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Yemenia opts for A320s to plug its A350 gap
November 17, 2009
Airbus and Yemenia Airlines yesterday morning signed a memorandum of understanding covering 10 Airbus A320s, the first of which the official carrier of Yemen expects to arrive in Sanaa in 2011. On hand for the signing ceremonies, Yemenia board member Saleh Alawaji said the airplanes would replace some of the airline’s aging A310s and fill a gap in capacity...
moreEtihad kicks off next phase of strategic investments
November 17, 2009
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways plans to spend $750 million on its workforce, fleet, in-flight service and planning and resourcing systems to support record-breaking airplane and engine orders placed at the last Farnborough and Paris Air Shows. “Now we are taking the next steps,” Etihad CEO James Hogan declared here at the show yesterday. “Over the course of...
moreDAE selects CFM engines for its A320s
November 17, 2009
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has selected CFM International CFM56-5B engines to power 20 Airbus A320 family aircraft it has on order, in a deal worth around $270 million. The aircraft are due for delivery starting in 2011. The 20 aircraft are part of an order for 70 A320s that DAE (Chalet 5) placed in July 2008; CFM engines also were selected for the...
moreLibyan airlines chooses CFM power
November 17, 2009
Libyan Airlines on Sunday selected the CFM56-5B engine to provide power for seven A320s it has on firm order, and five more on which it has options. The firm engine order is valued at approximately $95 million and the airline is scheduled to begin taking delivery in mid-2010. “We are pleased to announce the selection of the highly reliable CFM56-5B/3...
moreNews Clips from Dubai 2009
November 17, 2009
Jet Aviation Joins JSSI’s Network of Mx ProvidersJet Aviation of Basel, Switzerland, has signed a service agreement with Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI) to provide maintenance and supply spare parts to JSSI and its clients. Independently owned JSSI provides hourly cost maintenance programs for aircraft engines and airframes. Jet Aviation, which is owned...
moreUAE companies partner on humanitarian cargo effort
November 17, 2009
Maximus Air Cargo announced yesterday that it is joining forces with Etihad Airways and Abu Dhabi Airports Co. (ADAC) to launch “Care By Air,” a humanitarian effort that will provide cargo space at cost for relief aid to disaster-stricken areas of the world. Supporting members include the United Arab Emirates’ Red Crescent and the United Nations World Food...
moreFlydubai inks financing & deal for carbon brakes
November 17, 2009
Local low-fare airline Flydubai yesterday inked a pair of aircraft financing deals worth $160 million. Also here at the Dubai Airshow, it signed a contract with Goodrich to supply wheels and carbon brakes for its first 54 Boeing 737s. The financing covers the first two aircraft Flydubai received this past May and ensures that all six aircraft the budget...
moreLHT, Oman Air form mx venture
November 17, 2009
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with Oman Air to create the maintenance specialist’s first joint venture in the Middle East, with plans for building a hangar at Muscat airport. Operations are expected to start in 2012, when the hangar will be able to accommodate two widebody and two narrowbody aircraft. Some 300...
moreBombardier Adding Regional Aircraft to Depot
November 17, 2009
Bombardier Aerospace announced yesterday that it will offer its commercial aircraft customers in the Middle East ready access to parts through its existing parts depot at Dubai International Airport.In the coming months Bombardier plans to equip the 2,800-sq-ft facility, which now serves Learjet, Challenger and Global business jet customers, to meet parts...
moreBoeing and Mubadala lay big plans
November 17, 2009
Boeing and Mubadala Development Co. yesterday signed a so-called strategic framework agreement covering “key” areas of collaboration, including such “mutual beneficial areas” as composite manufacturing, engineering, research and development, commercial maintenance, repair and overhaul, military maintenance and sustainment, pilot training and people...
moreAirbus Orders Trickle In at Dubai '09
November 17, 2009
Airbus kept its steadily advancing order train rolling on the third day of the Dubai Airshow with a pair of modest, but nonetheless significant, announcements involving models ranging from the single-aisle A320 to the A380 superjumbo. The first deal involved a firm order for a pair of high-density A380s from Air Austral of Reunion Island. Plans call for the...
moreBoeing Lands Orders from Two Algerian Airlines
November 17, 2009
Boeing landed separate firm orders from a pair of Algerian airlines today at the Dubai Airshow, for a total of 11 Next Generation 737-800s worth some $825 million at list prices. The orders involved Algiers-based Air Algerie, which signed for seven of the single-aisle jets, and Tasilli Airlines, which signed for four.Air Algerie’s order increases the size...
moreCivil sales heat up as deals bloom in the desert
November 16, 2009
The cash registers started to ring here at the 2009 Dubai Airshow yesterday with a modest but nonetheless welcome batch of airliner and engine orders. Airbus firmed up a new customer in Ethiopian Airlines, which converted a memorandum of understanding for 12 A350XWBs into a firm $3 billion order. Turbofan manufacturers shared a $2.6 billion batch of...
moreA320 ‘Sharklets’ take a nice bite out of fuel burn
November 16, 2009
Airbus unveiled a much-anticipated advance to its A320 family yesterday when it launched a program to develop new wingtip devices called “Sharklets.” To cost an extra $900,000 installed, the new devices will improve fuel burn on the A320 family by 3.5 percent on “longer” sectors, corresponding to an annual CO2 reduction of some 730 metric tons per aircraft....
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