China’s Juneyao Airlines (HO) has selected CFM International’s CFM56-5B engine to power its five new Airbus A321 aircraft, in an order valued at more than $100 million based at list prices.
Hong Kong-based lessor China Aircraft Leasing Co. (CALC) has signed a memorandum of understanding for 36 A320 family aircraft in a deal valued at $3.1 billion at list prices.
Aviation Capital Group (ACG) has selected CFM International’s advanced LEAP-1A engine to power its 18 Airbus A320neos, part of a 30-aircraft deal announced at the Dubai Airshow in November 2011.
American Airlines (AA) chairman and CEO Tom Horton told company employees in a Tuesday letter that “it now makes sense” to evaluate potential merger opportunities.
International Aero Engines has announced ICBC Financial Leasing has firmed an order for an additional five V2500-powered A320 aircraft. The transaction is valued at $90 million and deliveries will take place from 2013 to 2015. It had previously selected the V2500 for 15 A320 family aircraft. TACA Airlines has selected Hamilton Sundstrand Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp.
Rockwell Collins’ (RC) dispatch program has been selected by Air India (AI), Hainan Airlines (HU) and China Southern Airlines (CZ) to service and support their Boeing 787 fleets.
Irkut said that while it is hopeful it will increase the number of MC-21 aircraft sold by the end of the year, it will hold off on “real, aggressive” marketing until assembly of the first aircraft. The maiden flight is scheduled for mid-2015.
International Aero Engines (IAE) is at an all-time high in terms of production capacity, it said, producing nearly two engines a day, with more than 5,000 engines produced to date and another 2,000 in backlog.
Mexico’s Interjet has converted its five Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) options into firm orders from a previously announced order for 15 of the aircraft plus five options.
Airline obsession with sky high oil prices has prompted a sharpened rivalry among engine manufacturers that are eager to use Farnborough to showcase new products with better fuel efficiency.
Delays both technical and commercial have pushed delivery of Irkut’s Pratt & Whitney (P&W) PW1400G engine back three months to the first quarter of 2015.
Airbus’s decision last year to modify the A350-1000’s design began to pay dividends Tuesday at the Farnborough Airshow when Cathay Pacific Airways (CX) agreed to order 10 of the type, valued at $3.2 billion, plus convert 16 of its existing -900 orders to -1000 models.
Pratt & Whitney (P&W) and MTU Aero Engines have both increased their stakes in International Aero Engines following Rolls-Royce’s equity exit from the joint venture.
Jon Beatty, who was most recently Pratt & Whitney airline customers VP, is returning to his former role as president of International Aero Engines (IAE) following Rolls-Royce’s recent exit as a shareholder.
China Eastern Airlines (MU) will enhance its position in Beijing through its CNY350 million ($55.3 million) expansion project at Beijing Nanyuan Airport (NAY), which opened July 8. MU will also integrate wholly owned subsidiary China United Airlines (KN) with Shijiazhuang-based Hebei Branch Co.
