US low-cost carrier JetBlue Airways is to exercise options on 30 more International Aero Engines V2500-powered Airbus A320s, taking its firm order backlog for the type to 123. It also retains options for a further 50 aircraft. JetBlue intends to take delivery of up to 17 Airbus narrowbodies each year until 2012. It will take delivery of nine more aircraft this year.
Source: Flight International
Boeing logged more positive momentum in June, accelerating 737 deliveries to a pace not achieved since late 2023 and padding its backlog with orders for another 116 aircraft.
China Airlines has signed a multi-year agreement with GE Aerospace for MRO services of the latter’s GE9X engines.
The Federal Aviation Administration plans to require US airlines to inspect some 2,200 Boeing 737s and 757s due to a risk that improper maintenance could have jeopardised the integrity of the jets’ main landing gears.
