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ISSN 1718-7966 June 24, 2019/ VOL. 695 www.avitrader.com Weekly Aviation Headline News WORLD NEWS Lufthansa announces direct service between Newcastle and Munich Lufthansa has strengthened its com- mitment to the UK market with a new direct flight from Newcastle Interna- tional Airport (NCL) to Munich. Com- mencing operations from 3 February 2020, the Airbus A319 aircraft will fly six times weekly between the two cities and provide onward connections from Munich throughout Europe, Americas and Asia Pacific. This is the first New- castle route for Lufthansa, opening its seventh destination in the UK. IAG intends to take Air Astana wins for eight years 200 Max in a row planes. Air Astana, the flag carrier of Kazakh- Photo: stan, has been recognised for 4 Star Boeing service excellence, retaining the ac- colade of “Best Airline in Central Asia and India” in the Skytrax World Airline IAG looks to the Max Awards for the eighth consecutive Airbus to challenge ‘mysterious’ order year. The prestigious awards ceremo- ny took place at the 53rd edition of the Certainly, the surprise announce- LEVEL plus British Airways at Lon- craft will make a successful return Paris Air Show at Le Bourget on 18 ment at the just ended Paris Air don Gatwick airport. to service in the coming months June 2019. Over 21 million air travel- Show was the very unexpected having received approval from the lers were surveyed about their experi- order by the International Airline Willie Walsh, IAG chief executive, regulators”. ences with airlines on the ground and Group (IAG), which owns carriers said: “We’re very pleased to sign in the air over a 10-month period. including British Airways, Iberia, this letter of intent with Boeing However, the deal has come as a Vueling and Aer surprise consider- ing the global Max Korean Air awards ULD man- Lingus, for 200 737- Max aircraft. fleet is still ground- agement agreement to Unilode “We are taking the position that we ed following the Korean Air, and a member of SkyTeam, Without necessar- fatal crash of two has awarded the management of its would like to bid for this business.” ily referring to the jetliners, and modi- entire fleet of more than 16,000 con- Christian Scherer, CCO, Airbus tainers and pallets to Unilode Aviation ‘Max’ in its word- fications to its soft- Solutions. Mr. Samsug Noh, Korean ing, IAG says the ware are ongoing. Air SVP Head of Cargo Business Divi- mix of 737-8 and Airbus has reacted sion, said: “One of the main drivers 737-10 aircraft would be delivered and are certain that these aircraft strongly at the surprise announce- in Korean Air’s decision to outsource between 2023 and 2027 and would will be a great addition to IAG’s ment and not surprisingly, due to the management of its entire ULD op- be powered by CFM Leap engines. short haul fleet. the fact that IAG airlines are pre- erations was to be able to reduce ULD It is anticipated that the aircraft dominately A320 family operators imbalances in Korean Air’s global net- would be used by several of the “We have every confidence in and major Airbus customers. work of more than 100 destinations.” Group’s airlines including Vueling, Boeing and expect that the air- Continued on page 3 BEYOND MRO CUSTOMIZED MRO SOLUTIONS TO KEEP YOU FLYING RB211-535 CF34-3/-8 PW100 JT15D RE220 www.standardaero.com CFM56-7B AE 3007 PW150A PT6A GTCP36 APS2300 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- Speakinga new main at menua final category press conference on seatback from on-demand Le to bidthat for is labelledthis business,” Ac- tinues Scherer to told add report additional- rounding accessible the 737entertainment Max by instilling and screening a measure op- Bourgetcessible Airport,Entertainment. Airbus sales This executivenew section Scher makes- ers. it “IAGeasier is for a very custom good- customer.tions across Every its one fleet. of of confidence in its future. erers said with the hearing European and vision OEM challenges never received to find a accessiblethese airlines entertainment are A320 operators. Our intent In selecting the 737 MAX, IAG says it will fly a requestoptions, for grouping proposals all —of athe document titles that that are for -eitheris to audio bid.” descriptive or Unique highlights of United’s personal device entertainment program- combination of the 737 MAX 8, which seats up mallyclosed launches captioned most in majorone main aircraft menu contractscategory. Seatback on-demand is ming include: an exclusive partnership with VEVO, delivering new, cu- The surprise announcement came halfway to 178 passengers in a two-class configuration, fromone of IAG. United’s entertainment options available on 757, 767, 777 and rated music video playlists each month; relaxation content including