Purchasing six brand new engines for over $75m and closing new lease agreements for 19 engines, making December one of the most productive months
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Passengers will transfer at Singapore to one of SQ’s four daily flights to London or the wealth of Singapore Airlines flights to other destinations in the UK, Europe, South East Asia and Africa. The codeshare agreement will also extend to Singapore Airlines’s regional offshoot SilkAir.
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The aircraft are being acquired from GECAS. The training phase for pilots will start from March
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The data will help engineers with the configuration development of the airplane, validate computational fluid dynamics (CFD) predictions and support preliminary loads cycle development.
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Japan Airlines has temporarily grounded one of its 787 Dreamliners after white smoke was spotted outside the plane, warning lights in the cockpit indicated possible faults with the main battery and charger, and one battery cell appeared to be leaking.
The incident comes nearly a year to the day after Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways grounded their 787 fleets after two 787 batteries overheated on two different planes in less than two weeks.
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Leading the month’s orders was Emirates Airline’s firm contract for 50 additional A380s – an acquisition announced at the Dubai Airshow in November and subsequently firmed up during a visit by Tim Clark, the carrier’s President, to Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, France.
Sales milestones attained as the result of December’s new business included surpassing the 2,600 order mark for A320neo (new engine option) jetliners (reaching a total of 2,610), exceeding 300 bookings for A380s (bringing the volume to 304), and topping 1,300 orders for A330s (totalling 1,313 aircraft).
Also in the widebody category during December,
AirAsia X signed for 25 more A330-300s – the largest A330 order received
by Airbus in a single purchase agreement. Four A330-200s were acquired
during the month by an undisclosed customer, while Air Caraïbes ordered
three A350-1000s.
For Airbus’ single-aisle product line, an unnamed
customer’s order for 60 A320 Family jetliners in December consisted of
seven A319s, 13 A320s and seven A321s in the CEO (current engine option)
version; along with eight A319s, 12 A320s and 13 A321s in the NEO
configuration. Another undisclosed customer signed for 40 A320 Family
aircraft (composed of 13 A320ceo and 27 A320neo versions), while a third
unidentified customer placed an order for 20 A320neo jetliners.
Also in the month’s A320 Family activity was Turkish
Airlines’ order for seven A321neo aircraft; the transaction by Z/C
Aviation Partners One, LLC for one A319ceo; and an ACJ320 corporate jet
acquisition by an unnamed customer.
Taking cancellations registered during December into
account, Airbus completed 2013 with total gross order bookings for
1,619 aircraft and net bookings totalling 1,503 for the 12-month
timeframe – both representing industry records in unit numbers and
value.
Airbus’ deliveries for December involved 48 A320
Family aircraft, 13 A330s and three A380s. The 626 total aircraft
provided to 93 customers in 2013 was the highest rate for Airbus, coming
in above the previous year’s delivery total of 588.
Based on overall order and delivery activity in
2013, Airbus ended the year with the highest-ever industry-wide backlog –
5,559 aircraft – confirming the company’s market leadership in meeting
customer expectations for both the single-aisle and widebody categories.
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Prior to delivering the aircraft to Belavia, AviaAM Leasing has conducted comprehensive maintenance works, provided necessary CAMO support as well as changed the aircraft livery to the colours and graphics of the Belarusian national airlines.
AviaAM Leasing has already delivered the first Boeing 737-300 aircraft to the carrier’s base at Minsk National Airport.
Boeing 737-300 has been delivered to Belavia under the operational lease arrangement. This is the 7th Boeing 737-300 and the 13th Boeing 737 Classic aircraft in Belavia’s fleet. AviaAM Leasing is expecting to enhance its cooperation with the new CIS customer in the nearest future.
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