All Orders & Deliveries news – Page 23
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NewsTurkish Airlines still facing bottleneck for single-aisle deliveries
Turkish Airlines is expecting to have 26 Airbus A321neos in its fleet by the end of this year, rather than the 30 it had listed in its previous update. The company has outlined its fleet development schedule in a full-year results briefing. While 13 A321neos were supposed to be delivered ...
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AnalysisWhat Flybe’s demise means for the Dash 8
Flybe’s collapse is a serious blow for De Havilland Canada’s Dash 8-400 programme as the UK regional carrier was the turboprop’s largest operator.
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NewsAirbus delivers 55 jets in February but orders stay flat
Airbus delivered 55 aircraft last month but, after starting the year with a surge of orders, recorded no new activity during February. Net orders stayed at 274 aircraft. Airbus handed over nine A350s, comprising seven -900s and two -1000s, to customers in the course of the month, as well as ...
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NewsVistara receives first Boeing 787
India’s Vistara has taken delivery of the first widebody aircraft in its fleet, a Boeing 787-9. The GEnx-1B powered aircraft, registered VT-TSD, is the first of six 787s that Vistara has on order. Vistara takes first Boeing 787-9 The carrier, a joint venture ...
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AnalysisAirbus wins all of January’s new airliner orders
Airbus made a strong start to 2020, accounting for all of the new commercial aircraft orders recorded during January. Boeing secured no fresh business, highlighting the continuation of its struggle with returning the grounded 737 Max to operational use.
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NewsAeroflot takes first A350 and confirmed as behind previously undisclosed order
Aeroflot has taken delivery of the first of 22 on-order Airbus A350-900s, which will be used to replace its A330 fleet.
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NewsSAS edges towards regional fleet renewal with Danish crew deal
Scandinavia’s SAS has outlined the preconditions for placing an order to renew the mid-sized fleet of single-aisle jets serving its regional network. It says that some 20% of its network uses Airbus A319s and Boeing 737-700s and that using aircraft of the appropriate size is important for both financial and ...
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NewsSojitz unit Atlantis revealed as 'undisclosed' 787-9 buyer
A special purpose company of Japan’s Sojitz Corporation, Atlantis Aviation Corporation, has been revealed as the party behind three Boeing 787-9 orders that were previously attributed to an undisclosed customer. Boeing made the disclosure following a query from FlightGlobal regarding a 26 February announcement from All Nippon Airways (ANA). ...
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NewsAriana Afghan Airlines seeking to buy six aircraft
Afghanistan’s Ariana Afghan Airlines is the market to buy six aircraft. A tender document published on the airline’s website shows it is looking for two Airbus A330-200s, two Boeing 767-300ERs and two De Havilland Canada Q300s. The closing date for bids is 26 February 2020. The airline says in the ...
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NewsBelavia steps up to E2 under new lease deal
Belarussian operator Belavia has signed for three of the re-engined Embraer 195-E2 regional jet, expanding its operations with the E-Jet family. Belavia is to take the first of the three Pratt & Whitney PW1900G-powered aircraft in December this year. The airline has reached the lease agreement with AerCap, the lessor ...
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NewsAeroflot A350s and 777s spearhead three-year expansion
Aeroflot Group is nearing delivery of its first Airbus A350-900, a central part of the Russian operator’s fleet modernisation and international expansion strategy for the next three years. It will receive its first 316-seat Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-powered A350 at the end of this month, gradually using the twinjet type to ...
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NewsVietnam's Bamboo in talks for up to a dozen 777Xs
Vietnamese start-up Bamboo Airways is in talks with Boeing to order as many as 12 777X twinjets. The deal, which would be valued at up to $5 billion at list prices, could be finalised in the second quarter, the airline confirms. “We are now discussing with Boeing,” Bamboo tells Cirium. ...
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NewsTarom starts turboprop upgrade with first new ATR 72-600
Romanian flag-carrier Tarom has started taking delivery of a batch of ATR 72-600s it is receiving under a lease agreement with Nordic Aviation Capital. The operator disclosed last year that it was introducing nine of the turboprop type to modernise its fleet. Tarom has unveiled a revised colour scheme for ...
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NewsIrish division of GTLK to lease A220s to Green Africa
Nigerian start-up carrier Green Africa Airways has agreed to lease three Airbus A220s from Irish-based lessor GTLK Europe. The airline says the pact will enable it to “set course” to open commercial services this year. GTLK Europe is based in Dublin, and is affiliated with the Russian state leasing company ...
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AnalysisAsia-Pacific sees subdued deliveries in January
Asia-Pacific carriers took 21 of the 55 commercial aircraft delivered globally in the first month of of the new decade, followed by European carriers with 17 deliveries and North American carriers with just 10. While January is particularly weak for deliveries after airframers’ traditional push in December, global deliveries for ...
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NewsTariff hike only deepens US airlines’ misery: Airbus
Airbus has criticised the US government’s decision to increase tariffs on imported aircraft, claiming it simply exacerbates problems for the country’s own airlines. The US Trade Representative decision – which hikes tariffs from the previous 10% to a level of 15% – is a consequence of the long-running transatlantic subsidies ...
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NewsEgyptAir receives first A320neo
EgyptAir has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320neo, the initial aircraft in a batch of 15 being acquired by the Middle Eastern flag-carrier. Airbus has confirmed the handover of the twinjet, powered by CFM International Leap-1A engines. Source: Airbus Three EgyptAir A320neos – SU-GFK, SU-GFJ and SU-GFL ...
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NewsWorld gradually shifting to resist corrupt practices: Airbus chief
Airbus chief Guillaume Faury believes there is an increasing global resistance to corrupt practices from which the airframer is set to benefit in its efforts to combat risks of non-compliance. The company is recovering from a hefty €3.6 billion penalty imposed through a deferred prosecution agreement to settle allegations of ...
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NewsLagos-based Green Africa signs for 50 A220s
Nigerian carrier Green Africa Airways has tentatively agreed to acquire 50 Airbus A220-300s, a potentially strong order for the twinjets. The agreement for the Pratt & Whitney PW1500G-powered aircraft has been disclosed by the airframer, following the signature of a memorandum of understanding. It comes more than a year after ...
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NewsAirbus to cut A330 output and keep A350 rate level
Airbus is to cut production of its A330 line to 40 aircraft this year, and will keep A350 monthly output to between nine and 10 aircraft. The decision is a consequence of “overall customer demand” in the twin-aisle sector, says the airframer. Chief executive Guillaume Faury, speaking in Toulouse on ...