New York based fuel supplier Allied Aviation Services has made an offer to buy International Lease Finance Corp (ILFC) from the lessor’s troubled parent, American Insurance Group (AIG), in a deal reported to be valued at around US$12bn (A$13.15bn). The offer, which AIG has not responded to, according to US media reports, would see the
The Swiss Air Force took delivery of the last of its 20 Eurocopter EC635 helicopters on December 17 at RUAG Aerospace’s Alpnach facility where all but four of the aircraft were assembled. The helicopters were ordered in April 2006 and will replace the Allouette III in Swiss service, and will be employed on light transport
Pacific Blue will commence twice weekly services between Cairns and Auckland from March 23, parent Virgin Blue announced on December 30. The new services will be the first international flights from Cairns for the Virgin Blue group, and will operate on Tuesdays and Saturdays. To mark the launch Virgin Blue is offering one-way sale fares
The Chinese A320 Family final assembly line at Tianjin met its target of delivering 11 aircraft in 2009, Airbus has announced. The first Chinese assembled Airbus was an A320 handed over to Sichuan Airlines via Dragon Aviation Leasing in June 2009. Since then five further A320s and five A319s assembled at Tianjin have been delivered
Indonesian low cost carrier Lion Air took delivery of four Boeing 737-900ERs earlier in December, providing a rare opportunity to photograph three of the four aircraft together at Boeing’s 737 Customer Delivery Center at Boeing Field in Seattle. Lion Air was the 737-900ER launch customer, and currently has no fewer than 178 of the type
Both Airbus and Boeing announced orders for their single aisle airliners on December 23. Chile’s LAN Airlines placed a firm order for the purchase of 30 Airbus Family A320 aircraft, taking its total Airbus orders to over 100. “This investment ensures the company’s future growth and reaffirms LAN’s commitment to the development of commercial aviation
