Category: Civil Aviation

Order announcements continue to flow from the Paris airshow, with Boeing and Ryanair finalising a firm order for 175 737-800 aircraft. The order, originally announced as a commitment in March, is Boeing’s largest ever aircraft order from a European airline.  O’Leary flew into the Paris airshow on one of Ryanair’s 303 737-800s, which bore a

VistaJet has placed firm orders for 20 Challenger 350 jets and taken options for an additional 20 of the aircraft. The transaction for the firm aircraft order announced at the Paris airshow this week is valued at approximately US$518 million. If all options are exercised, the total value of the order is approximately US$1.035 billion.

Korean Air has announced an order for five 747-8 Intercontinental and six 777-300ER aircraft. The value of the transaction is approximately $3.6 billion at current list prices. Korean Air is the only airline to order both the passenger and freighter variations of the 747-8. When the order is finalised, the South Korean flag carrier will

The UK’s largest airline easyJet has ‘earmarked’ the A320neo for its future fleet requirements following an extensive technical evaluation. Subject to shareholder approval – something not a foregone conclusion given very public divisions between founding shareholder Stelios Haji-Ioannou and its board and senior management around fleet planning – easyJet has identified a need for 100