International Lease Finance (ILFC) has leased two new 737-400s to Asiana Airlines of South Korea. The aircraft will be delivered in February and October 1997 on six-year leases and will take the total number of ILFC aircraft operated by Asiana to seven.
Source: Flight International
This week’s Farnborough air show follows one of the busiest events for aircraft order announcements at the Paris equivalent last year.
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is ordering another five Boeing 777Fs, doubling its outstanding orders for the freighter model.
Airbus is estimating demand for 42,430 new aircraft deliveries over the next two decades, with a higher proportion – some 44%, compared with last year’s 42% – set to serve as replacements.
