+Express One Airlines has taken delivery of the first of two ex-Northwest Airlines Boeing 727-200Adv in a transaction arranged by Fortis Aircraft Management Services. The aircraft are being acquired on eight-year lease-purchases from Airlease Finance via the First Security Bank of Utah. ++ Lufthansa has completed the sale of its six Boeing 737-400s to Adrienne Enterprises. ++The Brazilian airline Transportes Aéreos Regulares (TAVAJ) has taken delivery of two Bombardier de Havilland Dash 8-200B combis. Two additional aircraft have been ordered for delivery later this year. The Dash 8-200 combi can carry 21 passengers and their baggage, plus 2,557kg of main deck freight. ++Aeroflot Russian International Airlines has now officially placed an order with Boeing for ten Boeing 737-400s. Deliveries will commence in April 1998 and be concluded in February 1999. ++Frontier Airlines has received a new Boeing 737-300 on lease from International Lease Finance. Two more aircraft are due for delivery in August, leased from Boullioun Aviation Services and General Electric Capital Aviation Services. A fourth aircraft will be taken from Boullioun in January. ++ Maersk Air has ordered two Boeing 737-500s for delivery in September and October 1998, in addition to the 12 737-700s already on order.
Source: Flight International
