Air Transport

DE HAVILLAND CANADA booked Twin Otter Series 400 orders from an undisclosed airline and PEGASUS AIR SERVICES.

HONG KONG AIRLINES leased ex-Tigerair A320-200 (4804) with V2500s from CDB Aviation.

AURIGNY, UK agreed to lease two ex-Avianca ATR 72-600s from NAC (1151) and Jetstream Aviation Capital (1174).

VIETJET AIR ordered 20 A330-900s in $7.4b deal for growth and to replace its current fleet of seven A330-300s.

MACQUARIE AIRFINANCE ordered 20 737-8s and now has 40 on order after acquiring 20 delivery slots from ALAFCO.

MEHAIR, India signed LOI to order 50 19-seat ME-1A amphibious aircraft from US-based Mallard Enterprises.

UPS agreed to acquire Mexico's ESTAFETA (express delivery company), which operates six 737-400SFs.

IATA added SmartLynx Airlines Malta as new member and now represents 330 airlines in >120 countries.

JAPAN AIRLINES ordered 20 more A350-900s (now 52 A350-900/1000s; 19 delivered) and 11 A321neos.

VIRGIN ATLANTIC ordered seven more A330-900s, increasing commitment to 19 (five leased aircraft now in service).

Qatar Airways revealed an order for 20 more Boeing 777-9s at Farnborough Airshow, which is likely to be followed by a much larger order in early 2025.

Embraer is introducing an automatic takeoff function onto its E2 family of passenger jets, leading to much-enhanced range capabilities from short runways.

Gulf Air plans to build a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility at its home base at Bahrain International Airport.

Speaking at Farnborough Airshow, Boom founder and CEO Blake Scholl shared plans to begin full-scale core tests of its Overture airliner's Symphony engine in 18 months.

Airbus, Air France-KLM, Qantas and a collection of other partners are investing a total of around $200 million in a sustainable aviation fuel financing fund

British Airways has improved the performance of its Airbus A320neo fleet through enhanced use of data and analytics, as it works through a transformation plan.

Indonesia President Joko Widodo is looking to use the country’s massive coconut production as a potential feedstock to create sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Pratt & Whitney has secured an order from Avolon for the PW1100G geared turbofan (GTF) to power 80 Airbus A320neos.

Thales reported an increase in large orders in the first half, driven by the aeronautics and defense and security businesses, leaving it with a record orderbook.

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Air France KLM Martinair Cargo and LCC IndiGo’s CarGo unit have signed an extensive interline agreement to connect their networks.

British Airways has selected GE Aerospace's GEnx-1B for six incoming Boeing 787s, rather than its current engine partner on the widebody, Rolls-Royce.

Boeing remains open to potential acquisitions and partnerships as necessary routes to add more capability and capacity to its aftermarket business.

The low-cost model remains promising in Latin America, but U.S. budget carriers continue to struggle.

Safran will provide the electrical power generation system for the Boeing X-66A aircraft, which forms part of NASA's Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project.