Aircraft & Engines

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

AerCap Holdings has signed an agreement with Airbus Freighter Conversions GmbH (“AFC”) for converting 30 of its older Airbus A320s and A321s from passenger to freighter aircraft. With this agreement, AerCap will also become the launch customer for the A320/A321 passenger to freighter (“P2F”) conversion programme of AFC and will provide the first aircraft for

Rolls-Royce hads reached an agreement with Asiana Airlines of South Korea to supply Trent XWB engines for 30 firm and 10 option Airbus A350 XWB aircraft. Asiana will be the first Korean customer for the Trent aero engine. If all options are realised, the value of the engine order at list prices is $2.4 billion.

Embraer signed a contract with Aeromexico to incorporate 12 EMBRAER 190 jets into its fleet as part of the airline’s modernization plan. The new aircraft will be flown by its Aeromexico Connect subsidiary, which already operates 28 ERJ 145 jets, and has taken operating leases on four EMBRAER 190 jets from GE Commercial Aviation Services

Embraer and Saudi Arabia’s National Air Services (NAS) Aviation confirm options on five more EMBRAER 190 jets. The original contract, covering five firm orders and five options, was announced in November 2007, during the Dubai Airshow. The total value of the new agreement, at list price, is $ 187.5 million, and the airline also retains