On 12th September Embraer delivered , in a ceremony held at its main facility in São José dos Campos, its first E195-E2, the biggest of the three members of the E-Jets E2 family of commercial aircraft. The recipients are AerCap, the world’s largest aircraft leasing company, and Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S.A. Azul is the […]
Air Astana, the flag carrier of Kazakhstan, presented its first E190-E2 jet in a ceremony held on 14th December in Astana. The airline will receive four additional E190-E2s next year, with the last of the five aircraft, leased by AerCap, being delivered in the final quarter of 2019. The Kazakhstan airline will start flying the […]
On November 15, 2017, Egyptian flag carrier EgyptAir announced that it will lease 15 new Airbus A320neo aircraft powered by CFM International’s LEAP-1A engine from AerCap. The airline is scheduled to begin taking delivery shortly. “We have been impressed with everything we have seen about the LEAP engine in service,” said Safwat Musallam, chairman, and […]
Boeing and AerCap announced at the 2017 Dubai Airshow that EgyptAir, the national flag carrier of Egypt, will lease six Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners from Dublin-based AerCap leasing company. “The 787 Dreamliner has built a reputation for reliability, operational efficiency and passenger comfort,” said Safwat Musallam, Chairman and CEO, EgyptAir. “We look forward to the 787 […]
Ireland-based AerCap, one of the largest aircraft leasing companies in the world, does not expect that Trump’s election will hinder the growth of the civil aviation industry. “What we know is that over last two 1/2 years, we’ve faced an awful lot of global shocks – Ebola, Zika, the downturn in Brazil, the attempted coup […]
