Aircraft & Propulsion

Turkish Airlines (TK) has ordered 15 Airbus A330-300s, according to a statement released to the Istanbul Stock Exchange.

GE Aviation’s H80 engine has been given type approval by Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) to operate on aircraft in Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

Ethiopian Airlines (ET) on Wednesday took delivery of its second Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Turkish carrier Pegasus Airlines (PC) has started talks about a possible initial public offering (IPO) in the first quarter of 2013, Reuters reported.

GE Aviation on Thursday issued a service bulletin calling for one-time fleet-wide borescope inspections of the low-pressure turbine (LPT) stage-one nozzles on all 120 in-service GEnx engines.

American Airlines (AA) expects to have all of its Boeing 757s back in service Saturday after taking additional measures to prevent the seats from becoming loose, necessitating cancellation of nearly 100 flights Thursday and Friday for repair work to be done.

Boeing has delivered the first 787 Dreamliner built at its North Charleston, S.C., facility to Air India.

Armenian carrier Armavia (U8), which took delivery of the first production Sukhoi Superjet 100 in April 2011, has reached a new leasing agreement with Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. on operating terms.

CAE has sold five full flight simulators (FFS), including its first FFS to Alaska Airlines (AS).

Recaro Aircraft Seating (RAS) has opened a 10,000 sq. m. (107,639 sq. ft.) production facility in Swiebodzin, Poland to double production capacity.

Spanish charter carrier Cosmo Airlines has paid $137 million for seven Bombardier CRJ900s from Uruguay’s liquidated Pluna (PU) at a government auction.

Saudi Arabian carrier Nasair (XY) is planning to phase out its six Embraer E-190s and two E-195s, and grow to a single-type fleet of 40 Airbus A320s within four years to bring down operating costs.

American Airlines (AA) believes a mechanical issue, not improper maintenance, caused rows of seats on two of its Boeing 757s to repeatedly come loose during flights.

Transaero Airlines (UN) is leasing two ex-Aviastar Tupolev Tu-204-100Cs from Ilyushin Finance Co.

GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has finalized a firm order for 85 737s, which includes 75 737 MAX 8s and 10 737-800s.

Ethiopian Airlines (ET) has taken delivery of the first of five reconfigured Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 aircraft.

Air Canada (AC) announced a 2013 fleet plan that includes the addition of two Boeing 777-300ERs and the transfer of 15 Embraer E-175s to a regional carrier.

Krasnoyarsk-based regional AeroGeo has ordered nine Evektor EV-55 Outback turboprop aircraft for delivery between 2014 and 2016.

Air Malta (KM) has unveiled its new aircraft livery on an Airbus A320 at the Malta International Airshow.

Brazil’s GOL has announced an order for 60 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.

Airbus has delivered the 100 th A320 family aircraft assembled at its final assembly line in China. The A320 was delivered to Air China and will be deployed on domestic routes. Eznis Airways leased one Bombardier Q400 from Nordic Aviation Capital. GECAS opened a distribution warehouse in Singapore for its asset management services business.

Airbus said its A380 sales targets are becoming harder to reach this year because of the wing cracks issue discovered in January on in-service aircraft.

Singapore-based BOC Aviation will lease two Embraer E-190s to TUI Travel for its Belgian Jetairfly subsidiary.

Philippine Airlines (PAL) has placed a firm order with Airbus for an additional 10 A330-300s. The new order follows a deal announced in August for 44 A321s and 10 A330s under the carrier’s fleet modernization program.

Thai Airways (TG) has taken delivery of its first Airbus A380, which today flew from the Airbus plant in Toulouse to Bangkok.