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Weekly Aviation Headline News 3 WEEKLY AVIATION HEADLINES ISSN 1718-7966 JULy 15, 2019/ VOL. 698 www.avitrader.com ...continued from page 1 United isWeekly also committed to improving Aviation the entertainment options for include EnglishHeadline closed captioning. Select DIRECTVNews channels also include customers with disabilities. Earlier this year, the airline began offering closed captioning when the TV station makes it available. United con- a new main menu category on seatback on-demand that is labelled Ac- tinues to add additional accessible entertainment and screening op- WORLDcessible Entertainment. NEWS This new section makes it easier for custom- tions across its fleet. ers with hearing and vision challenges to find accessible entertainment Qataroptions, Airways grouping and all GEof thesign titles that are either audio descriptive or Unique highlights of United’s personal device entertainment program- ground-breakingclosed captioned agreements in one main menu category. Seatback on-demand is ming include: an exclusive partnership with VEVO, delivering new, cu- Qatarone Airways of United’s and entertainment GE Aviation options available on 757, 767, 777 and rated music video playlists each month; relaxation content including signed787 multiple aircraft. agreementsThe carrier for currently GE offers approximately 20 different Headspace, a popular meditation app and Moodica, which takes the engines.movies As andpart TV of showsthe agreements, that are audio descriptive and more than 50 that brain on a much-needed vacation using videos. Qatar Airways selected the GEnx engine to power its 30 new Boe- ing 787-9 aircraft along with a Tru- eChoiceTM Flight Hour agreement toAIRCRAFT cover the maintenance, & ENGINE repair NEWS Orders and deliveries – Boeing and Airbus and overhaul (MRO) of the engines. Qatar Airways also signed a Tru- AerCap leased, purchased and sold 114 eChoiceTM Flight Hour agreement Airbus v Boeing: Orders and Deliveries foraircraft MRO services in the onfirst its GE9X quarter engine of 2018 March 2018 YTD fleetAerCap that has will announced power 60 itsBoeing major 777X business trans- Airbus Boeing aircraft.actions duringThe agreements the first quarterare valued of 2018. The Com- The Group Type Orders Deliveries Type Orders Deliveries needs atpany over signed $5 billion lease (USD). agreements for 83 aircraft, significant including 15 wide-body aircraft and 68 narrow- A320 Family 37 95 737 171 132new money. Hahn Air welcomes eight new body aircraft. AerCap purchased seven aircraft, A330 -6 8 747 14 2 Photo: airlineincluding partners two Airbus A320neo Family aircraft, Thomas Cook Hahntwo Airbus Air, the A350s German and airline three and Boeing dis- 787-9s and A340 0 0 767 7 4 tributionexecuted salespecialist, transactions announced for 24 the aircraft, includ- A350 0 17 777 5 12 integration of eight additional air- Thomas Cook bail out ing 11 Airbus A320 Family aircraft, four Airbus A380 14 1 787 24 34 linesA330s, into one its Airbusglobal networkA340, one of Boeingmore 737As Classic, Chinese investment steps in thanone Boeing350 air, 737NG,rail and twoshuttle Boeing compa 777-200ERs- and Total 45 121 Total 221 184 Package holiday and airline opera- The recapitalisation proposal will following discussions with financial niesone inBoeing the second 787-8 quarterfrom AerCap’s of 2019. owned port- Source: Airbus Source: Boeing tor Thomas Cook has announced require a reorganisation of the creditors. The Group’s core lending Thefolio newand additionstwo Airbus bring A320 the Family total aircraft and it is in discussion with the Chinese ownership of the Tour Operator banks are supportive of a recapitali- numberone Boeing of new 737 partners Classic forfrom this AerCap’s year managed Airbus booked orders for eight A320 Family single-aisle jetliners in the NEO and CEO versions Fosun Tourism Group to make a and Airline businesses which is ex- sation and are engaged in construc- upportfolio. to 22. Six The of theCompany newly integratedcontinues to manage 12 during March, while delivering 56 aircraft in the month from across the company’s in-produc- substantial new capital investment pected to result in Fosun owning a tive discussions with the Group to partnersaircraft thatare expandingwere sold theirfrom itsdistri owned- portfolio tion single-aisle and widebody product lines. as part of a proposed recapitalisa- significant controlling stake in the agree terms. The proposed recapi- butionduring thereach quarter. by using AerCap the Hahnhas signed Air financing Boeing generated a total of 197 orders in March including a staggering 160 737s. Deliveries in tion and separation of talisation will not im- producttransactions HR-169 for and US$2.9bn. thereby making the stated month reached 91 planes across the in-production product line. their flights available to travel agents the Group. pact trade creditors, on the Hahn Air HR-169 ticket “...the Board has decided to move Thomas Cook says. Under the proposal, BALion announces Air Group Beijing orders