Singapore Airlines has taken delivery of its first Airbus A330-300. The aircraft was handed over by Airbus at a delivery ceremony in Toulouse, France, yesterday. It is one of 19 new Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered A330-300s that the airline will be leasing to tie them over until the purchased Airbus A350s arrive in the coming years. [...]
American Airlines announced today that it has entered into a purchase agreement with Boeing (under which American intends to acquire an initial 42 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners scheduled for delivery beginning in 2012 and ending in 2018, with the right to purchase up to 58 additional 787s that may be scheduled for delivery beginning in 2015 and ending in 2020.
Australia’s flagship airline, Qantas, has received the first of 20 Airbus A380s on order, at a ceremony in Toulouse, France. The Rolls-Royce powered aircraft was handed over to Qantas Chief Executive Officer, Geoff Dixon and Qantas CEO-Designate, Alan Joyce by Tom Enders, Airbus President and CEO and John Leahy, Airbus Chief Operating Officer Customers.
United Airlines may cancel an order for 42 Airbus aircraft, forfeiting a $91 million deposit and possibly heralding a wave of deferrals and cancellations for the major plane makers as their customers scale back growth plans.
Hawaiian Airlines will replace its Boeing 767 fleet with all-Airbus widebodies under agreements reached with Airbus and Rolls-Royce.
Hawaiian Airlines will acquire six Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-powered A350 XWB -800 aircraft and six Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered A330-200s, with purchase rights for an additional six of each type.
The first A330-200 will be delivered by Airbus in 2012 and [...]
China’s government reached agreement with Airbus yesterday on firm orders for 110 A320 family aircraft and 40 A330s valued at approximately $15 billion and also signed an MOU with the manufacturer stipulating that Chinese industry will take a 5% stake in A350 XWB production.
Brazil’s OceanAir placed a firm order for seven A330-200s, 14 A319s and seven A320s collectively valued at $2.65 billion, Airbus said.
Deliveries will begin in 2009. OceanAir is owned by Synergy Group, also parent of Colombia’s Avianca. Synergy Chairman German Efromovich told reporters in Sao Paulo yesterday that he wants to grow OceanAir’s domestic market share [...]
China Southern Airlines has agreed to order 55 more Boeing 737s for delivery from 2011. The Guangzhou-based carrier says in a Hong Kong stock exchange filing that it entered into an aircraft acquisition agreement with Boeing on 20 August covering the purchase of 55 737-700s and -800s. It says deliveries will take place between May [...]
