Air France has taken delivery of the first Boeing 777-300ER on lease from International Lease Finance. The twinjet is the first of 16 777-300ERs that the SkyTeam alliance carrier is acquiring. Boeing has booked orders for 71 777-300ERs, and is also developing the smaller, ultra-long-range 777-200LR variant of the widebody. Both twinjets are powered exclusively by the General Electric GE90 turbofan.
Source: Flight International
Lessor Avolon has delivered the first of 20 new Airbus A330neo widebodies to the parent of Malaysia Airlines, a key step in the renewal of the Oneworld carrier’s fleet.
US regulator the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will take no immediate action to address a smoke-related issue involving the CFM International Leap-1B engines that power the Boeing 737 Max.
Virgin Atlantic is marking what chief executive Shai Weiss describes as a “10-year cycle” of issues with its Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-powered Boeing 787-9
