ILFC closed out 2009 with the following lease deals and deliveries: One used A320-200 to Wind Jet for five years; one used 737-500 to Georgian Airways for three years; one used 757-200ER to Spanish charter airline Privilege Style for five years (scheduled for February delivery); one used 737-300 to Wings of Lebanon for three years; two used A321-200s to Air Berlin for five years each; one used A321-200 and one used A320-200 to Turkuaz Airlines of Istanbul for five years each; one used 737-400 to Vision Airlines of Las Vegas for five years; one used A310-300 to Biman Bangladesh Airlines

Lufthansa Systems signed a five-year deal with Cimber Sterling to provide Lido RouteManual navigation charts and the Lido TakeOff performance analysis solution.

Boeing Chairman and CEO Jim McNerney said yesterday that "re-engining the 73[7] is under active consideration" with customers "anxious for us to make a move" on a more efficient narrowbody.

Airbus signed an MOU with CDB Leasing of China "to share competence and experience to cooperate on a variety of leasing and financing projects," including pre-delivery payment financing, delivery financing and passenger-to-freighter conversion projects. CLC will offer financing solutions to airlines around the world and committed to $4 billion in sale-and-leaseback transactions over the next five years.

Gulf Air said it sold its two oldest A340-300s to an affiliate of Florida-based Apollo Aviation Group, commenting that the transaction "relieved the company of the impending requirement to invest $25 million in order for the aircraft to continue in service." Aircraft are 16 years old and had been withdrawn from service.