Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Nov 21, 2007
Rolls-Royce will establish a facility in Singapore to assemble and test large civil aircraft engines, with the initial focus on the Trent 1000 powering the 787 and the Trent XWB powering the A350 XWB. "Together with its existing UK facility in Derby, this will provide the company with a dual sourcing capability for the assembly and test of large civil engines, including future new versions of the Trent engine," Rolls said.
Nov 21, 2007
Air Canada announced a 10-year lease deal with ILFC for one 777-300ER. AC will take delivery of its 18th 777 and sixth -300ER in April 2009. It has placed orders with Boeing for 16 777s plus 18 purchase rights.
Nov 21, 2007
US Airways yesterday announced an expansion to its massive Airbus order, reaching an agreement with the manufacturer for five additional A330-200s and signing an LOI with ILFC for two more.
Nov 21, 2007
Qantas firmed up its order for 12 Q400s plus 24 options and purchase rights, Bombardier said. The deal was announced last month (ATWOnline, Oct. 23). Aircraft will be operated by QantasLink. Four of the 12 firm aircraft are conversions of existing options, the manufacturer said. QantasLink currently operates seven Q400s and expects delivery of two previously ordered aircraft in January.
Nov 21, 2007
GoJet Airlines placed a firm order for four CRJ700 NextGen aircraft, Bombardier announced yesterday. The St. Louis-based carrier currently operates 15 CRJ700s. Newly ordered aircraft are worth $137.5 million at list prices. Delivery date was not announced. GoJet is the 11th NextGen customer since the program was launched in the spring, the manufacturer said (ATWOnline, June 4).
Jul 18, 2014
Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines will lease four Bombardier Dash 8 Q400s, to begin regional flights for Swiss International Air Lines, which had been operated by Darwin Airline.
Jul 17, 2014
Russia’s Transaero Airlines has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Airbus to purchase 12 A330neos plus eight A330ceos.
Jul 17, 2014
Embraer has announced that Hainan Airlines subsidiary Tianjin Airlines has agreed to purchase 40 Embraer E-Jets, comprising 20 E-Jets and 20 E-Jets E2, in an order valued $2.1 billion at current list prices, becoming the first Chinese airline to order the E-Jets E2 model.
Jul 17, 2014
New ATR CEO Patrick de Castelbajac is backing away from his predecessor’s aggressive push to build a 90-seat turboprop.
Jul 17, 2014
Airbus president and CEO Fabrice Brégier said the European manufacturer had one its most successful air show performances ever at the 2014 Farnborough Airshow, where it won commitments for 496 aircraft worth more than $75 billion over four days.
Jul 17, 2014
Hong Kong Aviation Capital (HKAC) has finalized an order for 70 Airbus A320neo family aircraft (40 A320neo and 30 A321neo) at the Farnborough Airshow.
Jul 17, 2014
Russian lessor Ilyushin Finance Co. (IFC) has purchased eight Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) aircraft at the Farnborough Airshow.
Jul 17, 2014
CFM International, the GE Aviation/Snecma joint venture, said it secured orders/commitments and service agreements for 1,062 engines at the Farnborough Airshow.