US start-up carrier Frontier Airlines has leased two additional Boeing 737-200s from GECAS, taking its fleet to nine. The Denver, Colorado-based airline has also completed a $3 million private placement to raise funds for additional aircraft.
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.
