Aircraft & Engines

WOW air the low-fare airline based in Iceland has signed a firm order for four A321s. The airline’s first purchase agreement directly with Airbus also makes WOW air a new Airbus customer. WOW air is an all Airbus operator with 11 aircraft in its fleet to date and will grow to 12 by the end […]

AWAS has chosen CFM International’s CFM56-5B engine to power 10 new Airbus A320ceo (current engine option). The aircraft are part of a 15-aircraft order the company announced with Airbus on June 23 and the engine order is valued at US$320m at list price. Dublin-based AWAS became a direct order CFM56-5B customer in 2008 with an

Germania Group has placed a firm order for 25 Airbus A320neos. The contract was signed at the Farnborough International Airshow by Karsten Balke, CEO of Germania and S.A.T., and Fabrice Brégier, President and CEO of Airbus. Germania Group operates an Airbus fleet of ten A319s and five A321s to destinations in Europe, North Africa and

Boeing reported a commitment for 30 737 airplanes from an unidentified Chinese customer at the 2016 Farnborough Airshow. The commitment includes a mix of 737 MAX and Next-Generation 737 airplanes, valued at more than US$3bn at current list prices.

Air Lease Corporation signed an order with Boeing for six 737 MAX 8s at the 2016 Farnborough International Airshow. Three of the orders are new, and three were previously attributed to an unidentified customer on the Boeing Orders & Deliveries website. ALC chose CFM International’s LEAP-1B engine to power the new aircraft.

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft and Porter Airlines of Toronto have signed a firm purchase agreement for three Bombardier Q400 turboprop airliners. Based on the list price of the Q400 aircraft, the firm order is valued at approximately US$93m. The three aircraft on firm order will increase Porter’s Q400 aircraft fleet to 29 aircraft. Porter exclusively flies

Embraer Executive Jets released that the Legacy 450 has received certification for an extended range of 2,904 nm (5,378 km). The improvement was approved by Brazil’s ANAC (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil), the FAA (U.S. Federal Aviation Administration) and EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency). The new range with four passengers onboard plus reserves is 329

TUI Group finalized an order for 10 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft powered by CFM International’s LEAP-1B engine. The engine order is valued at US$200m at list price. The LEAP-1B engine flew for the first time on the Boeing 737 MAX on January 29, 2016. Since then, three more aircraft have been added to the

Aergo Capital has purchased one Boeing 767-300ER aircraft on lease to Air Italy from FLY Leasing. The transaction was originated and managed by BBAM. The aircraft will continue to be operated by Air Italy on international commercial routes. Aergo Capital also said that it has purchased two B737-900ER aircraft from PT Lion Mentari, operating as

Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), Friedmann Pacific Asset Management (FPAM) and China Aircraft Leasing (CALC), entered into a tripartite cooperative framework agreement in relation to the acquisition of ARJ21 aircraft (subject to further negotiation to enter into a formal binding agreement) at the Farnborough International Air Show. CALC will acquire 60 ARJ21-700 series aircraft