Spectacular show for Lufthansa"™s new A350-900
The new A350-900 was presented to the public yesterday in Munich with a spectacular light show and an official unveiling ceremony in the Lufthansa Technik Hangar. A media show with light projections served as a 10-minute «fireworks display». In the presence of 2,000 employees and guests, the world’s most advanced long-haul aircraft was then christened […]
American Airlines is 2017 ATW Airline of the Year
American Airlines has been named the recipient of the 2017 ATW Airline of the Year, taking the top honor of the 43nd annual ATW Airline Industry Achievement Awards. American Airlines was selected by ATW"™s editorial board in recognition of the phenomenal achievements by American"™s leadership and employees this past year. The integration of American and […]
TrueNoord commits to purchase six Embraer E190 aircraft with leases attached
The portfolio is made up of globally operated aircraft with leases attached and this significant investment marks the start of a highly targeted on-going development and growth strategy for the TrueNoord fleet under lease, following investment from private equity firm Bregal Freshstream. Commenting on the substance and scale of the purchase TrueNoord CEO, Anne-Bart Tieleman, […]
Austrian Airlines Concludes Wet Lease Agreement with Air Berlin
Austrian Airlines and Air Berlin have concluded a wet lease agreement stipulating the lease of five aircraft operated by the Air Berlin Group. The airplanes will be successively integrated into the Austrian Airlines fleet in the months of March and April 2017. "With the five aircraft from Air Berlin, we will take advantage of market […]
Peach Aviation orders 10 A320neo and three A320ceo
Japan"™s Peach Aviation has signed a firm order with Airbus for the purchase of 10 A320neo and three A320ceo aircraft. The order was announced at a signing ceremony in Tokyo attended by Shinichi Inoue, Managing Director and CEO, Peach Aviation and Fabrice Brégier, Airbus President and CEO. The aircraft will join Peach"™s existing A320 Family […]
Hong Kong Airlines confirms order for 9 more A330s
Hong Kong Airlines has signed a contract with Airbus for the firm order of nine additional A330-300 aircraft. The aircraft will be operated across a network which links Hong Kong with a wide range of destinations in Asia, and beyond. «Today’s announcement underscores our plan to operate an extensive regional network in Asia,» said Zhang […]
WOW air orders four A321s
WOW air the low-fare airline based in Iceland has signed a firm order for four A321s. The airline"™s first purchase agreement directly with Airbus also makes WOW air a new Airbus customer. WOW air is an all Airbus operator with 11 aircraft in its fleet to date and will grow to 12 by the end […]
Delta Air Lines becomes launch customer of Airbus"™ digital Prognostics and Risk-Management solution
Delta Air Lines has become the launch customer for Airbu"™ "Prognostics and Risk Management" solution following a successful year-long collaboration between the Airbus and the airline. The web-based application is part of the Smarter Fleet "˜big data"™ solutions platform developed by Airbus in partnership with IBM. Jim Jackson, Manager of Predictive Maintenance Engineering at Delta […]
United Airlines will retrofit its Boeing 777 fleet to accommodate TEN seats per row in coach class
United Airlines has confirmed plans to reconfigure several of its Boeing 777 airliners to accommodate 10 seats across each row instead of nine in its economy class on domestic routes. United will retrofit 19 of its 74 Boeing 777 widebodies with the additional seating, applying the change to nine of the aircraft already used for […]
World"™s fastest emerging economy requires over 1600 new aircraft
India"™s preference for Airbus aircraft was further consolidated in 2015 with 250 new firm orders, lifting market share of orders and the in-service fleet to over 70 per cent. Today some 56 per cent of India"™s in service fleet are Airbus aircraft operated by most leading Indian carriers. This includes India"™s first A320neo, the first […]
