Aircraft & Engines

Lufthansa is to power a new fleet of 20 firm Airbus A321s plus options with the V2500 SelectOne engine. The value of this business to IAE is up to $850 million if all options are exercised and deliveries are due to commence in 2009. Choosing the latest V2500 SelectOne configuration will enable Lufthansa to drive […]

Air Atlanta Icelandic reported that an already existing Wet-Lease agreement between Air Atlanta Icelandic and Saudi Arabian Airlines for two B747-300 passenger aircraft has been extended until the end of 2009.

Kuwait based Airline Wataniya Airways, has taken delivery of its first leased A320 aircraft and has become the newest Airbus operator. Wataniya Airways, founded in 2006, plans to take delivery of a total of seven leased A320s. Wataniya Airways will offer scheduled services to major destination in the Gulf and the Middle East based out

Singapore Airlines has added a new Airbus type to its fleet with the delivery of its first A330-300. Acquired under a lease agreement with Dublin-based AWAS, the aircraft was handed over to the airline at a ceremony in Toulouse. Powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines, the A330 fleet will be operated by the carrier on

Colgan Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pinnacle Airlines, has signed a firm order to acquire 15 Q400 NextGen turboprop airliners. The transaction involves the conversion to firm orders of 10 conditional orders and the exercise of five options placed by Pinnacle in 2007. Colgan Air’s operations are based in Manassas, Virginia. Based on the

GE Commercial Aviation Services has leased five new Boeing 737-800 aircraft from its existing order book to Atlas Blue, a subsidiary of Royal Air Maroc. Deliveries of the aircraft are scheduled for 2011. Royal Air Maroc operates scheduled passenger and cargo services from Casablanca to points in Morocco, North and West Africa, Europe and the

Air Austral, the airline based in Saint Denis, La Reunion, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Airbus for the purchase of two A380s in a single-class configuration. Air Austral plans to operate the A380 through one of its subsidiaries on its high-density route from La Reunion to Paris, France. No engine choice has been

In 2008 Airbus delivered 483 aircraft, 30 more than in 2007. This number is made up of 386 A320 Family aircraft, 85 A330/A340 and 12 A380s. Overall, Airbus won 777 net orders (900 new gross orders) valued at US$100 billion at catalogue prices or 54% of market share of all aircraft units over 100 seats.

Precision Conversions has successfully re-delivered a 757-200PCF freighter to Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM), a subsidiary of Air Transport Services Group. The model year 1984 Pratt & Whitney powered B757-200 (S/N 22812) will be leased by CAM to its affiliate, Capital Cargo International Airlines, Inc., which is based in Orlando, Florida. This aircraft represents the second

AerCap Holdings N.V. announced the completion of the following transactions during the fourth quarter 2008: AerCap signed new lease agreements for 14 aircraft: Three new Airbus A330 for Air China (China), Three new Airbus A330 for Sichuan Airlines (China), Three new Airbus A320 for Air One (Italy), Three Boeing B737-400 for P.T. Metro Batavia (Indonesia),