ISSN 1718-7966 JuLy 8, 2019/ VOL. 697 www.avitrader.com Weekly Aviation Headline News WORLD NEWS Pegasus teams up with Expedia Partner Solutions Low-cost Turkish carrier Pegasus Airlines is joining forces with Expe- dia Partner Solutions (EPS), the B2B brand of Expedia Group, to offer its travellers access to competitive ac- commodation and package rates in order to keep up with Turkey’s rapid increase in both domestic and inter- national tourism. Through Hotels. com for Partners, Pegasus’s travellers will have access to competitive pack- age rates (where accommodation is bundled with a flight) saving them 15% on average when compared SAA’s with booking these separately. A340-600s will be phased out of the Etihad lanches A380s to Seoul JFK route. Etihad launched its first Airbus A380 Photo: Airbus ‘super jumbo’ on its scheduled dai- ly services to Seoul, Korea. Robin Kamark, Etihad Aviation Group Chief South African codeshares with GOL Commercial Officer, said: “We are de- And aims to bring A350 operations to New York lighted to include Seoul as one of our most important destinations on the South African Airways (SAA) has GOL in the domestic Brazilian mar- operated by SAA to Africa, Asia and Etihad network with the increased ca- signed codeshare and frequent fly- ket extends SAA’s reach throughout Australia, and Voyager members pacity and flagship flying experience er agreements with Brazilian airline Brazil. can accrue and redeem Voyager only the A380 can provide. The move Gol - Linhas Aéreas (GOL). miles on flights operated by GOL. will guarantee product consistency Besides the codeshare, the signed and more convenient travel options The agreement will enable SAA to Frequent Flyer Programme (“FFP”) “We are extremely pleased with for more customers travelling to and add its code on flights this agreement which from Korea, ensuring they experience operated by GOL in comes at an oppor- the ultimate flying experience.” the Brazilian territory, “The introduction of these state- tune time and gives Emirates to resume Khartoum which will allow SAA of-the-art aircraft to our fleet is an strategic impetus services customers to integrate to our strategy of Emirates has announced that it will their travel with easy important step-change.” growing partner- resume flights to Khartoum, the capi- connections on flights ships globally to offer SAA Acting CEO, Zukisa Ramasia tal of Sudan, from 08 July 2019. “Af- of both carriers. The our customers more ter closely monitoring the situation in agreement makes it travel options. It is an Sudan and conducting an exhaustive possible for SAA to add its code on agreement offers members of each important step in the execution review of all operational factors, we 20 connecting flights in Brazil oper- airline’s programmes, Voyager from of our strategy and gives our cus- have decided to resume our services ated by GOL, including Rio de Janei- SAA and Smiles from GOL, the op- tomers, through our direct flights to Khartoum,” said Orhan Abbas, ro, Brasília, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, portunity to accrue and redeem to Sao Paulo, several further travel Emirates’ Senior Vice President Com- Belo Horizonte, and Florianópolis, miles. Customers from Smiles can options to explore Brazil. In turn, mercial Operations, Africa. among others. The codeshare with accrue and redeem miles on flights Continued on page 3 3 WEEKLY AVIATION HEADLINES 3 Weekly Aviation Headline News ...continued from page 1 ...continuedUnited is also from committed page 1 to improving the entertainment options for include English closed captioning. Select DIRECTV channels also include customers with disabilities. Earlier this year, the airline began offering closed captioning when the TV station makes it available. United con- thea new mutually main menu beneficial category agreement on seatback offers on-demand GOL Meanwhile, that is labelled earlier Ac -in thetinues week, to addSAA additional an- and accessible New york entertainmentJFK, replacing theand olderscreening Airbus op- customerscessible Entertainment. the chance to Thisexplore new the section riches ofmakes nounced it easier thatfor customit signed- tionsa three-year across its leasing fleet. A340-600 aircraft on this route. The flag car- Africa,”ers with says hearing Zuks and Ramasia, vision challenges SAA acting to findChief accessibleagreement entertainment for two Airbus A350-900 aircraft rier of South Africa says that the aircraft pre- Executiveoptions, groupingOfficer. all of the titles that are eitherwhich audio are descriptiveexpected to or joinUnique the airline’s highlights fleet of in United’s sents personalan opportunity device entertainmentto reduce fuel program burn by- closed captioned in one main menu category. Seatbackthe second on-demand half of 2019. is ming include: an exclusiveapproximately partnership 20%with compared VEVO, delivering to the A340s new, cuon- “The partnership with South African Airways is one of United’s entertainment options available on 757, 767, 777 and rated music video playliststhe eachroute. month; relaxation content including in