Monday, December 11, 2017

Talking Points

Blue Air (Romania) ferried two 737-400s to the United States for freight conversion. The airline's all 737 fleet includes 30 -300, -400 and -500 classics, as well as 11 737-800s

Georgian Airways leased a third ex-Air Canada E-190 from Nordic Aviation Capital

I-Fly (Russia) leased a P&W powered A330-200 from DAE Capital, joining three RR powered examples. The airline also operates two P&W powered A330-300s, and retains a sole 757-200 (of an original fleet of six of the type)

Azul (Brazil) to reduce it's fleet of Embraer regional aircraft in favor of expanding it's A320 NEO fleet

Belavia (Belarus) ordered one E-195 to replace an existing 737-500 in 2018

Cityjet (Ireland) to retire it's 13 Avro RJs by the end of 2019

T'Way Air (South Korea) plans to add eight 737 MAX 8s by 2020, plus ten wide bodies by 2025. The airline currently operates 17 737-800s

Qatar Airways A321 (A7-AIB) was damaged beyond repair after a fire broke out during routine maintenance at Doha

Air Canada commenced 737 MAX 8 service between Toronto and Calgary

Air Zimbabwe plans to lease up to 15 aircraft from Malaysia Airlines (details TBD, but includes 777s, of which at least one is fully painted)

Lufthansa to acquire the airline operation of Alitalia, with the $353M deal to close by December 19th. Approximately half of the airline's fleet will be retained. Alitalia currently operates about 100 mainline aircraft

Dynamic International Airways (US) changed it's name to Servant Air. The airline is currently in Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring

Egyptair took delivery of it's ninth and final new 737-800 leased from DAE Capital (UAE)

IrAero (Russia) seeks to lease three 777s for service to China in Spring 2018


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