Rolls-Royce secured a $2.6 billion order, at list prices, from Singapore Airlines (SIA) for Trent engines to power the order announced Wednesday for 20 Airbus A350-900s and five Airbus A380s.
Boeing said Tuesday it has started building the 777 at a rate of 8.3 aircraft per month, up 20% from the 7 per month rate it had been building the widebody aircraft.
Airbus has inaugurated a new 74,000 square meter A350 XWB Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, which will employ 1,500 staff. The new FAL will produce up to 10 aircraft a month from 2018.
FastJet, the African low-cost carrier backed by easyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has signed operating lease agreements with Volito Aviation for two Airbus A319s, to be delivered in time for its November launch date.
Norway’s new Kristiansand-based airline, Flynonstop, has acquired an Embraer E-190 to support the airline’s launch in April 2013, Embraer said in a statement.
British Airways (BA) may consider introducing its forthcoming fleet of Airbus A380s on short-haul routes to quickly to build up training time for its pilots.
Lufthansa (LH) is seeking to unify standards for engines and cockpits across its group of five airlines to boost purchasing power, staff magazine Lufthanseat reported.
American Airlines (AA) said it will install the same locking device to the seats on 49 of its Boeing 767s as was installed on 48 757s after recent incidents in which economy seats became loose during flights.
With the Single European Sky (SES) initiative now into its tenth year “and still not delivering,” European Commission VP-Transport Siim Kallas is talking tough with EU member states, saying they “need to be made accountable if they do not meet their targets.”
Embraer delivered 40 aircraft (27 E-Jets and 13 executive jets) in the third quarter compared to 46 (two ERJs; 26 E-Jets; 18 executive jets) in the year-ago quarter. Atlas Air (5Y) has taken delivery of its sixth Boeing 747-8 freighter, which will be operated by Atlas Air in Polar Air Cargo Worldwide’s express network under an ACMI arrangement for the benefit of DHL Express. 5Y expects to receive one additional 747-8F in 2012 and two in the first half of 2013 for a total of nine.
Mexico’s Interjet’s (4O) first Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) has arrived in Venice, Italy at the Sukhoi Superjet International (SJI) base to be customized for service in Mexico.
New Japanese regional carrier LINK—which will launch in 2013—will acquire three ATR 72-600s, becoming the first carrier in Japan to operate ATR aircraft.
