It’s time for one final look at the Farnborough International Air Show, with a final flurry of orders on the last day of the airshow.
The spoils of the final day went to Airbus, who scored some two sets of orders.
First up is a Letter of Intent from TransAero who are seeking to purchase 20 Airbus A330 aircraft, split into 8 A330-300ceo aircraft and 12 A330-900neo aircraft.
Compare and contrast (or play “spot the difference)
The Airbus A330-300ceo (top) and the Airbus A330-900neo on the bottom. The difference is in the wingtip devices and the engines. Not that difficult.
For the lessors, there was one last order, for 70 Airbus A320neo aircraft from Hong Kong Aviation Capital (HKAC), who will be taking on 40 A320neo and 30 A321neo aircraft.
Over at Embraer, there are a fair few orders to help boost its books with China’s ICBC Leasing placing an order for up to 20 Embraer E-190 E2 aircraft, split by 10 firm orders and 10 options. Meanwhile Tianjin Airlines will be taking on 20 E-Jets and 20 E-Jets E2 – making Tianjin Airlines the launch customer of the E2 series of the E-Jets.
Finally, Ilyushin Finance Company have purchased eight Sukhoi SJ-100 Superjets.
… and that’s it for the commercial orders for Farnborough 2014. As the show switches from the commerical show to the air display and the public displays, there will be plenty to see, and maybe time to reflect recent events away from the show.
None the less – another interesting year of orders, new aircraft and who’s buying what for future.