Aircraft & Engines

LCAL has selected Trent 1000 engines to power five more Boeing 787-8 aircraft in a deal valued at more than $170 million. Dubai-based LCAL, which already has six Trent 1000-powered Boeing 787s on firm order, has based its business exclusively on the Boeing 787. It became the first leasing company to order the aircraft in […]

Aviation Capital Group (ACG) has selected CFM International

Asiana Airlines of South Korea has signed a contract with Airbus for the purchase of 30 A350 XWB aircraft, plus 10 options. Delivery of the aircraft will begin in 2016 and the airline will take a combination of all three variants of the A350. The carrier will operate the aircraft on its regional and long

BAE Systems has signed contracts with the Belgian major carrier Brussels Airlines for the sale and leaseback of three Avro RJs. This deal follows the major transaction concluded in May 2005 under which BAE Systems signed a contract to buy and then leaseback 23 of the airline

Malaysia Airlines has ordered 35 Next-Generation 737-800 airplanes. The order is valued at more than $2.6 billion at current list prices. The airline also has acquired purchase rights for an additional 20 Next-Generation 737-800s. The order, which brought the total number of Boeing 737s ordered past the 8,000th mark, was recently posted on the Boeing

GE Aviation has launched a new engine core program, called “eCore”, as the technology cornerstone for a new generation of jet engines for narrow-body, regional, and business jets. The program is designed to offer aircraft operators up to 16% better fuel efficiency over GE’s best engines in operation today. GE already produces some of the

Wizz Air has placed a follow-on order for the IAE International Aero Engines V2500 to power a new fleet of 50 Airbus A320 aircraft. Supported by the V2500SelectSM aftermarket agreement, the new deal is valued at $1.6 billion at list prices.

CIT Aerospace, a unit of CIT, has placed a new order for the V2500 engine to power 15 Airbus A320-family aircraft in a deal worth around $250 million at list prices. With this order, CIT

Qatar Airways has signed a long-term TotalCare agreement to support its fleet of four Rolls-Royce Trent 500-powered Airbus A340-600s and one VIP-configured Airbus A340-500.

Rolls-Royce said that the potential value of the Etihad Airways