line with our commitment to offer a larger “The introduction of these state-of-the-art air- 787 aircraft. The carrier currently offers approximately 20 different Headspace, a popular meditation app and Moodica, which takes the international connectivity, with quality of ser- craft to our fleet is an important step-change SAA’s current widebody fleet comprises of movies and TV shows that are audio descriptive and more than 50 that brain on a much-needed vacation using videos. vice and integrated products of each carrier. as we continue to make progress to transform Airbus A330-200, A330-300 and A340-300/- Thus, we enable more destinations options our business and return the airline to financial 600 aircraft. The Star Alliance member op- and connectivity bringing more benefits to our sustainability in the shortest time possible,” erates long-haul services to destinations in clients, with more agility and the smart use of said SAA CEO, Zukisa Ramasia. North America, Latin America, Europe, Aus- AIRCRAFTtime on their & trips,” ENGINE says Randall NEWS Saenz Ague- tralia and Asia. ro, GOL’s Director of Alliances, International TheOrders new Airbus and A350sdeliveries will operate – Boeing on one and of Airbus Expansion and Distribution. SAA’s long-haul routes between Johannesburg AerCap leased, purchased and sold 114 Airbus v Boeing: Orders and Deliveries aircraft in the first quarter of 2018 March 2018 YTD AerCap has announced its major business trans- Airbus Boeing actions during the first quarter of 2018. The Com- Type Orders Deliveries Type Orders Deliveries panyAIRCRAFT signed lease & ENGINEagreements NEWS for 83 aircraft, Embraer delivers first new Praetor 600 to undisclosed customer including 15 wide-body aircraft and 68 narrow- A320 Family 37 95 737 171 132 NACbody deliversaircraft. oneAerCap ATR purchased 42-500 toseven Compag aircraft,- A330 -6 8 747 14 2 nieincluding Aérienne two InterAirbus Régionale A320neo FamilyExpress aircraft, two Airbus A350s and three Boeing 787-9s and A340 0 0 767 7 4 Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has delivered one executed sale transactions for 24 aircraft, includ- A350 0 17 777 5 12 ATR 42-500, MSN 495, to Compagnie Aérienne ing 11 Airbus A320 Family aircraft, four Airbus Inter Régionale Express on lease. Compagnie A380 14 1 787 24 34 A330s, one Airbus A340, one Boeing 737 Classic, Aérienne Inter Régionale Express is a French one Boeing 737NG, two Boeing 777-200ERs and Total 45 121 Total 221 184 airline company which operates two brands; in one Boeing 787-8 from AerCap’s owned port- Source: Airbus Source: Boeing French Guiana as Air Guyane and out of Guade- folio and two Airbus A320 Family aircraft and loupe as Air Antilles. This aircraft will be oper- one Boeing 737 Classic from AerCap’s managed Airbus booked orders for eight A320 Family single-aisle jetliners in the NEO and CEO versions ated by Air Antilles flying from Pointe a Pitre, portfolio. The Company continues to manage 12 during March, while delivering 56 aircraft in the month from across the company’s in-produc- Guadeloupe, to Martinique and other Carib- aircraft that were sold from its owned portfolio tion single-aisle and widebody product lines. bean destinations. during the quarter. AerCap has signed financing Boeing generated a total of 197 orders in March including a staggering 160 737s. Deliveries in the stated month reached 91 planes across the in-production product line. transactions for US$2.9bn. Delivery of the first Praetor 600 to an undisclosed European customer Photo: Embraer SMBC Aviation Capital delivers Airbus Embraer has delivered the first of its new Praetor 600 super-midsize business jet to an undis- A320-200Lion Air Group to Batik orders Air 50 737 MAX 10 air- closed European customer. The delivery ceremony was held at the company’s production facil- SMBCplanes Aviation Capital has announced the deliv- tifiedity in onSão Boeing’s José dos Orders Campos, & Brazil,Deliveries where website. the firstJetBlue Praetor selects 600 rolled Pratt off the& hybridWhitney assembly Geared ery of one Airbus A320-200 aircraft (MSN 8942) Theline Lion that Air also Group produces was the the first Legacy to put450 the and 737 Legacy Turbofan™ 500. Assembly engines of the Praetor 600 will soon Boeing and the Lion Air Group have announced equipped with two CFM56-5B4/3 engines to MAXalso 8 into take service place at and Embraer’s the first production to order the facility 737 in Melbourne, Florida, where the company has the airline has purchased 50 of Boeing’s new 737 JetBlue Airways has selected the Geared Tur- Batik Air, a member of the Lion Air Group. The MAXproduced 9. Last month, more than the 360Group Phenom became and the Legacy first aircraft since 2011. Announced at NBAA-BACE MAX 10 airplanes. The deal, valued at approxi- bofan™ (GTF) engine to power an additional aircraft and associated engines were delivered to takein October delivery 2018, of a where737 MAX it also 9, usingmade the its debut,air- the Praetor 600 was certified in April 2019, mately US$6.24bn at list prices, is the largest 45 Airbus A320neo family aircraft.