FlightGlobal's Order Tracker provides regularly updated details of all the firm and LoI commercial air transport announcements made during this year's Farnborough air show: Updated 17:30 Wednesday 13 July.
- China's Ruili Airlines finalises order for six 787-9s;
- Air Europa revealed as customer for 20 737 Max 8 jets;
- Avianca Brazil parent firms deal for 62 A320neo jets
Avianca Brazil parent Synergy Aerospace's firming of its Airbus A320neo commitment took orders announced at the Farnborough air show today to 100.
Synergy finalised a purchase agreement covering 62 A320neo-family aircraft, firming a memorandum of understanding signed at last year's Paris air show. The aircraft are for fleet renewal and growth at Avianca Brazil.
Boeing had earlier unveiled more airline order commitments, including another Chinese carrier deal.
Ruili Airlines has agreed terms with Boeing on an order for six 787-9s which will be the Chinese carrier's first widebodies.
The manufacturer says the order will be posted on its Orders & Deliveries website once all contingencies are cleared. However, Boeing Commercial Airplanes chief executive Ray Conner stresses that these contingencies relate only to government approvals, and that all commercial terms have been finalised.
Ruili's intent to order the Dreamliners was first disclosed in May at a ceremony marking its two-year anniversary. The US manufacturer has already during the show announced orders for Chinese operators including Donghai Airlines, Kunming Airlines and Xiamen Airlines.
Boeing also revealed Air Europa and EgyptAir as the airlines behind orders in its backlog which were previously logged to unidentified carriers.
Spanish carrier Air Europe is behind a previously-unattributed order for 20 Boeing 737 Max 8 jets. Air Europa parent company Globalia’s president Juan Jose Hidalgo, says the type is “perfect” for the carrier’s short-haul European operations. All 737 Max jets will be powered by CFM International Leap-1B engines.
EgyptAir meanwhile emerged as the airline behind an order for nine Boeing 737-800s. Dubai Aerospace Enterprise will finance eight of the aircraft
After three days of the show, Airbus leads the way in narrowbody order commitments, while Boeing has the edge in widebodies.
Airbus was bolstered by yesterday's 100 firm and 100 options from AirAsia – the most commitments announced so far across the three days.
That AirAsia commitment puts Malaysia as the country with the most order commitments, followed by China. The two together account for over half the aircraft orders and options, excluding lessors.
All 100 orders announced today were from airlines, continuing the relatively quiet show activity by aircraft lessors. Lessors account for less than a fifth of orders and options disclosed over the first three days of the show, compared with 31% at Paris last year and over half at Farnborough in 2014.
The 100 orders disclosed today are less than half the number ordered at the same stage in last year and in 2014. Aircraft orders and options across the first three days stand at 740, compared with just over a 1,000 last year at Paris. Direct comparison of show order announcements does come with a few caveats, however. For example, both totals feature the 62-strong A320neo commitment from Synergy, as the MoU was first announced at Paris in 2015 and then confirmed as a firm order today at Farnborough.
TUESDAY 12 JULY
Airbus and Boeing narrowbodies dominated the order activity on the second day of the Farnborough air show, with significant commitments announced from Asia-Pacific carriers.
Airbus secured the two biggest commitments, both from Asian low-cost operators, as it announced firm and tentative business covering more than 200 aircraft – over 300 when including options.
AirAsia signed a firm order for 100 Airbus A321neos, and will equip the jets with a high-density 240-seat layout.
No engine selection has been given for the aircraft, but AirAsia is a strong CFM International customer. The firm agreement takes AirAsia’s overall A320-family orders to 575, of which over 170 have been delivered. The airline has also taken another 100 options.
Indian low-cost carrier GoAir signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus for 72 A320neos, doubling its commitment to the type.
It comes five years after GoAir's initial order for the same number of A320neos, the first of which it took delivery of in June. The aircraft covered by the new MoU would be due for delivery between 2020 and 2025. GoAir is still to make an engine selection.
Germania also signed a firm order for 25 A320neos, taking options for an additional 15. The company, which has German and Swiss airline operations, will take 10 aircraft in the first half of 2020. The narrowbodies will be powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines, Airbus confirms.
Four firm orders for A321s from Icelandic budget carrier Wow Air takes the overall Airbus commitments to 201 – or 316 including AirAsia and Germania's options.
Boeing meanwhile secured more Chinese airline commitments for its 737 Max aircraft. China's Kunming Airlines signed an MoU for the purchase of 10 Boeing 737 Max 7s. In doing so, the Chinese carrier would become the nation's launch customer for "the improved" 737 Max 7 – Boeing has redesigned the model to accommodate two more seat rows.
