Bombardier is hoping to secure EASA type validation for the CS300 within the next 30-40 days, following on from Transport Canada’s type certification, which was granted July 11.
Chinese airlines introduced 171 new aircraft in the first six months of 2016, including the first Boeing 787 deliveries to Air China and Hainan Airlines.
Airbus’s orderbook for the A320neo received a boost July 13 when Colombia-based Avianca Holding’s owner and largest shareholder Synergy Aerospace finalized a purchase agreement for 62 A320neo family aircraft at the Farnborough Airshow.
Singapore-based lessor BOC Aviation has announced firm orders for 18 shipsets of International Aero Engines V2500 powerplants for new Airbus A320ceo family aircraft previously ordered by the company.
Budapest-based Wizz Air low-cost carrier (LCC) has selected Pratt &Whitney engines to power the 110 Airbus A321neos committed to at the Paris Airshow last year and finalized in September.
Boeing’s 787 may be a better fit for some expanding Chinese airlines rather than the larger 777 that has been selling to the country’s carriers in recent years, Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Ray Conner said at the Farnborough Airshow July 13.
The Quebec government’s $1 billion investment in the Bombardier CSeries program is not a subsidy and was essential because the province could not afford to see the aircraft fail, the Quebec Premier said during his visit to the Farnborough Airshow this week.
Hong Kong-based China Aircraft Leasing Co. (CALC) has selected CFM International CFM56-5B engines to power Airbus A320ceos delivering in 2017 and 2018.
Malaysia-based low-cost carrier (LCC) AirAsia has selected CFM International’s LEAP-1A engine to power the 100 new Airbus A321neos the carrier signed for Tuesday at the Farnborough Airshow.
Spanish carrier Air Europa has ordered 20 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, valued at $2.2 billion at list prices, as revealed at the Farnborough Airshow July 13.
LATAM Airlines Group’s first Airbus A320neo rolled out of the Airbus Final Assembly Line in Toulouse after the installation of Pratt & Whitney Pure Power PW1100-JM engines in the airline’s new livery.
Boeing’s converted freighters program (BCF) gained new customers at Farnborough Airshow on July 13 with orders for eight of the converted passenger aircraft from Bulgaria’s Cargo Air, Colombia’s Lineas Aereas Suramericanas and an unidentified customer.
EgyptAir has been revealed as the purchaser of nine Boeing 737-800s, previously listed on the US manufacturer’s orderbook as being for an unidentified customer.
For Brazilian manufacturer Embraer's commercial aircraft, consolidated 2016 orders, deliveries and cancellations -- updated through the 2016 second quarter.
The Farnborough Airshow livened up Tuesday with a flurry of new aircraft orders, including two big A320neo deals with Asian low-cost carriers. But if any themes are emerging from this show, it’s about Airbus and Boeing testing the airline appetites for larger variants of new aircraft; and also about OEMs securing long-term support service agreements.
As has been the trend at major international air shows in recent years, the news out of the 2016 Farnborough Airshow is as much—if not more—about engines as the aircraft to which the engines are affixed.
Predicting a jump in demand by airlines for support services as the world’s fleets expand over the next 20 years, Airbus has created dedicated business units for maintenance, training, operations and upgrades.
Malaysia-based low-cost carrier (LCC) AirAsia signed a firm order with Airbus for 100 A321neos, the largest single new order for commercial jets announced so far at the Farnborough Airshow.
