Aeromexico (AM) on Wednesday announced it has signed a letter of intent for up to 100 Boeing aircraft—a mix of 90 737 MAX 8s and 9s, as well as 10 787s.
Rolls-Royce confirmed that a component on Trent 1000-powered Boeing 787s “is being replaced in a number of engines,” affecting some All Nippon Airways (ANA) Dreamliners in service.
Avolon took delivery of the first of 12 direct-order Boeing 737-800 aircraft, the first of four to be placed on lease to Japan Airlines. Air Lease Corp. will lease 12 new Boeing 737-800s, four new Airbus A320-200s, and two new A321-200s to China Southern on 12-year lease terms. GECAS has delivered three new Airbus A320 aircraft to Airphil Express.
Sweden and Denmark combined their air navigation services earlier this month through the jointly owned company Nordic Unified Air Traffic Control (NUAC).
Evergreen International Airlines has taken delivery of the 50th 747-400 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF). The airplane is the first to enter the Evergreen fleet and the 40th conversion completed by Taikoo Aircraft Engineering. AD Aerospace has signed a letter of intent with Shanghai Aero Measurement Controlling Research Institute for the supply of security and safety video camera systems for the COMAC 919 aircraft.
GECAS has delivered one leased Boeing 737-300SF to Northern Air Cargo. The Alaskan carrier operates a fleet of five cargo aircraft. Skyworld Aviation delivered the first of three Embraer EMB170 aircraft to AeroMexico Connect, on lease from Republic Airways. Aircraft Leasing & Management arranged the sale of one Airbus A320-211 from FG Wing Leasing Ltd to Jordan Aviation. The aircraft was delivered to Jordan Aviation June 22.
AirAsia (AK) has selected GE Aviation to design and deploy a network of ICAO Required Navigation Performance Authorization Required (RNP AR) flight paths.
The International Airlines Group (IAG) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) to “carefully consider” ordering the Chinese-produced C919 at the Farnborough Airshow.
Airbus has delivered the front fuselage for the first flyable 21-meter-long A350 XWB (MSN1) to the Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, France, from Airbus’ site in Saint-Nazaire, France.
AirBaltic (BT) is planning to add up to three Bombardier Q400s this winter and is mulling its options as four Boeing 737s come to the end of its lease.
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. (MITAC) has revealed it will have to re-manufacture the parts for its Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) prototypes following procedural issues at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI).
Turboprop manufacturer ATR is entering the final stages of securing FAA certification for its ATR 42-600 and 72-600 aircraft, which it hopes to close by year-end.
Russian carrier signed a firm contract for 20 Airbus A321s Thursday, the largest order for the type in the region and the first time that UTair has ordered Airbus aircraft.
Middle East Airlines-Air Liban (MEA) on Thursday announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for five Airbus A320neo and five A321neo aircraft plus eight options.