It also announced a tentative commitment for 30 737 narrowbodies – a mix of Max and next generation aircraft – from an undisclosed Chinese customer.
Existing 737 Max customers Air Lease and TUI both added more aircraft. The US lessor placed orders for another six Boeing 737 Max 8s. Three of these are new orders and three were previously attributed to an unidentified customer by Boeing.
Air Lease has the largest 737 Max backlog of any leasing customer, now totalling 118 orders. TUI meanwhile finalised an order for 10 Boeing 737 Max 8s, taking its commitment for the type to 70. The leisure group also signed for another 787-9 and took an option on an additional Dreamliner of the same variant.
Volga-Dnepr Group has agreed final terms for its acquisition of 20 Boeing 747-8 Freighters. Boeing confirmed in a press release that four of the 20 747-8Fs involved in the agreement have already been delivered. It is not clear if the aircraft were leased or purchased.
Volga-Dnepr first committed to buy 20 747-8Fs at the Paris Air Show in June 2015, signing an MoU to purchase and lease 20 of the type over the next seven years. AirBridgeCargo operates the 747-8Fs acquired by parent company Volga-Dnepr.
In the regional sector, Porter Airlines has ordered three Bombardier Q400s. The Toronto-based Porter will take two aircraft in December and the remaining one in 2017.
MONDAY 11 JULY
Boeing started this year’s Farnborough air show by disclosing two tentative order commitments from Chinese carriers, Xiamen Airlines and Donghai Airlines, covering Boeing 737 Max and 787 aircraft.
The US airframer announced Shenzhen-based Donghai Airlines’ intent to buy 25 Boeing 737 Max 8s and five 787-9s. Boeing says it will add the commitment to its Orders & Deliveries website once finalised.
Xiamen, meanwhile, has signed an MoU for 30 Boeing 737 Max 200s, which it plans to deploy at its low-cost units, Hebei Airlines, and Jiangxi Airlines.
Boeing also disclosed the identity of a commitment for 10 737-800s, as being from aircraft lessor Standard Chartered Bank. The order was previously attributed to an undisclosed customer.
Embraer, meanwhile, secured business from four operators for a total of 25 E-Jets, most of them from the re-engined second generation of the regional jet family.
Indonesian regional airline Kalstar has signed firm orders for five E190-E2s and purchase rights for another five of the type. Delivery of these aircraft is set to begin during the first quarter of 2020.
Nordic Aviation Capital has ordered four E190s. The Danish lessor currently manages 69 E-Jets across a range of operators. Japan Air Lines has converted a previous option for an E170 to a firm E190 order.
Israeli carrier Arkia has signed a tentative agreement to order six E195-E2s and purchase rights for another four of the type. The airline already operates two current-generation E190s and the same number of E195s.
Arkia also firmed an order for two Airbus A330-900neo jets, following its tentative selection of the type last year. The manufacturer says that Arkia has signed a firm order for two aircraft, adding that the agreement “could grow” to four A330-900neos.
But Virgin grabbed the headlines for Airbus with its move to add 12 Airbus A350-1000s to its fleet.
Eight of the aircraft will delivered directly from Airbus, while four will be leased from Air Lease. The airline also has an option to take a fifth A350-1000 from the US lessor. Deliveries of the leased aircraft will begin in 2020.
The lessor has itself ordered another three Airbus A350s as part of a package which also includes a single A321.
Vietnamese low-cost carrier Jetstar Pacific signed an MoU to acquire 10 A320ceo aircraft – its first direct purchase by the carrier with Airbus – and Air Cote D’Ivoire signed for another A320neo.
Comac has disclosed commitments for 90 ARJ21 regional jets from two Chinese lessors, with both deals targeted at putting the Chinese aircraft with foreign customers.
One agreement involves a tripartite collaborative framework between Comac, China Aircraft Leasing (CALC) and Friedmann Pacific Asset Management. Under this deal, CALC will purchase 60 ARJ21-700s to support Friedmann's newly bought Indonesian airline and build its fleet around Comac aircraft.
In a separate signing, AVIC Leasing inked for 30 ARJ21s
Meanwhile Mitsubishi Aircraft has attracted its first European customer, with Swedish lessor Rockton signing a letter of intent that covers a firm order for 10 MRJ90s plus options on an additional 10.
A definite agreement will be inked "in a couple of months", says Mitsubishi, and the aircraft are scheduled for delivery to Rockton from 2020.
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This story has been updated to correct the designation of the aircraft ordered by Kalstar
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