through the Paris Air Show and has certainly and the larger 737 MAX 10 jet, which can ac- 787 aircraft. The carrier currently offers approximately 20 different Headspace, a popular meditation app and Moodica, which takes the “We are taking the position that we would like helped Boeing clear some of the gloom sur- commodate as many as 230 passengers. movies and TV shows that are audio descriptive and more than 50 that brain on a much-needed vacation using videos. AIRCRAFT & ENGINE NEWS Orders and deliveries – Boeing and Airbus AIRCRAFT & ENGINE NEWS Airbus unveils A321XLR at Paris Air Show – longest-range single-aisle jet airliner AerCap leased, purchased and sold 114 Airbus v Boeing: Orders and Deliveries Indigoaircraft places in the US$20first quarterbillion ofLEAP 2018 engine order March 2018 YTD AerCap has announced its major business trans- Airbus Boeing IndiGoactions hasduring ordered the first CFM quarter International of 2018. The LEAP- Com- Type Orders Deliveries Type Orders Deliveries 1Apany engines signed to lease power agreements 280 Airbus for A320neo 83 aircraft, and A321neoincluding aircraft.15 wide-body The contract,aircraft andwhich 68 includes narrow- A320 Family 37 95 737 171 132 sparebody aircraft.engines andAerCap an overhaulpurchased support seven agreeaircraft,- A330 -6 8 747 14 2 ment,including is valued two Airbusat more A320neo than US$20 Family billion aircraft, U.S. attwo list Airbus price. A350sTo support and itsthree new Boeing LEAP-1A 787-9s fleet, and In- A340 0 0 767 7 4 diGoexecuted also signedsale transactions a long-term for Service 24 aircraft, Agreement. includ- A350 0 17 777 5 12 IndiGoing 11 hasAirbus been A320 a CFM Family customer aircraft, since four 2016 Airbus and A380 14 1 787 24 34 currentlyA330s, one operates Airbus A340,a fleet one of Boeing17 A320ceo 737 Classic,aircraft poweredone Boeing by 737NG,CFM56-5B two engines Boeing as 777-200ERs part of a total and Total 45 121 Total 221 184 fleetone Boeing of 215 787-8A320/A321-family from AerCap’s aircraft. owned Deliveryport- Source: Airbus Source: Boeing offolio the and first two LEAP-1A-powered Airbus A320 Family A320neo aircraft is sched and- uledone Boeingin 2020. 737 Classic from AerCap’s managed Airbus booked orders for eight A320 Family single-aisle jetliners in the NEO and CEO versions portfolio. The Company continues to manage 12 Airbusduring launches March, A321XLR while at Parisdelivering Air Show 56 aircraft in the month from across the company’s Photo:in-produc Airbus- aircraft that were sold from its owned portfolio tion single-aisle and widebody product lines. Airbus, whose civil aviation base is at Blagnac, Toulouse, France, has chosen its ‘home’ air- during the quarter. AerCap has signed financing Boeing generated a total of 197 orders in March including a staggering 160 737s. Deliveries in show, the 53rd Paris Air Show, to launch its longest-range single-aisle airliner yet, the A321XLR. CFMtransactions resolves for LEAPUS$2.9bn. backlog but cautious the stated month reached 91 planes across the in-production product line. about increasing output This is a long-range version of the already successful A321neo. “We can fly from north-eastern Asia into south Asia, from the Middle East to Bali or from Japan deep into Australia, and so With Boeing reducing its output of the 737 MAX on,” said Airbus chief salesman Christian Scherer. “It is therefore the lowest-risk investment for whichLion Airis powered Group ordersby CFM 50LEAP 737 engines, MAX CFM10 air In-- airlines on these kinds of routes.” Air Lease Corp is the first customer for the new jet, having ternationalplanes has seized the opportunity to wipe tifiedordered on 27Boeing’s of the Ordersjets as part& Deliveries of a 100-plane website. dealJetBlue with Airbus. selects According Pratt to& Reuters,Whitney Airbus Geared out the current backlog of engine deliveries to Thecould Lion announceAir Group closewas the to 200first orders to put for the the 737 new Turbofan™ model at the engines airshow, with JetBlue Airways Boeing.Boeing andWith the Boeing Lion reducingAir Group MAX have output announced to 42 MAXCorp 8 into and service U.S.-based and theprivate first equity to order firm the Indigo 737 Partners among the buyers. The A321XLR will the airline has purchased 50 of Boeing’s new 737 JetBlue Airways has selected the Geared Tur- units per month as opposed to a previous rate of MAXhave 9. Lasta range month, of up the to Group4,700 nauticalbecame themiles, first which is approximately 15 percent more than the MAX 10 airplanes. The deal, valued at approxi- bofan™ (GTF) engine to power an additional 52 and also deferring a planned increase to 57 to takeA321LR, delivery and itof will a 737 now MAX enter 9, theusing market the air sector- previously tied up by wide-body jets.