AerCap Holdings N.V. announced that it has signed agreements with Virgin Atlantic Airways for the purchase and leaseback of seven Boeing 787 Dreamliners that Virgin Atlantic Airways has on order from Boeing.
The lease terms for all aircraft are twelve years and deliveries will start in October 2014.
"We are extremely proud to have Virgin Atlantic, one of the world's most innovative airlines, continue its long-standing partnership with AerCap by entering into this important transaction," said AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly.
AerCap has a total of ten Dreamliners in its portfolio and additional 74 committed purchases including those for Virgin Atlantic Airways.
MTU Maintenance, the MRO division of the German engine manufacturer, has just signed an exclusive five-year contract with new Pakistani airline Air Sial covering the o...
AIR TRANSPORT
| 2020/10/08 | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION
London Heathrow airport headed to Britain's highest court Wednesday to challenge a ruling made earlier this year to block a third runway at Europe's busiest hub on en...
AIR TRANSPORT
| 2020/09/03 | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION
Britain's High Court on Wednesday cleared a £1.2-billion rescue of struggling airline Virgin Atlantic, part-owned by British tycoon Richard Branson and which has been...
Aviation and aerospace newsletter
Receive all the aeronautical news directly in your inbox
Daher has been selected to provide thermoplastic composite structural parts for the Boeing 787 airplanes, utilizing its expertise in this material – which is lig...
AerCap, the industry leading lessor headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, has firmed up an order for 50 additional A320neo Family aircraft at the Farnborough In...
The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner has been certified by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for commercial service....