iscoverKuwaiti 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
Aviation Capital Services, a subsidiary of State Corporation Russian Technologies (Rostech) has announced commitments for 35 737 MAX aircraft, representing the first order for the MAX series from Russia. The aircraft, valued at US$3 billion at current list prices, will be placed with Aviation Capital Services for onward leasing to Russian airlines, which will operate
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,
Airbus’s new 74,000 square metre A350 final assembly line (FAL) has been inaugurated by French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and Airbus president and chief executive officer Fabrice Brégier. Attendees at the official ceremony in Toulouse saw the first flyable aircraft, MSN1, taking shape on the line before its first flight scheduled for mid 2013. Fuselage
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