Aircraft & Engines

Comlux The Aviation Group has become the first to retrofit an Airbus corporate jet, an ACJ319, with Sharklets, which bring fuel-saving of up to 4% and a corresponding range improvement. The retrofit, carried out by TAP Maintenance and Engineering as part of the first such turnkey-project managed by Airbus Corporate Jets, is also the first […]

Vietnam’s Vietjet has placed a firm order with Airbus for 20 A321 single aisle aircraft to meet growth on its domestic and regional network. The purchase agreement, covering 10 A321ceo and 10 A321neo, was signed in Hanoi on August 6 by Vietjet President and CEO, Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao and Fabrice Brégier, Airbus President &

Apollo Aviation Group, a multi-strategy aviation investment manager, reported that in the second quarter of 2016 it has contracted to purchase nine commercial aircraft including eight narrow-body and one wide-body. With the exception of one aircraft, the new aircraft are all from the in-production Airbus A320 and Boeing 737NG families. Eight of the aircraft were

Universal Asset Management, announced the acquisition of multiple aircraft in recent months. The company added an ex-American Airlines A320-200, ex-British Airways Boeing 767-300ER, and ex-Onur Air A321-200 to its portfolio with 4 additional deliveries expected in the next 30 days. UAM is a global aviation services company with nearly three decades of commercial and technical

Embraer has signed an agreement for up to five E190s with Colorful Guizhou Airlines, including two firm orders and three purchase rights. The firm order will be included in Embraer’s 2016 third-quarter backlog. The contract has an estimated value of US$249m at the current list price, if all purchase rights are exercised. The two aircraft

Skyworld Aviation has arranged the sale of an ATR 72-200 to Sprint Air of Poland. Serial number 441 was previously operated by CanaryFly and is now registered as SP-SPE. This is Sprint Air’s first passenger configured ATR 72-200 and is currently operating on ACMI contracts in Europe. Skyworld has worked with Sprint Air since 2005

GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing arm of GE, has signed a purchase-and-leaseback transaction with Korean Air Lines for five new Boeing 777F freighters powered by GE90 engines as part of the carrier’s fleet renewal program. Deliveries of the aircraft are scheduled in late 2016 and 2017. Korean Air’s passenger and

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation and Aerolease Aviation have signed a definitive agreement for the purchase of ten firm MRJ90 aircraft with an option to an additional ten MRJ90 aircraft. Mitsubishi Aircraft and Aerolease Aviation signed an LOI (Letter of Intent) at the Singapore Airshow in February 2016. Both companies moved forward to conclude a definitive agreement

BOC Aviation has ordered five new Airbus A321-200 aircraft, all of which have been leased to an Asian airline. The aircraft are scheduled for delivery in 2017. “We have increased our order for the A321 in response to the market trend and appetite for larger capacity single-aisle aircraft,” said Robert Martin, Managing Director and Chief

Uzbekistan Airways, the flag carrier of the Republic of Uzbekistan, took delivery of the airline’s first Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. Uzbekistan Airways’ fleet consists of 34 aircraft, including nine Boeing 767 and six Boeing 757 airplanes. From its hub at Tashkent International Airport, the airline flies to more than 40 cities around the world.