Air Transport World

Eastern Air Lines Group, a Miami-based start-up trying to revive the iconic airline brand, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. to order 20 firm MRJ90s plus hold purchase rights for 20 more of the Japanese regional jets.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Regional aircraft lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has placed a firm order for 25 ATR 42-600s, plus 50 options, which were previously listed as undisclosed on the manufacturer’s order book.

By Linda Blachly
Monarch Airlines and Boeing are finalizing terms and working toward a purchase agreement for 30 737 MAX 8s, marking the start of a fleet transition to Boeing single-aisle aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
International Airlines Group (IAG), parent company of Iberia and British Airways, has converted 20 A320neo options into firm orders, it was announced at the Farnborough Airshow.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
Dublin-based lessor Avolon has committed to six Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners and five additional 737 MAX 9 aircraft, valued at more than $2 billion at current list prices.
Airlines & Lessors

Read the year-end updates and summaries on airlines from the Asia-Pacific region.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Okay Airways has ordered six Boeing 737 MAX 8s and four 737-800s, valued at $980 million at current list prices.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
UK budget carrier easyJet has placed an order with CFM International for 270 engines, comprising 200 LEAP-1A engines to power its Airbus A320neo family aircraft and 70 CFM56-5B engines to power additional A320ceo aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
China’s Spring Airlines has selected CFM International's CFM56-5B engine to power 30 Airbus A320ceo aircraft, in an order valued more than $620 million at current list prices.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
American Airlines has selected CFM International’s advanced LEAP-1A engine to power its new fleet of 100 Airbus A320neo family aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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Airlines & Lessors

Read the year-end updates and summaries on airlines from Africa and the Middle East.
Airlines & Lessors

US Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption figures, organized by domestic, international and system totals, contrasted with figures from the previous month, a year ago, two years ago and five years ago.
Airlines & Lessors

Briefs from the July 14, 2014 edition of ATW's Skypaths.

By Karen Walker
US lessor Air Lease Corp. (ALC) became the launch customer for the Airbus A330neo Monday, signing a memorandum of understanding for 25 -900 variants at a list price of $6.9 billion and saying the price of the re-engined widebody could not be ignored.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Air Lease Corp. (ALC) signed an MOU for 25 Airbus A330-900neos at the Farnborough Airshow, becoming the first launch customer for the new Airbus widebody.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
Airbus has launched the A330-800neo and A330-900neo, it announced at the Farnborough Airshow.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Nensel
New Delhi-based Air India officially joined Star Alliance Friday, opening the world’s fifth-largest aviation market to the other 26 member airlines comprising the Star Alliance network.
Airlines & Lessors

India’s government has budgeted for Rs 65 billion ($1.8 billion), as equity infusion for flag carrier Air India during the financial year 2014-15.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
Rolls-Royce is planning to use a modified Trent XWB engine to demonstrate technologies for its new Advance engine, which should be available for commercial service from 2020.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Iberia is looking to cut another 1,581 jobs—on top of the 3,100 redundancies it is already rolling out—under a consultation that was formally launched Friday.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

European labor groups are warning that so-called Flags of Convenience—widely used in the maritime sector—are threatening Europe’s aviation industry.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) plan to serve the US is facing fresh opposition from another airline union and eight members of the Georgia Congressional delegation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

A US Government Accountability Office (GAO) report this week on widebody aircraft financing from the Export-Import Bank of the US (Ex-Im) has renewed efforts by Delta Air Lines and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) to urge Congress to reform the institution.
Airlines & Lessors

Singapore’s Changi Airport could become a casualty of Etihad Airways’ new long-haul fleet expansion when the airline cuts its Changi stopover on one of its Australian routes next year.
Airports & Networks