Aircraft & Engines

GOL will equip its new Boeing 737-800 aircraft with Blended Winglets. GOL and Aviation Boeing Partners signed a contract in November for the delivery of 60 Blended Winglet Systems.

World Air Holdings, Inc., parent company of World Airways and North American Airlines, has signed a letter of intent to lease an additional Boeing 767-300ER passenger aircraft for delivery to North American in December 2006. The initial lease will be for three years. The aircraft will be North American

Avion Group, Iceland, signed a contract for the purchase of four 777 Freighters with Boeing. The airplanes are in addition to an order for four 777 Freighters that Avion Group placed with Boeing last September. The four new orders were previously posted as unidentified on Boeing’s Orders & Deliveries website. The new cargo planes will

AirAsia has initiated a total fleet renewal with the delivery of the first of sixty A320s. The A320s will over time completely replace the Boeing 737-300 fleet currently operated by the AirAsia Group (comprising AirAsia in Malaysia, Thai AirAsia in Thailand and AWAIR in Indonesia). AirAsia holds options to purchase a further 40 A320s under

Aeroflot and Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company announced the firm order for 30 Russian Regional Jet (RRJ) aircraft . In accordance with the Contract Aeroflot orders thirty RRJ95 in basic configuration with deliveries to start in November 2008. The total deal is valued at approximately $820 million at list prices. All the RRJs will be powered

STAR FLYER, based in Japan, will lease one new Airbus A320-200 aircraft from ILFC. The aircraft will be powered by CFM56-5B4/P engines and is scheduled to deliver in February 2007. The lease term is for eight years.

Inter Airlines, based in Turkey, will lease two used Airbus A321-231 aircraft from ILFC. The aircraft, MSN 968 and 974 will be powered by V2533-A5 engines and are scheduled to deliver in March 2006. The lease terms are for 4 years each.

Air Malta will lease one new Airbus A320-200 aircraft from ILFC. This aircraft will be powered by CFM56-5B4/P engines and is scheduled to deliver in March 2007. The lease term is for twelve years.

Shanghai Airlines will lease eight new Boeing 737-800 aircraft from ILFC. The aircraft will be powered by CFM56-7B26 engines and are scheduled to deliver between January 2007 and August 2008. The lease terms are for ten years each.

Bravo Airlines will lease one used Boeing 767-219ER aircraft from ILFC. The aircraft, MSN 24150, is powered by CF6-80A2 engines and is scheduled to deliver in January 2006. The lease term is for three years.