ISSN 1718-7966 AuGust 27, 2018/ VOL. 655 www.avitrader.com Weekly Aviation Headline News WORLD NEWS Ryanair announces $200m in- vestment In London Luton Ryanair has announced an invest- ment of $200 million at London Lu- ton airport with 2 new based aircraft (6 aircraft in total) for its winter 2018 schedule and added 6 new routes to Alicante, Athens, Barcelona, Bologna, Cork and Malaga and more flights on its existing Vilnius route. Ryanair’s winter 2018 London Luton schedule will now deliver a total of 21 routes which will help deliver 2.2m custom- ers per annum. At London Luton Air- port, Ryanair’s David O’Brien said: “Ry- anair is pleased to announce 2 more aircraft at Luton (6 aircraft in total) for LATAM our winter 2018/19 schedule. We will Airlines will renovate the deliver 6 exciting new routes to Spain, cabins of over Greece, Italy and Ireland and have 200 aircraft. added more flights to Vilnius, as we Photo: LATAM increase our schedule to 107 weekly flights, carrying 2.2m annual custom- ers to and from London Luton.” LATAM Airlines set to renovate cabins With $400 million investment Hahn Air Lines and Puro Group enter into a partnership LATAM Airlines has unveiled plans by LATAM Airlines Brazil at the start for long-haul flights, as well as Hahn Air Lines, the German scheduled to renovate the cabins of two- of 2019, offering passengers trav- the Boeing 787-9’s and the Airbus and business charter airline based in thirds of its global fleet and to im- elling via Lima and São Paulo the A350-1000. Dusseldorf and Frankfurt Egelsbach, prove passenger travel experience chance to be the first to experience has entered into an exclusive partner- with a $400 million investment. the new design. LATAM Airlines LATAM Airlines has spent three ship with Puro Group. This collabora- The company will revamp the inte- Group’s Chile affiliate will operate years developing the design of the tion intends to provide Purojet custom- rior of more than 200 aircraft over aircraft featuring the new cabins airlines’ new cabins by consulting ers with a seamless travel experience the next two years with passengers from the second half of 2019. passengers and experts, carrying from Dusseldorf to Palma de Mallorca. being able to fly on out seat trials and ergonomic tests over Optym helps easyJet optimise the first renovated air- flight scheduling craft before the end of “On-board experience is one of the the course of 360 Amadeus and Optym announce that 2018. most important differentiators in evaluations involving easyJet has chosen the advanced net- customers, cabin crew work simulation solution Amadeus LATAM Airlines will choosing an airline.” and LATAM Airlines transform the cabins members. To develop SkySYM by Optym to improve the Claudia Sender, VP, LATAM Airlines Group reliability of its flight schedules and of aircraft that serve Premium Business improve on-time performance. This long and short-haul seat, the airline simu- solution is one of the five solutions routes throughout the airlines’ LATAM Airlines will remodel the lated flights with sleep trials over a offered as part of the Amadeus SKY network. LATAM Airlines Peru will cabins on a number of different two-week period. 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Photo: LATAM AIRCRAFT & ENGINE NEWS Orders and deliveries – Boeing and Airbus AerCapAIRCRAFT leased, & purchasedENGINE NEWSand sold 114 GulfAirbus Air becomes v Boeing: first Orders national and Deliveries carrier to fly A320neo in the region aircraft in the first quarter of 2018 March 2018 YTD SkyworldAerCap has Aviation announced arranges its major lease business of ERJ trans 145- Airbus Boeing EPactions with Regourdduring the Aviation first quarter of 2018. The Com- Type Orders Deliveries Type Orders Deliveries pany signed lease agreements for 83 aircraft, As part of ongoing lease management services for including 15 wide-body aircraft and 68 narrow- A320 Family 37 95 737 171 132 Largus Aviation AB of Sweden, Skyworld Aviation body aircraft. AerCap purchased seven aircraft, has arranged the onward lease of an ERJ 145 EP A330 -6 8 747 14 2 including two Airbus A320neo Family aircraft, with Regourd Aviation of France. Serial number two Airbus A350s and three Boeing 787-9s and A340 0 0 767 7 4 145070 was previously in operation with a uK- executed sale transactions for 24 aircraft, includ- A350 0 17 777 5 12 based operator for 12 years as G-RJXR. It will now ing 11 Airbus A320 Family aircraft, four Airbus be operated by Aero4M of Slovenia on behalf of A380 14 1 787 24 34 A330s, one Airbus A340, one Boeing 737 Classic, Regourd Aviation and will return to its original de- one Boeing 737NG, two Boeing 777-200ERs and Total 45 121 Total 221 184 livery registration of SE-DZA. Charles Taylor Avia- one Boeing 787-8 from AerCap’s owned port- Source: Airbus Source: Boeing tion Asset Management has provided onsite tech- folio and two Airbus A320 Family aircraft and nical and records representation during the lease one Boeing 737 Classic from AerCap’s managed Airbus booked orders for eight A320 Family single-aisle jetliners in the NEO and CEO versions return, which facilitated a smooth transition to the portfolio. The Company continues to manage 12 during March, while delivering 56 aircraft in the month from across the company’s in-produc- new lessee. The aircraft flew to St. Brieuc on Au- aircraft that were sold from its owned portfolio tion single-aisle and widebody product lines. gust 15, immediately after repainting at Air Livery’s Gulf Air takes delivery of first A320neo Photo: Airbus during the quarter. AerCap has signed financing Boeing generated a total of 197 orders in March including a staggering 160 737s. Deliveries in facility in Norwich (uK) where it will undergo final transactions for US$2.9bn. the stated month reached 91 planes across the in-production product line. maintenance prior to entering into service. Gulf Air, the flag carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, took delivery of its first A320neo on August 20. The aircraft, powered by CFM LEAP-1A engines, made its maiden journey from Toulouse to Bahrain, landing at Bahrain International Airport at 16:00 local time. The aircraft Lion Air Group orders 50 737 MAX 10 air- is the first of the 29 A320neo Family aircraft ordered during the 2016 Bahrain International NACplanes delivers two Embraer E195s to LOT Pol- tifiedAirshow. on ThisBoeing’s delivery Orders also &makes Deliveries Gulf Air website. the firstJetBlue Middle selects Eastern Pratt national & carrierWhitney to flyGeared the ish Airlines on lease TheA320neo. Lion Air GroupGulf Air was currently the first operates to put the28 Airbus 737 aircraft.Turbofan™ The enginesnew addition complements the Boeing and the Lion Air Group have announced Regional aircraft lessor Nordic Aviation Capital MAXairline’s 8 into existingservice and fleet the firstand thanks to order to theAirbus’ 737 overall fleet commonality, the airline will benefit the airline has purchased 50 of Boeing’s new 737 JetBlue Airways has selected the Geared Tur- (NAC) has delivered two Embraer E195s, MSNs MAXfrom 9. Last low month,operating the Groupcosts, becameoptimum the fuel first efficiency and seamless, best-in-class passenger MAX 10 airplanes. The deal, valued at approxi- bofan™ (GTF) engine to power an additional 19000669 and 19000240, to LOT Polish Airlines on to takecomfort. delivery of a 737 MAX 9, using the air- mately US$6.24bn at list prices, is the largest 45 Airbus A320neo family aircraft.