Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jul 07, 2006
Cargolux is selling two CF6-80C2B1F-powered 747-400Fs. Cabot Aviation is the marketing agent. Formal commitments are required by Dec. 31, with delivery expected in the second half of 2009. The carrier placed an order for 10 firm 747-8Fs plus 10 options in November.
Jul 06, 2006
Tunisair ordered one A319ER from Airbus and announced that it will convert three of its in-service A319s into Extended Range versions. It plans to use the type on its Middle East and African routes configured with 16 business class and 90 economy seats. They will be powered by CFM-56-5B6s. Tunisair operates 12 A320 family aircraft and three A300-600s.
Jul 03, 2006
Cimber Air added its eighth and ninth CRJ200s. The aircraft, leased directly from Bombardier, will stay in the fleet indefinitely. One will operate Cimber's new Copenhagen-Norrkoping route and the other will be marketed for charter services.
Jul 03, 2006
Embattled EADS Co-CEO Noel Forgeard and Airbus CEO Gustav Humbert resigned Sunday under pressure from EADS shareholders Lagardere Group, DaimlerChrysler and the French government (ATWOnline, June 29).
Jul 03, 2006
Air Caledonie took delivery an ATR 42-500, the first of an order for three ATR aircraft that also includes two 72-500s. It was signed last fall (ATWOnline, Sept. 5, 2005). The airline will take delivery of the ATR 72-500s at the end of 2006 and in 2007, replacing three ATR 42-320s.
Jul 04, 2013
Tunisian carrier Syphax Airlines has converted its memorandum of understanding (MOU) for three Airbus A320neos and three A320ceos into a firm order.
Jul 04, 2013
Airbus delivered 151 aircraft in the second quarter of 2013, consisting of 119 A320 family aircraft, 28 A330s and four A380s. Boeing made 164 commercial aircraft deliveries during the second quarter, comprised of 111 737 NGs, six 747s, eight 767s, 23 777s and 16 787s.
Jul 04, 2013
China’s Hainan Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The delivery is the first of 10 787s for Hainan Airlines. Hainan vice chairman Mu Weigang said the 787 would allow the carrier to open new routes from Beijing to North America. Hainan will first operate the Dreamliner on a domestic route from Beijing to Haikou before deploying it on North American routes, increasing the frequency of its Beijing-Seattle, Beijing-Toronto and Beijing-Chicago services, with several new destinations.
Jul 04, 2013
Tunisian carrier Syphax Airlines has converted its memorandum of understanding (MOU) for three Airbus A320neos and three A320ceos into a firm order.
Jul 03, 2013
Air Baltic CEO Martin Gauss has told ATW he will make a final call on whether to exercise the Latvian carrier’s 10 Bombardier CSeries options and take a CSeries simulator next year.
Jul 03, 2013
UK leisure carrier Monarch Airlines will take a pair of new Airbus A321-200s on long-term lease from Air Lease Corp. (ALC).
Jul 03, 2013
LOT Polish Airlines will become an all Boeing 787 long-haul operator from August, replacing its 767 workhorses that have served the airline for years.
Jul 03, 2013
Air Berlin is wet leasing an ATR 72-200 from Latvia-based Danu oro transportas owing to difficulties in obtaining crew and pilots, a source from the Air Berlin management told ATW.