The Paris office of international law firm Stephenson Harwood, has advised new client, Air Côte d’Ivoire (ACI), on the delivery of two A319 aircraft. Air Côte d’Ivoire is a new African start-up airline based in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Formed on 15 May 2012, ACI is a joint venture between the government of Côte d’Ivoire (65%),
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS announced delivery of a leased Boeing 737-300F to Spain’s Swiftair S.A. to expand the carrier’s fleet. Swiftair operates cargo flights in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East with a fleet of more than 30 aircraft.
Boeing forecasts that air carriers in North America will take delivery of 7,290 new airplanes over the next 20 years at a market value of $820bn. Taking retirements of airplanes into account, the North America fleet will grow from 6,650 airplanes today to about 8,830 airplanes by 2031. The network carriers are expected to maintain
AWAS delivered the third of five planned Boeing 737-800 passenger aircraft to SpiceJet, the dynamic and successfully growing Low Cost Carrier in India. This delivery also marks the third Boeing Sky Interior 737-800 to SpiceJet’s fleet.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has announced that it will order 25 more widebody aircraft from Airbus, comprising five double deck A380s and 20 A350-900s. The aircraft will be powered by Rolls-Royce Trent engines. The latest A380 order will be the third to be placed by the airline, bringing the total number of A380s ordered by SIA
Dublin-based global aircraft lessor, AWAS, has acquired a late model A330-200 widebody passenger aircraft from another lessor, subject to a long-term lease to Qantas.
DVB Bank SE, the Frankfurt-based bank which specialises in transport finance, announced the delivery of the first A330-300 aircraft out of three acquired from Penerbangan Malaysian Berhad by Deucalion Capital II Limited / A330 Parts Ltd, which is one of the aviation investment funds advised by DVB. The aircraft (MSN 073, 1995 vintage), equipped with
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) will lease four new Boeing 737-800 aircraft to GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. as part of a purchase and leaseback transaction. Delivery of the first aircraft from the airline’s existing order book with Boeing is scheduled for December 2012.
FlairJet, the London Oxford Airport-based business charter and management company, completed its 20th Embraer aircraft acceptance and delivery at the end of September. Since 2009, FlairJet has taken the responsibility for delivery flights or acceptances of eight Phenom 100s, ten Phenom 300s, a Legacy 600 and an Embraer Lineage for themselves and third party customers.
Macquarie AirFinance, a global aircraft leasing company based in Dublin, Ireland, has finalised contracts with Tyrolean Airways for the lease of five A320-200s and for the acquisition of three of Tyrolean’s 737-800s. Macquarie AirFinance is well advanced in the process of placing the 737-800s with new customers for delivery in spring 2013.
