Engineering and leasing news

US ultra-low-cost carrier (ULCC) Southwest Airlines has placed an order with Boeing for an additional 108 Boeing 737 Max 7 airliners. The new aircraft will replace older generation 737s at the all Boeing airline, increase fuel efficiency, and grow its route network. The move shows confidence in the Boeing 737 [read more]

US Aerospace giant Boeing has reported $0 in operating cashflow in the 3rd Quarter of 2023 despite revenues of $18.1bn. This doesn’t mean Boeing has not got any cash of course, results showed reserves of cash and investments of $13.4bn, albesit down from the beginning of the quarter. Beoing says [read more]

Seattle-based aerospace giant Boeing has delivered 106 commercial airliners in the 3rd Quarter of 2023 according to data released ahead of its 3rd Quarter results next week. The deliveries bring the total number of aircraft delivered by Boeing for the year to date up to 371. The bulk of the [read more]

European airframer Airbus has said it delivered 55 aircraft in the month of September 2023 to a total of 34 customers around the world. Deliveries included 14 widebody aircraft with 12 Airbus A350s (5 x -900 and 7 x -1000) and 2 A330-900s going to customers including Asiana, Air France, [read more]

Leading low-cost carrier easyJet (U2/EZY) has brokered a deal with Airbus to purchase 157 new A320neo (New Engine Option) family aircraft for delivery at the end of the decade with the rights to purchase an additional 100 aircraft. The deal, worth $19.9bn at list prices, comes as the airline announces [read more]

US carrier United Airlines has placed an order for 50 additiinal Boeing 787 airliners with the Seattle-based airframer. The deal will see the airline become the worlds largest operator of the 787 Dreamliner as it brings the total ordered by the airline to 150. The order is for the mid-size [read more]

Airline leasing specialist Avolon has announced a positive 3rd quarter of 2023 with a series of new leases and fleet additions. The Dublin, Ireland based lessor says it has completed 43 lease transactions which include new aircraft, lease extensions and follow-ons. This includes 7 brand new aircraft to 7 different [read more]

Russian airline Ural Airlines has comfirmed that, subject to engineering assessments, it plans to fly their stranded Airbus A320 from the field in which it becme stranded in following and emergency. The Airbus A320 (RA73805) landed in the field following an hydraulic fsilure on a flight from Sochi to Omsk [read more]