Well maybe I was lieing. There are some orders about today, so lets see what the manufacturers and others are doing today:
Virgin America signs for up to 60 Airbus A320s – with sharklets.
Virgin America is on a push for expansion, and has opted for more A320’s – 40 firm and 20 options
If the Memo turns into an order, they would start arriving in 2013.
Pam Ann would just love the sharklets I suspect…
Azerbaijan dumps 737 order and switches to 767s
Azerbaijan Airlines dumped an order for 2 Boeing 737, and instead taking one 767-300ER and two 767F’s in a Freighter configuration to develop it’s cargo wing.
Well, you’ve got to shift stuff around somehow – a 767 is a good platform – if it could actually hold ULD’s…
Boeing 787 escapes evacuation trials
One of the key verification stages of a aircraft is for an emergency exit drill so that people can escape a plane in a set time.
Boeing will not be required to run a cabin evacuation trial due to the similarity of it compared to the 767 trials which have the similar amount of people.
Of course, all the escape systems need to work, and thus demonstrated.
In Russia – Gas Jet flys you! – Gazprom signs letter of intent for SuperJets
Gazprom has signed on for 10 Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft. This is to replace the exisiting Yakovlev Yak-42 tri-jets
Deliveries are scheduled to take place in 2013-15, to be used as the in-house airline “Gazpromavia”, and subject to financing – more could be ordered.
Still in Russia, Aeroflot confirms A330-300 order – beware Wrath of Putin…
Aeroflot confirmed an order it has made for 11 Airbus A330-300s, having recently disclosed it to the public.
As is typlical for an A330, the aircraft will be in a two-class layout with 300 seats with a target delivery for 2011-13.
However, all is not well at Aeroflot, as a certain Mr Putin has been putting pressure on Aeroflot to “buy Russian”. The fact that Russia no longer makes a widebody jet is of course, besides the point…
As the show winds down, orders will now dry out, but I’m sure there’s room for a couple more suprises along the way….
