Aircraft & Engines

Intrepid Aviation has delivered another A330-300 aircraft on long-term lease to Turkish Airlines. This marks the sixth of seven Rolls-Royce powered A330 aircraft to be delivered to the Istanbul based flag carrier.

Virgin America took delivery of the Airbus A321neo aircraft on April 20, powered by CFM International’s advanced LEAP-1A engines. The San Francisco-based airline is the first in the world to take delivery of this aircraft type. “We have been with Virgin America from the beginning and we are excited to launch this new chapter in

Nordic Aviation Capital has delivered one Bombardier Dash 8-Q400, MSN 4339, to Hawaii Island Air, on lease. This is the first aircraft to deliver as part of a two aircraft lease deal signed in 2017. Island Air is an airline in the Hawaiian Islands, offering flights each week between Oahu, Maui, Kauai and Hawaii. Island

Air Lease Corporation has signed a long term lease agreement with LOT (Poland) for a new Boeing 787-9 aircraft with Rolls Royce Trent 1000 engines. The aircraft is from ALC’s order book with Boeing and will deliver in the second quarter of 2018. “We are very pleased to announce this new 787-9 lease placement with

Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, has issued an update for the first quarter of 2017. Avolon has completed the acquisition of the CIT Group aircraft leasing business (CIT Aviation) on April 4, 2017, creating the world’s third largest aircraft leasing company. This update provides details of the activity of both Avolon and CIT Aviation

Air India and CFM International have celebrated the delivery and entry into service of the airline’s first LEAP-1A-powered A320neo aircraft. The first aircraft has the distinction of being powered by the 100th LEAP-1A production engine. The airline completed its first commercial flight on February 24, carrying 161 passengers from Delhi to Chennai. Air India has

Singapore Airlines and regional subsidiary SilkAir have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Air France-KLM to codeshare on each other’s flights with effect from April 27, 2017. Under the agreement, which is subject to regulatory approvals, Singapore Airlines will add its ‘SQ’ designator code to Air France-operated flights beyond Paris to 10 destinations – Aberdeen,

AerCap Holdings N.V. has posted its major business transactions during the first quarter 2017: the company has signed lease agreements for 69 aircraft, including 12 widebody and 57 narrowbody aircraft and has purchased 11 aircraft, including 7 Airbus A320neos, 2 Airbus A350-900s and 2 Boeing 787-9s. AerCap has executed sale transactions for 25 aircraft, including

Hot on the heels of major aircraft deals signed between Iranian airlines and Boeing and Airbus, ATR has announced it has agreed a sale of 20 ATR 72-600s twin-propeller aircraft to Iran Air, with an option for a further 20 in place. The value of the transaction is put at US$536m at list prices, but