Category: Civil Aviation

Kuwaiti aircraft leasing company ALAFCO has finalised an order for 20 737 MAX 8s.  The order – the first for the MAX variant from the Middle East – is valued at US$2 billion at list prices and follows an announcement at the Farnborough airshow earlier this year. This order brings total orders for the 737

An A330-300 has become the 100th Airbus to be delivered to Aeroflot. The Rolls Royce Trent 700-powered aircraft joins a fleet of 20 A330-family and 79 A320-family Airbuses in Aeroflot’s 125-strong fleet.  The A330-300s are used on the airline’s medium and long haul services in a 28/268 configuration. This content is available exclusively to Australian

Airbus’s A320neo program has achieved a major milestone following the assembly of the first Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1100G-JM engine. The engine, which uses an advanced gear system that allows the engine’s fan to operate at different speed than the low-pressure compressor and turbine, will soon enter testing at P&W’s test facility in Florida. The

Singapore Airlines has ordered five more Airbus A380s and 20 A350-900s, plus announced plans to transfer its 20 787s on order to low-cost subsidiary Scoot. The new Airbuses are valued at US$7.5 billion at list prices. It is the third A380 order by Singapore Airlines and brings its total commitments for the type to 24,