move50 737 MAXthe 10 Group air- is targeting forward with a plan to recapitalise Peter Fankhauser, Britishplanes Airways has announced that an injectiontified of £750 on Boeing’sthe business...” Orders & Deliveries website. JetBlue selects PrattChief & WhitneyExecutive Geared of all direct flights to and from Heath- million of newThe money Lion Air Group was the first to put the 737 Turbofan™ engines Thomas Cook com- Boeing and the Lion Air Group have announced row and Beijing will move to new which wouldMAX provide 8 into service Peter and Fankhauser, the first toCEO, order Thomas the 737 Cook mented: “After evalu- the airline has purchased 50 of Boeing’s new 737 JetBlue Airways has selected the Geared Tur- state-of-the-art Daxing airport from enough liquidityMAX 9.to Last month, the Group became the first ating a broad range MAX 10 airplanes. The deal, valued at approxi- bofan™ (GTF) engine to power an additional 27 October 2019. British Airways trade over theto take Winter delivery 2019/20 of a 737 GroupMAX 9,Tour using Operator the air -and a signifi- of options to reduce our debt and mately US$6.24bn at list prices, is the largest 45 Airbus A320neo family aircraft. With the is the first international airline to season and theplane’s financial added capacityflexibility to cantlaunch minority several interest interna -in the Group to put our finances onto a more incremental order to date of the MAX 10 vari- airline’s previous order of 40 GTF-powered confirm it will move all operations to invest in thetional business routes. for the fu- Airline. The proposal envisages that sustainable footing, the Board has ant. The order was previously listed as uniden- A320neo family aircraft, JetBlue has now com- to Beijing Daxing, in recognition of ture. At completion, the new mon- a significant amount of the Group’s decided to move forward with a its importance in driving travel be- ey would comprise a capital injec- external bank and bond debt will be plan to recapitalise the business, tween China and the UK. tion and new financing facilities. converted into equity, to be agreed Continued on page 3 Followed by Thousands of Industry Professionals e-magazine Industry insight, analysis and news Free subscription straight to your inbox every month Get latest edition>> Contact us about Advertising Opportunities Jenny Vogel, Sales Director [email protected] +49 (0)8761 346007 January 2018 Edition 3 Weekly Aviation Headline News ...continued from page 1 supported by a substantial injection of new provides the means to secure the future of the reaching agreement with a range of company money from our long-standing shareholder, Thomas Cook business for our customers, our stakeholders (including the pension trustees, Fosun, and our core lending banks. suppliers and our employees.” bondholders, other financial creditors and Fosun’s shareholder approval), and receipt of “While this is not the outcome any of us The recapitalisation proposal is subject to cer- any regulatory and anti-trust clearances or ap- wanted for our shareholders, this proposal is tain conditions including performance condi- provals. a pragmatic and responsible solution which tions, due diligence, further discussions and AIRCRAFT & ENGINE NEWS SMBC Aviation Capital delivers Airbus A320-200 to Batik Air Avolon issues update for second quarter of 2019 At the end of the second quarter of 2019, Avo- lon, the international aircraft leasing company, owned and managed a fleet of 530 aircraft, with total orders and commitments for 393 new- technology aircraft. Avolon executed a total of 24 lease transactions in the quarter comprising new aircraft leases, follow-on leases and lease exten- sions. The company delivered a total of 15 new aircraft to ten customers and transitioned 11 air- craft to follow-on lessees. Avolon sold 38 aircraft during the quarter including 34 regional aircraft and had a total of 149 airline customers operating Batik Air Photo: AirTeamImages in 60 countries. Furthermore, the company has SMBC Aviation Capital has announced the delivery of one Airbus A320-200 aircraft (MSN 8942) ordered 140 CFM LEAP-1A engines to power 70 equipped with two CFM56-5B4/3 engines to Batik Air, a member of the Lion Air Group. The A320neo-family aircraft, valued at US$2 billion at aircraft and associated engines were delivered while located at the Airbus delivery center in list prices announced at the 2019 Paris Air Show. Hamburg, Germany. This is the third aircraft delivered to the Lion Air group in 2019. TransNusa Aviation Mandiri takes delivery of one ATR 72-600 on lease from NAC Azores Airlines takes delivery of first of three A321LRs Nordic Aviation Capital has delivered one ATR 72- 600, MSN 1286, to PT TransNusa Aviation Mandiri on lease. TransNusa is a privately held, Indone- sian regional airline operating scheduled domes- tic services from its main base at Makasar Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport and other bases at Kupang and Balikpapan to points in Nusa Teng- gara, Kalimantan and Sulawesi.
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