Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Apr 19, 2005
Pegasus Aviation Finance Co. delivered the first 737-800 it has leased to WestJet. Pegasus will finance a total of five 737NGs for the airline through June.
Apr 18, 2005
Verona-based Air Dolomiti, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lufthansa and a member of Lufthansa Regional, will take delivery of five ex-Aer Lingus 100-seat BAE 146-300s this month and also is looking at other aircraft.
Apr 15, 2005
Air France-KLM Group currently has no plans to renew its regional fleet, it said in a statement in response to a report in Les Echos, which claimed it was considering an order for 80 new regional jets from either Embraer or Bombardier. According to the newspaper, it would be a combined order for several of the group's carriers including Regional, Brit Air and Cityjet.
Apr 15, 2005
In response to speculation that British Airways will be a launch customer for the 747ADV, CEO Rod Eddington told ATWOnline yesterday that "the most pressing aircraft acquisition project for BA is the 767 replacement." According to Eddington, BA currently is looking at both the A350 and 787. It was one of the airlines heavily involved in the evolution of the 7E7/787 from the Sonic Cruiser program, with Eddington arguing that efficiency was far better than speed.
Apr 15, 2005
Frontier Airlines announced yesterday that it has completed its four-year transition to an all-Airbus fleet. It estimated cost savings, primarily from efficiencies in maintenance and training activities, at approximately $11 million on an annual basis. It began the transition from a fleet of 737-300s and dash 200s when it signed a letter of intent in October 1999 to purchase 11 new Airbus aircraft with options for an additional nine. Shortly thereafter, it signed an LOI for an additional 15 leased A319s and in August 2003 it placed an order for 29 A319s and A318s.
Jan 24, 2017
China’s Juneyao Airlines has announced an order for 10 Boeing 787-9s, comprising five firm orders and five options.
Jan 24, 2017
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. will need to produce additional MRJ90 flight test aircraft to gain certification, a consequence of systems revisions that have caused a two-year program delay.
Jan 24, 2017
Irish regional airline CityJet is to acquire Scandinavian Airlines’ (SAS) Danish regional subsidiary Cimber and has signed a conditional purchase agreement for six Bombardier CRJ900s, plus four options.
Jan 24, 2017
Everyone seems to want to be in on the newly lucrative aircraft financing industry.
Jan 23, 2017
Japan Air Commuter—member of the JAL Group—has taken delivery of its first 50-seat ATR 42-600.
Jan 23, 2017
For French-Italian turboprop manufacturer ATR (Avions de Transport Régional), consolidated 2016 firm orders and estimated order values, organized by customer name.
Jan 23, 2017
Turboprop manufacturer ATR logged orders for 36 aircraft and delivered 80 aircraft in 2016, generating a $1.8 billion turnover.
Jan 23, 2017
The flight data recorder (FDR) and the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) retrieved last week from the ACT Airlines Boeing 747 freighter crash site and sent to Moscow for analysis have significant mechanical damage and high temperature traces, according to Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC).