Commandes fermes, LoI et MoU d'avions

China Aircraft Leasing Company (CALC), the fast growing Hong Kong based aircraft leasing company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the 2012 Farnborough International Airshow for 36 current generation A320 Family aircraft. The deal includes eight A321s, the largest member of the A320 Family and operators will be able to select Airbus’ new fuel saving Sharklets.
“This is an important milestone for CALC,” said Dr. Mike Poon, CEO of CALC. “We have a long-term commitment to the aviation industry and are very pleased to establish a relationship with Airbus. This sizeable aircraft order will lay the foundation for CALC to achieve our ambition to become a major aircraft lessor in the region.”
“We are delighted to welcome CALC as our newest Airbus and A320 Family customer. We’re equally happy that they have chosen the industry’s favourite single-aisle aircraft to position themselves at the forefront of the fast growing Chinese market,” said Fabrice Bregier, Airbus’ President and Chief Executive Officer. “It’s no secret that if the A320 Family is the cornerstone of airline fleets around the world, it’s because they get an unbeatable return on their investment thanks to the A320 Family’s outstanding reliability and low operating costs.”
CALC currently owns a portfolio of 11 Airbus aircraft including five A320s, five A321s and one A330. It also has three A330s and five A320s aircraft in its delivery pipeline. With this new commitment, CALC’s Airbus fleet will grow to over 50.

CIT Group Inc. (NYSE CIT), global leader in transportation finance has firmly ordered 10 more A330 Family aircraft. This deal includes five A330s ordered previously and a new agreement for five additional A330s with the first commitment for the newly launched, longer-range A330. The deal was announced at the 2012 Farnborough International Air Show by C. Jeffrey Knittel, President of Transportation Finance at CIT and Fabrice Brégier, Airbus President and Chief Executive Officer. This brings the total number of A330s on order from CIT to 51.
"This order further expands our aircraft portfolio with one of the most popular widebody aircraft on the market today," said C. Jeffrey Knittel, President of CIT Transportation Finance. "CIT Aerospace is one of the largest lessors of A330s in the world and maintains one of the youngest, most fuel efficient fleets in the industry. This order will help us meet our customers' need for reliable aircraft and will provide them with the operating economics that they demand."
"When a leading leasing company like CIT, places a repeat order for our aircraft, we take that as a strong sign of customer satisfaction," said Fabrice Brégier, Airbus President and Chief Executive Officer. "The A330 is already the market's favourite long-range aircraft, but we don't stop there; we are continuously improving the A330 to widen its market coverage. We are offering from today a new 240 tonne weight variant which can fly up to 400 nautical miles further and carry nearly five tonnes more payload than today's model. We look forward to seeing CIT's customers benefit from the A330 Family's high revenue generating potential thanks to its winning combination of unbeatable economics and continuous innovations."

This deal includes five A330s ordered previously and a new agreement for five additional A330s with the first commitment for the newly launched, longer-range A330

Dublin-based Avolon Leasing has made a commitment to purchase 10 Boeing 737 MAX-8, five 737 MAX -9s and 10 737-800 aircraft, it announced Wednesday. The commitment also includes reconfirmation rights for five more 737 MAX aircraft.

The 737-800s are slated for delivery in 2015 and 2016 and follow Avolon’s first Boeing order placed at Farnborough in 2010 for 12 737-800s (ATW Daily News July 21, 2010), which it said are already “sold old and leased on a global basis.” The MAX deliveries will begin in 2018. “We’re already seeing very significant demand in this aircraft,” Avolon CEO Domhnal Slattery told journalists at the Farnborough Airshow. He said the order “locks in very important growth for us through the end of this decade.”

The commitment is valued at $2.3 billion based on list prices, not including the five reconfirmation MAX aircraft. A reconfirmation, Boeing said, refers to a “firm commitment that has some flexibility around it.”

On the occasion of the Farnborough Airshow, the European turboprop aircraft manufacturer ATR and Taiwan-based TransAsia Airways today announced the signature of a contract for 8 firm ATR 72-600s, plus an option for one additional ATR 72-600. The deal, including the option, is valued at over US$ 210 million. Deliveries of these new ATR -600s will start in 2014 and extend through 2017. With the purchase of these aircraft, TransAsia Airways will progressively replace their current fleet of 9 ATR 72-500s operating in their domestic network with the newest ATR -600 series aircraft developments.

These ATR 72-600s will be configured with 72 seats and will be equipped with a new full glass cockpit, developed for ATR by Thales, featuring state-of the art technologies in the field of navigation. The aircraft will also be equipped with Giugiaro-designed new ATR -600 series “Armonia” cabin.

Bombardier Aéronautique a annoncé aujourd’hui que Chorus Aviation Inc., basée à Halifax (Nouvelle-Écosse) et société mère de Jazz Aviation LP (« Jazz »), a passé une commande ferme de six avions de ligne Q400 NextGen. La transaction comporte la conversion en commandes fermes de six des 15 options prises par Jazz dans sa commande initiale de 15 avions de ligne Q400 NextGen, annoncée le 30 avril 2010. Jazz exploitera ces avions sous la bannière Air Canada Express.
Au prix courant de l’avion Q400 NextGen, le contrat est estimé à 189 millions $ US.

United Airlines prend une option sur 160 Boeing 737

La compagnie aérienne United Airlines a commandé en option 160 Boeing 737, qui viendront s’ajouter aux 150 annoncés lors du Salon de Farnborough dont cent 737 MAX 9.
Lors d’une déclaration financière le 18 juillet 2012, la compagnie américaine a annoncé la prise d’option sur cent 737 MAX 9 et soixante 737-900ER
supplémentaires, en plus de sa commande géante de Farnborough d’une
valeur catalogue de 14,7 milliards de dollars (avant les ristournes
habituelles). Soit un total de 310 monocouloirs, alors que la flotte de
United Airlines en compte aujourd’hui 701. La compagnie décidera plus
tard dans quelle proportion ils remplaceront des appareils plus anciens
ou agrandiront la flotte.

La compagnie de Star Alliance a d’autre part annoncé avoir trouvé un accord financier avec Boeing pour compenser le retard de livraison de ses 787 Dreamliner.
Aucun détail n’a évidemment filtré sur le montant de la compensation,
ni sur quelle forme elle prendra – ristourne sur d’autres achats, crédit
ou même cash. United Airlines doit recevoir en septembre son premier
exemplaire, sur cinquante commandés en version -8 ou -9, la moitié étant
initialement destinée à Continental Airlines avec qui
elle a fusionné. Rappelons que la nouvelle configuration de son
Dreamliner accueillera 36 passagers dans les sièges-lits de
BusinessFirst, 72 en classe Premium et 111 en Economie. Cinq autres
appareils doivent lui être livrés avant la fin de l’année (et le dernier
en 2019), leur seule route connue pour l’instant étant le Denver – Tokyo quotidien qui sera inauguré en mars 2013.
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