Aircraft & Engines

Boeing delivered four Next-Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range) airplanes to Lion Air in December. The new jetliners will be deployed to increase frequencies on existing routes and to replace older airplanes in the fleet. Lion Air, a Jakarta-based private carrier in Indonesia, is the launch customer of the 737-900ER. The airline operates an all-Boeing fleet, which […]

Allegiant Travel Company announced that on December 30, 2009 it signed an agreement to purchase 18 MD-80 aircraft from Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS). Allegiant will pay for the aircraft with cash. Allegiant expects to take delivery of these aircraft during the first three quarters of 2010. The 18 purchased aircraft comprise two groups: 13 MD-82/3

LAN Airlines has placed a firm order for the purchase of 30 Airbus Family A320 aircraft. This marks an important milestone raising LAN’s total number of firm orders for Airbus aircraft to over 100. Joining LANs existing fleet of A318, A319, A320, and A340-300s, the new A320 Family aircraft will be operated from Latin American

Embraer and Germany

Genesis announced that it has agreed to early terminate the lease of two Boeing 767-200 PCF (“Package Carrier Freighter”) aircraft with ABX Air Inc (“ABX”). As part of the same transaction, a third party has acquired one of the two aircraft from Genesis. ABX, which is based in Wilmington, Ohio, carries freight for a number

ILFC relaesed the following aircraft and engine deals: WINDJET, based in Catania, Italy, leased one used Airbus A320-200 aircraft from ILFC. The aircraft, MSN 877, is powered by V2527-A5 engines and delivered in December 2009. The lease term is for 5 years. GEORGIAN AIRWAYS, based in Tbilisi, Georgia leased one used Boeing 737-500 aircraft. The

Afriqiyah Airways has taken delivery of their first Airbus A330-200 aircraft, becoming a new operator of this aircraft type. The new A330 will seat 230 passengers in a two-class cabin and will serve long-haul operations on routes from Tripoli to Africa and Europe. The new A330-200, the first of three ordered in 2006, will join

Bombardier Aerospace has terminated its firm order purchase agreement with MyAir.com of Italy in respect of all remaining undelivered aircraft. Originally this firm order was announced on September 25, 2006 for the sale of 19 CRJ900 aircraft to My Way Airlines. On February 19, 2007, Bombardier announced that 15 of the 19 orders for CRJ900

Bombardier Aerospace welcomes AirVolga (Volga AviaExpress) of Volgograd, Russia to the CRJ aircraft family. At a press conference in Volgograd, the airline announced that it is preparing to start service with two previously owned CRJ200 LR regional jets acquired from a third party. AirVolga has stated that the CRJ200 LR aircraft are part of a

EgyptAir announced that the airline has converted a previous order for two 777s into an order for an additional eight Next-Generation 737-800s. The order was added last week to Boeing’s Orders & Deliveries Web site attributed to an unidentified customer. The airline currently has seven 737-800s in operation and it is taking delivery of an