ISSN 1718-7966 MAy 7, 2018/ VOL. 639 TM WEEKLY AVIATION HEADLINES Read by thousands of aviation professionals and technical decision-makers every week www.avitrader.com WORLD NEWS Uzbekistan Airways puts entire Il-114 fleet up for sale From May 1st, 2018, with the aim of unifying the fleet of aircraft, in- creasing the efficiency and profit- ability of flights, the airline has stopped operating IL-114-100 aircraft. According to the plan of measures set by the company for decommissioning of the IL-114- 100 aircraft, all aircraft will be put up for sale, there are six units in the fleet. Pilots of the Il-114-100 aircraft are gradually retrained and trained for Boeing and A320 air- craft operated by the airline. Six more 787-9s American orders 15 CRJ900s will join Bombardier signed a firm or- the fleet. der for 15 new CRJ900 regional Photo: jets with American Airlines, Inc. Qantas (“American”). The purchase agreement also includes options on an additional 15 CRJ900 air- Qantas orders more 787s craft. American has selected PSA And accelerate retirement of 747-400s Airlines to operate the 15 CRJ900 Australia’s flag carrier Qantas has most every type that Boeing built. Dreamliners, we’ll be looking at in dual-class configuration with announced an order for six addi- It’s fitting that its retirement is go- destinations in the Americas, Asia, 76 seats, including 12 first class tional Boeing 787-9s to fly on its ing to coincide with our centenary South Africa and Europe. seats. The airline intends to take international network, bringing its in 2020,” Mr Joyce said. delivery of their first aircraft with fleet of Dreamliners to 14 by the “By the end of 2020 we’ll have said the new interior in the second end of 2020. “Over the years, each new version goodbye to the 747, finished up- quarter of 2019. of the 747 allowed Qantas to fly grading the cabins of our A380s, AirAsia X to start Kuala The arrival of the new aircraft will further and improve what we of- and welcomed our fourteenth 787. Lumpur-Amritsar direct flights enable the airline to ac- That’s a great proposi- AirAsia X has announced the celerate retirement of tion for our customers opening of a new direct route its last six Boeing 747s – “This really is the end of one era and creates some really from Kuala Lumpur to Amritsar an aircraft type that has exciting opportunities in Northern India as part of its been in its fleet in vari- and the start of another.” for our people,” added expansion plan in India this year. ous forms since 1971. Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce Mr Joyce. From 16 August 2018, the four times weekly service will provide Qantas Group CEO Alan Qantas expects to invest travellers access to Amritsar, Joyce said the announcement was fered passengers. The Dreamliners in an additional 787 simulator to as- which has a tremendous potential an important moment for the na- are now doing the same thing. sist with training more of its pilots as a religious, tourism, commerce tional carrier. “This really is the end to operate the new aircraft. This and trade destination. This route of one era and the start of another. “The 787 has better economics comes on top of the Qantas Group has the potential of an annual ca- The jumbo has been the backbone and a longer range, and its already Pilot Academy opening in 2019. pacity of 156,832 seats between of Qantas International for more opened up new routes like Perth Kuala Lumpur and Amritsar. than 40 years and we’ve flown al- to London. 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United con- thana new the main larger menu 747 category (236 seats on vsseatback 364) and on-demand has a greater that focusis labelled on busi Ac- tinues to add additional accessible entertainment and screening op- nesscessible and Entertainment.premium economy This seating.new section makes it easier for custom- tions across its fleet. ers with hearing and vision challenges to find accessible entertainment However,options, groupingthe reduced all ofmaintenance the titles that needs are of either the 787audio plus descriptive more ef- or Unique highlights of United’s personal device entertainment program- ficientclosed captioned aircraft patterningin one main andmenu reduced category. payload Seatback restrictions on-demand on islong ming include: an exclusive partnership with VEVO, delivering new, cu- routesone of meanUnited’s the entertainment actual impact optionson overall available capacity on for 757, Qantas 767, Interna777 and- rated music video playlists each month; relaxation content including tional787 aircraft. is expected The tocarrier be negligible. currently The offers Dreamliner approximately burns approximately 20 different Headspace, a popular meditation app and Moodica, which takes the 20movies per cent and lessTV shows fuel. that are audio descriptive and more than 50 that brain on a much-needed vacation using videos. To date, Qantas has taken delivery of four 787-9s with a further four due to arrive by the end of 2018. The six just announced will arrive between late 2019 and mid-to-late 2020. AIRCRAFT & ENGINE NEWS Orders and deliveries – Boeing and Airbus The 747-400s left in the fleet will be steadily retired between July this year and the end of 2020. Qantas received the last of its 747s new from AerCap leased, purchased and sold 114 Airbus v Boeing: Orders and Deliveries Boeing in 2003, which will be 17 years old at time of retirement. Qantas is gradually saying farewell to 747 operations. Photo: Qantas 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 pany signed lease agreements for 83 aircraft, includingAIRCRAFT 15 wide-body & ENGINE aircraft NEWS and 68 narrow- AmericanA320 Family Airlines signs37 contract for 9515 Embraer 737 E175s 171 132 body aircraft. AerCap purchased seven aircraft, A330 -6 8 747 14 2 including two Airbus A320neo Family aircraft, Uzbekistan Airways finalizes order for A340 0 0 767 7 4 787-8two Airbus Dreamliner A350s and three Boeing 787-9s and executed sale transactions for 24 aircraft, includ- A350 0 17 777 5 12 Boeing and Uzbekistan Airways, the flag car- ing 11 Airbus A320 Family aircraft, four Airbus A380 14 1 787 24 34 rierA330s, of onethe AirbusRepublic A340, of Uzbekistan,one Boeing 737have Classic, final- izedone Boeingan order 737NG, for one two 787-8 Boeing Dreamliner, 777-200ERs valued and Total 45 121 Total 221 184 atone US$239m Boeing 787-8at current from listAerCap’s prices. owned Uzbekistan port- Source: Airbus Source: Boeing Airwaysfolio and currently two Airbus operates A320 twoFamily Dreamliners aircraft onand internationalone Boeing 737 routes Classic to fromEurope, AerCap’s Southeast managed Asia, Airbus booked orders for eight A320 Family single-aisle jetliners in the NEO and CEO versions Japanportfolio. and TheUSA. Company With this continues latest order,to manage when 12 during March, while delivering 56 aircraft in the month from across the company’s in-produc- tion single-aisle and widebody product lines. combinedaircraft that with were an ordersold from in January its owned last yearportfolio for Boeing generated a total of 197 orders in March including a staggering 160 737s. Deliveries in fourduring Dreamliners, the quarter. the AerCap carrier has will signed now be financing includ- the stated month reached 91 planes across the in-production product line. ingtransactions five new forDreamliners US$2.9bn. as part of its plan to modernize and expand its fleet. “Our compa- nies have been partners for over 20 years and theseLion Airrelations Group only orders strengthen 50 737 withMAX time,” 10 air said- American signs order for 15 Embraer E175 jets Photo: Embraer Gennadiyplanes Kharlap, Deputy General Director of tifiedEmbraer on Boeing’sand American Orders Airlines & Deliveries have signed website. a firm JetBlue order for selects 15 E175 Pratt jets with & a Whitney76-seat config Geared- Uzbekistan Airways. “The agreement for an ad- The Lion Air Group was the first to put the 737 Turbofan™ engines Boeing and the Lion Air Group have announced uration. The contract has a value of US$705m, based on current list prices and will be included ditional Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner supports our MAX 8 into service and the first to order the 737 the airline has purchased 50 of Boeing’s new 737 in Embraer’s 2018 second-quarter backlog.