Aircraft & Engines

BOC has placed five new Airbus A320-200 aircraft from its orderbook on lease to Hangzhou-based Zhejiang Loong Airlines (Loong Air). The five aircraft are scheduled to be delivered in 2017.

Delta Air Lines has selected CFM International’s CFM56-5B engine to power 30 additional A321ceo aircraft announced May 11, 2017. These A321 aircraft will join more than 200 CFM-powered A319/A320/A321 aircraft Delta currently operates. The airline is using the higher-capacity aircraft to gradually replace less-efficient domestic aircraft that will be retired from its fleet.

Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, has delivered the world’s first Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft to Malindo Air. The delivery took place during a special ceremony at Boeing’s 737 Delivery Centre in Seattle where Avolon, Boeing and CFM International, the aircraft’s engine manufacturer, were present. In addition to this latest delivery, Avolon has commitments

Airbus Helicopters celebrated a major milestone with the roll-out of the 700th H130 light single-engine helicopter, which will be operated by a private customer. The H130 fleet has so far accumulated more than 1.8M flight hours with 340 operators worldwide. Since entry into service of the first EC130 in 2001, this light single engine helicopter

Iran Air, Iran’s national flag carrier, took delivery of its first four ATR 72-600s. ATR and Iran Air signed earlier this year a firm contract for 20 ATR 72-600s and options for a further 20. Deliveries of the 20 firm aircraft will extend until the end of 2018. Following the relief of international sanctions on

Aviation Capital Group has signed long-term lease agreements with Mexican low cost airline Interjet, for 10 new Airbus A320 Family aircraft. These aircraft are from ACG’s order book commitment with Airbus. The first aircraft is expected to be delivered in July 2017. “We are very pleased to have signed this agreement with ACG, a leading

Another Embraer aircraft took off on its initial flight on May 12, from Vienna to Stuttgart. This is the fourteenth Embraer aircraft of this type in the Austrian fleet. Until the end of 2017, Austrian Airlines will integrate a total of 17 Embraer aircraft into its fleet, thus successively replacing 21 Fokker jets.

Air Lease Corporation has placed eight new Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft on long term lease with Primera Air Nordic (Latvia). The aircraft are outfitted with CFM LEAP 1B engines and are scheduled to deliver from ALC’s order book with Boeing beginning May 2019 and continuing through May 2020. Primera Air is an Icelandic owned

The A350-1000 completed successfully its first and unique “Early Long Flight” with 310 passengers on board, including 10 Airbus Flight Test crew members and 13 Virgin Atlantic cabin crew. Test aircraft MSN065 took off from and landed in Toulouse on May 11th after a 12 hours flight. During the long-haul flight the passengers, comprising Airbus

Waypoint Leasing, an independent global helicopter leasing company, has delivered a Sikorsky S-92 and S-76C++ to Omni Taxi Aero (OTA) to be used in support of charter contracts within the offshore oil and gas sector in Brazil. Both aircraft were previously operated by CHC and returned as part of CHC’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.