Leading aviation finance company Avolon has completed the delivery of five new Airbus A320neos to Suadi Arbaian airliner Flynas. The Dublin-lased Lessor delivered the 5th aircraft direct from Toulouse yesterday on a sale and leaseback basis with the middle-esstern Low Cost Carrier (LCC). Paul Geaney, President and Chief Commercial Officer [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]
European aerospace giant Airbus has broken ground at the site if its new A400M maintenance centre in Wunstorf. Tbe site at Wunstorf Air Base, which is home to the German Air Forces A400M transport fleet, will start maintaining A400Ms from mid 2027 and employ around 300 people. The ground-breaking ceremont [read more]
Cathay Group has firmed up an order for 32 additional Airbus A320neo aircraft to be split between its airlines including Cathay Pacific and HK Express. The additional aircraft are made up of A320neo and A321neo variants and brings the total on order to 64. The aircraft will be used to [read more]
Airbus Defence and Space has handed over the first Airbus C295 military transport aircraft to the Indian Air Force (IAF) this week at Airbus; site in Seville, Spain. The first IAF C295 was equipped in a transport configuration and with an indigenous electronic warfare suite and is the first of [read more]
Turkish flag carrier Turkish Airlines has ordered a further 10 Airbus A350-900 aircraft bringing its total for the type to 40. The carrier already was 14 A350-900 in service on its long-haul network. The airliner has proved popular since its introduction and has now attracted over 1,000 orders. Airbus builds [read more]
Dublin based Aviation leasing specialist Avolon has firmed up an order for 20 A330Neo from Airbus. The deal was originally announced as a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Paris Airshow. Avolon was a launch customer for the A330neo the airliner has proved popular with many airlines chosing to upgrade [read more]
The UK’s aerospace sector is in ‘good health’ as data from ADS, the UK trade organisation representing the Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space sectors, shows orders continue to come in for airliners. July saw 112 airliners being ordered bringing the first half of the year total to 1,179 helped by [read more]
Airbus has formally opened a brand new A321XLR equipment installation hangar in Hamburg, Germany to help it ramp up production. The automated equipping facility, which was opened by Hamburg’s First Mayor Peter Tschentscher and German Aerospace Coordinator Anna Christmann, will be able to work on eight A321XLR rear fuselage sections [read more]
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