Vueling has announced an investment of €325m at Barcelona’s El Prat Airport, with the addition of five new aircraft to its fleet – four Airbus A320s and one Airbus A319. This represents the biggest investment by Vueling at the Catalan Airport since its merger with clickair in 2009. With the new aircraft, Vueling will have a total fleet
Sanad Aero Solutions and Engine Lease Finance Corp (ELF) signed a deal with Abu Dhabi based Etihad Airways, to finance its 23 spare engines in a sale and lease-back deal valued at $367m, for a  ten-year operating lease term. Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala owned Sanad, will buy and lease back five GE90 and six Rolls Royce Trent 500 engines,
Robinson Helicopter Company released that it produced 356 helicopters in 2011 (212 R44s, 88 R66s and 56 R22s), more than double 2010’s production of 162. While the R44 remains Robinson’s top selling helicopter, the response to its latest model, the R66 Turbine, has been very strong. The R66 was FAA certificated in October 2010. As
BOC Aviation has signed an agreement with South African Airways for the lease of two new A320-200 aircraft. The aircraft, powered by IAE 2527-A5 SelectOne engines, are scheduled for delivery in the first quarter of this year.
Boeing and Air France-KLM Group have finalized an order for 25 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, with options. The order was signed in late December 2011 and was recorded on Boeing’s Orders & Deliveries website, attributed to an unidentified customer. A preliminary agreement was first announced on September 16, 2011. The Air France-KLM Group is a long-time
On Jan. 3rd 2012, the business class modifications on 16 Airbus 330-200s of Air China were completed by Ameco Beijing, marking the end of a 6-month lasting project. Ameco will also carry out cabin upgrades on Air China’s Boeing 777 fleet, starting this summer. It was the first time for Ameco to carry out cabin modifications
Aerolineas Argentinas has leased three 1996 vintage Airbus A340-300s from two investment funds managed ICON Capital Corp. The aircraft were most recently operated by Cathay Pacific Airways, Hong Kong and will now be leased to Aerolineas for 6 years. ICON selected Monaco based aircraft trading and remarketing specialists Avinco to assist with the deal structuring and
Andes LÃneas Aéreas, Argentina has wet leased two A320 aircraft from Vueling, Spain in a deal arranged by Avinco, Monaco. This deal marks the first introduction of A320s into the Argentine airline which has hereto operated MD80s.
Bombardier Aerospace received a firm order for five Challenger 850 jets from an undisclosed customer. The total value of the order is approximately $156m, based on the 2011 list price for typically equipped aircraft.
Skyworld Aviation announced their latest deal with SprintAir SA of Poland, a Saab 340A QC aircraft, serial number 070, which was delivered on 22nd December 2011. This latest transaction takes SprintAir’s fleet to thirteen Saab 340s which makes the airline the second largest operator of the type in Europe. In a deal arranged by Skyworld
