ISSN 1718-7966 November 26, 2018/ VOL. 668 www.avitrader.com Weekly Aviation Headline News WORLD NEWS L3 Commercial Aviation signs first contract with Loong Air L3 Commercial Aviation announced its first contract with Loong Air to deliver a significant order of three A320 Full Flight Simulators and two A320 Flat Panel Trainers to the airline within the next three years. The first Full Flight Simulator is scheduled for delivery in the first The new airport quarter of 2019, and all devices will in Lusaka opens next year. be installed on-site at the Loong Air facility in Hangzhou, China, by Photo: Zambia Airports 2021. The equipment will help es- tablish the creation of Loong Air’s first training center. Zambia Airports growth momentum Ahead of new airport opening in 2019 Inmarsat signs agreements with Europe’s Air Navigation With 553,045 general passenger we International Airports. When giving a positive domestic variance providers movements, Zambia Airports Corpo- compared to the same period last of 21%, 28%, 26% and 15% respec- Inmarsat, the global mobile satel- ration Limited (ZACL) recorded a pos- year which had 16,223 aircraft tively at Kenneth Kaunda, Simon lite communications, has signed itive growth for the third quarter of movements, there was a positive Mwansa Kapwepwe, Harry Mwaan- agreements with five major Air 2018; Passenger numbers increased growth of 5.2%. Domestic aircraft ga Nkumbula and Mfuwe Interna- Navigation Services Providers by 11.6% when compared to the movements increased by 11.1% tional Airports as compared to the (ANSPs) in support of the Iris pro- same period last year. International from 9,104 aircraft movements in same period last year. This signi- gramme to modernise air traffic passenger move- fies that an actual management (ATM) across Europe. ments grew by growth has been DFS (Germany), ENAIRE (Spain), 9.1% from 400,950 recorded, rather ENAV (Italy), EUROCONTROL MUAC During the third quarter of 2018, a total of passengers in the than a split in the (North-West Germany, Belgium, third quarter of 17,067 aircraft movements were recorded passenger num- Luxembourg and the Netherlands) 2017 to 437,250 bers following the and NATS (UK), who together han- at the four international airports. passengers in the introduction of dle most of the European air traf- Zambia Airports Corporation third quarter of Mahogany Air in fic, will join an Initial Operational 2018. 115,795 do- August of 2017. Capability (IOC) pilot, marking a Proflight Zambia introduced a big- significant milestone for the early mestic passengers passed through the third quarter of 2017 to 10,118 implementation phase of Iris. the airports in comparison to 94,735 aircraft movements in the third ger capacity aircraft in this period, in the third quarter of 2017, a result- quarter of 2018. Additionally, in- a Boeing B737- 500 with 114 seats Avianca Cargo arrives in Brussels ant increase of 22%. ternational aircraft movements -re servicing domestic routes mostly Avianca Cargo has made its maiden duced by 2.4% from 7,119 aircraft between Lusaka, Livingstone and cargo voyage under its own operation During the third quarter of 2018, a movements in the third quarter of Ndola. to connect cargo between Europe total of 17,067 aircraft movements 2017 to 6,949 aircraft movements and South America. With its own fleet were recorded at the four inter- in third quarter 2018. However, this aircraft has since of A330-200 cargo aircraft, the com- national airports namely Kenneth been withdrawn. The introduc- pany intends to offer its customers an Kaunda (Lusaka), Simon Mwansa Continued domestic uplifts to -Liv tion of flights between Lusaka and extended network in Europe, operat- Kapwepwe(Ndola), Harry Mwaanga ingstone, Lusaka and Ndola by both Harare by Proflight Zambia and ing direct cargo flights to Brussels. Nkumbula (Livingstone) and Mfu- Mahogany Air and Proflight Zambia Continued on page 3 leaders & builders right this way > 3 WEEKLYWeekly AviationAVIATION HeadlineHEADLINES News ...continued from page 1 MalawianUnited is alsoAirlines. committed Increased to improvingcompetition the be-entertainmentsuch as the optionsBoeing 737,for Bombardierinclude English Canadair closed captioning.as the appreciated Select DIRECTV kwacha channels which resultedalso include in tweencustomers Mahogany with disabilities. 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AIRCRAFT & ENGINE NEWS Orders and deliveries – Boeing and Airbus AIRCRAFT & ENGINE NEWS ACJ320neo takes to the skies for the first time AerCap leased, purchased and sold 114 Airbus v Boeing: Orders and Deliveries BOCaircraft Aviation in the firstplaces quarter Air Macau’s of 2018 first three new Airbus A320neo aircraft March 2018 YTD AerCap has announced its major business trans- Airbus Boeing BOCactions Aviation during hasthe firstannounced quarter ofthe 2018. placement The Com- Type Orders Deliveries Type Orders Deliveries ofpany three signed new leaseAirbus agreements A320NEO aircraft for 83 withaircraft, Air Macauincluding (Air 15 Macau), wide-body all ofaircraft which areand scheduled68 narrow- A320 Family 37 95 737 171 132 for delivery in the first half of 2019. The air- body aircraft. AerCap purchased seven aircraft, A330 -6 8 747 14 2 craftincluding will betwo powered Airbus A320neoby the Pratt Family & Whitney aircraft, Gearedtwo Airbus Turbofan™ A350s and Engines. three Boeing “We are 787-9s pleased and A340 0 0 767 7 4 toexecuted add Air sale Macau transactions as a new for customer24 aircraft, and includ to- A350 0 17 777 5 12 support its fleet and network growth plans ing 11 Airbus A320 Family aircraft, four Airbus A380 14 1 787 24 34 asA330s, it capitalizes one Airbus on A340, its position one Boeing in the 737 thriving Classic, Pearlone Boeing River 737NG,Delta region” two Boeing said 777-200ERsRobert Martin, and Total 45 121 Total 221 184 Managingone Boeing Director 787-8 fromand Chief AerCap’s Executive owned Officer port- Source: Airbus Source: Boeing offolio BOC and Aviation. two Airbus “BOC A320 Aviation Family is well-placedaircraft and The first ACJ320neo made a successful first flight on November 16, 2018 Photo: Airbus toone support Boeing 737expansion Classic infrom the AerCap’s China airmanaged trans- Airbus booked orders for eight A320 Family single-aisle jetliners in the NEO and CEO versions portation market with our most technologi- during March, while delivering 56 aircraft in the month from across the company’s in-produc- portfolio. The Company continues to manage 12 The first ACJ320neo successfully completed a two-hour-and-40-minute first flight from Ham- cally advanced aircraft models,” Mr. Martin tion single-aisle and widebody product lines. aircraft that were sold from its owned portfolio burg on November 16, getting its short test-program off to a good start. Derived from the pop- Boeing generated a total of 197 orders in March including a staggering 160 737s. Deliveries in added.during the “Air quarter. Macau’s AerCap choice has of signed the A320NEO financing ular A320neo airliner family, some 500 of which are in airline service, the corporate jet version the stated month reached 91 planes across the in-production product line. aircrafttransactions aligns for with US$2.9bn. our focus on investing in includes features such as extra fuel-tanks in the cargo-hold that will deliver even greater inter- the most efficient and technologically ad- continental range, plus increased cabin-pressure for better passenger comfort. These features vanced aircraft.” are being tested before delivery of the aircraft to Acropolis Aviation in