Reading Time: < 1 minute Air France-KLM orders 100 Airbus A320neo family aircraft – with purchase rights for an additional 60 aircraft to renew the fleets of KLM and Transavia. It has also signed a letter of intent to purchase 4 A350F with purchase rights for four additional aircraft to increase cargo capacity at Air France. The first order covers […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes The crisis provoked by the coronavirus pandemic affects even the strongest. Air New Zealand is working through different ways to save cash and minimize costs. The airline made a solid start to 2020 and right upon the beginning of the pandemic in March had short-term liquidity of more than $1 billion. On 25 May, 2020, […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Primera Air, a low-fare Nordic airline, has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321neo at an event in Hamburg, Germany attended by Andri Már Ingólfsson, CEO and President of Primera Travel Group and Kimon Sotiropoulos, Vice President Sales Northern and Central Europe from Airbus. The aircraft, which was assembled in Hamburg, is the first of […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute U.S. carrier Delta Air Lines has placed a firm order for 100 A321neo ACF (Airbus Cabin Flex configuration) aircraft, the largest of the Airbus single-aisle Family. The aircraft will be powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1133G-JM geared turbofan engines. Delta CEO Ed Bastian is quoted as saying: “This is the right transaction at the right […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Bahrain’s national carrier has signed a $1.9 billion agreement with engine-maker CFM International for 58 LEAP-1A engines. The engines will power 17 Airbus A321neo and 12 A320neo aircraft while 7 additional will serve as spares to support Gulf Air’s operations. The firm engine order comes after the Manama-based airline placed an order for Airbus’ A320 […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Allegiant Travel Company signed a sale agreement with Cebu Pacific for four Airbus A319 aircraft. Allegiant is the parent company of Las Vegas-based low-cost airline, Allegiant Air. Deliveries are scheduled from 2017 to 2018. “As we aim to expand our operations both in the Philippines and abroad, we remain invested in upgrading our fleet with […]