to power a total of 55 Airbus A320neo family aircraft. CFM agreement includes spare engines and a long-term support agreement. These aircraft, which are intended for operation at British Airways and Iberia and scheduled to begin delivery in
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CDB Aviation Lease Finance (CDB Aviation), a subsidiary of CDB Leasing, has signed an order for CFM International’s LEAP-1B engines to power 42 Boeing 737 MAX 8 and four Boeing 737 MAX 10 aircraft. The engine order is valued at more than US$1.3bn at list price. The leasing company is scheduled to begin taking delivery
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ICBC Leasing, a subsidiary of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), has signed an agreement with CFM International to purchase the advanced LEAP-1A engine to power 40 Airbus A320neo aircraft. This engine order is valued at more than US$1.1bn at list price. The aircraft order was announced in 2012. “We first selected CFM56 engines
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Bombardier Commercial Aircraft reported from the International Paris Air Show, that it has signed an agreement with Philippine Airlines for the exercise of its seven Q400 aircraft purchase rights. This latest rights exercise brings Philippine Airlines’ total firm order to twelve Q400 aircraft. The original order for five firm Q400 with purchase rights for an
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Turboprop aircraft manufacturer ATR and Xuzhou Hantong Aviation Development (Hantong) have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) at the Paris Air Show, to purchase three ATR 42-600s to develop commuter services in the province of Jiangsu, China. Deliveries are expected to start in 2018.
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ATR and Shaanxi Tianju Investment Group (Tianju) have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) for the purchase of 10 ATR 42-600s to develop commuter service in Xinjiang, China. The first deliveries are expected to start as soon as possible in 2018. There is significant potential to develop commuter services in China and to improve connectivity
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Los Angeles based aircraft leasing company Air Lease Corporation has signed a firm order for 12 additional A321neo aircraft at the 52nd Paris International Airshow. The incremental order takes the number of aircraft which ALC has taken delivery of or ordered from Airbus to 279, of which 70 are widebodies and 209 single-aisles. “The market
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Leonardo and Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation division of the Libra Group, have signed an order for an additional nine helicopters. The order is valued at over US$120m and covers the entire family of new generation helicopters – the AgustaWestland AW139, AW169 and AW189. Deliveries will commence this year and continue into 2018. LCI
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Airbus Helicopters has started autonomous flight trials of a VSR700 Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) demonstrator, paving the way for a first flight of the actual VSR700 prototype in 2018. A light military rotary-wing tactical unmanned aerial vehicle, the VSR700 is being developed jointly by Airbus Helicopters and Helicopteres Guimbal, the original manufacturer of the civil-certified
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