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DUBAI 2019 DUBAI 2019

BOEING GAINS COMMITMENTS EMIRATES CONFIRMS ORDER

FOR 50 MAXS, THREE 787S

Trent XWB engines. This follows a thorough
50 A350 XWBs, powered by Rolls-Royce nities and economies via a world-class and
modern aviation sector.”
Chris Cholerton, Rolls-Royce president
“Today we operate both 757s and 767s started. Boeing has booked several others Emirates confirmed an order for 50 review of various aircraft options and civil aerospace said, “We are very proud
of our own fleet plans. It is Emirates’
A350-900 aircraft powered by Trent XWB
and we believe that the MAX will provide a by undisclosed customers, including one engines. long-standing strategy to invest in modern that Emirates has chosen to enhance its
Boeing’s MAX sales resurgence contin- solid platform for the growth of FlyArystan MAX business jet. As it approaches five years in service, the and efficient aircraft, and we are confident fleet with the A350-900 powered by our
International Airlines Group announced
ued on the third day of the Dubai Airshow throughout our region, once the aircraft intent to buy 200 at the Paris Air Show in Trent XWB has now achieved more than in the performance of the A350 XWB. Trent XWB.
has successfully returned to service,” Air
as the company announced a commitment Astana president and CEO Peter Foster June, but the deal has not been finalized. five million flying hours in service with “Complementing our A380s and 777s, “We appreciate the trust placed in us by
from Air Astana for 30 MAXs and finalized said. The MAX remains grounded, and 29 operators flying to 130 destinations the A350s will give us added operational Emirates, which reflects the confidence
a firm order behind the scenes for 20 more. The deals announced in Dubai - including deliveries paused, while Boeing finalizes and demonstrated an excellent dispatch flexibility in terms of capacity, range and they have in the performance of this
Boeing also announced its first new a 10-aircraft SunExpress firm order mandated changes to the aircraft’s flight reliability of 99.9 per cent. deployment. In effect, we are strengthen- engine.
widebody business, from Ghana’s new represent a major boost to what has been a control system and training. Regulators, This is the Power of Trent – a family of ing our business model to provide efficient “We look forward to this order further
national carrier. sagging MAX backlog. led by the FAA, have not committed to a seven engines, which have completed more and comfortable air transport services to, enhancing our partnership for decades to
The Air Astana letter-of-intent is for 30 The reported total of undelivered timeline for completing their review of than 140 million flying hours since the very and through, our Dubai hub.” come.”
MAX 8s, which will be flown by the Kazak aircraft has been falling despite Boeing not the changes, though Boeing has expressed first engine, a Trent 700, went into service Sheikh Ahmed said, “This (US) $16 billion Rolls-Royce’s relationship with Emirates
flag carrier’s FlyArystan low-cost subsidiary recording any deliveries since the MAX optimism that initial approvals would come in 1995. deal reflects our confidence in the future began in 1996 with selection of Trent
launched in May. Delivery dates were not global fleet’s mid-March global grounding by the end of 2019. HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, of the UAE’s aviation sector, and is a strong power and this Trent XWB will be the
disclosed. following two fatal accidents in less than Separately, Boeing on unveiled an MOU Emirates chairman and chief executive said, affirmation of Dubai’s strategy to be a fourth member of the Trent family to
The second deal, finalized by an unnamed five months. for three 787-9s from Ghana’s government. “We are pleased to sign a firm order for global nexus connected to cities, commu- operate in their fleet. Q
customer, is for 10 MAX 7s and 10 MAX While Boeing has denied that airlines Ghana is working with Ethiopian Airlines to
10s, a person with knowledge of the deal have cancelled MAXs as a result of the set up a new national carrier that will be
confirmed. crisis, the order backlog has fallen despite based in Accra.
The customer plans to unveil the order in the fact that deliveries were paused in The Ghana deal is Boeing’s first new
the coming weeks, the person said. Boeing mid-March. widebody business unveiled at the show.
declined to comment on the 20-aircraft Jet Airways’ collapse removed about 125, Earlier, it named Biman Bangladesh as the
order. but other changes, including some swaps to customer for two undisclosed 787s added
Air Astana launched in 2002 with a pair of other models, pushed the decline to about to the company’s backlog in October and
737NGs, but currently has none in its mixed 200. highlighted EgyptAir’s decision to lease two
fleet of 37 Airbus, Boeing, and Embraer The SunExpress deal was the first additional 787-9s from AerCap that are in
aircraft. announced MAX firm order since the crisis the lessor’s order book. Q

GENERAL AFRICAN
HORIZON SIGNS AGREEMENT AIR PEACE SET TO BECOME FIRST

WITH ENTROL AFRICAN E2 OPERATOR

features a 200º x 70º spherical (CPL) courses as well as mission a comprehensive instrument
visual high-resolution database training in a multi-role capacity. meteorological conditions receiving our first aircraft, which will enhance connectivity in
Horizon, the Middle East’s with mission scenarios and a During the general handling (IMC) learning environment. Q Nigeria and the African region, while feeding long-haul flights from
largest independent helicopter vibration system to increase phase, instructors will be able Air Peace, Nigeria and West Africa's largest airline, signed a our Lagos hub."
flight training academy the realism of training. to demonstrate contract for three additional E195-E2s, confirming purchase rights "Air Peace will love the aircraft's efficiency and the passenger will
supporting commercial and Hareb Thani Al Dhaheri, every task from pre- from the original contract, signed in April this year. experience an unparalleled level of comfort, especially in first class
- Air Peace is the launch customer for Embraer's new premium
military operators, signed CEO of Horizon said, “Flight start and start to These E195-E2s will be included in Embraer's 2019 fourth-quar- staggered seating option", said Raul Villaron, vice president sales,
a purchase agreement with simulators are essential for flight manoeuvring ter backlog and have a value of (US) $212.6 million, based on Africa and Middle East, Embraer commercial aviation.
Embraer's current list prices.
Entrol for a Bell 505 FTD level 2 pilot training, and we are and shut-down. Set to be the first E-Jets E2 operator in Africa, Air Peace's firm "We look forward to supporting Air Peace's growing E2s fleet
simulator, valued at (US) $1.5 confident that our new FTD In addition, it order, announced in April this year, is now for 13 E195-E2s with 17 and to deepening our fruitful partnership."
million. simulator will significantly will enable pilot purchase rights for the same model. Air Peace subsidiary, Air Peace Hopper, started operating six
training on handling
The signing took place on the enhance the efficiency of our The first delivery is scheduled for the second quarter of 2020. ERJ145 jets last year on short thin routes. That experience with
sidelines of the Dubai Airshow training, as it simulates realistic emergencies and "The E195-E2 is the perfect aircraft to expand our operations in Embraer's products and services, including the pool programme,
the corresponding
2019. learning environments on a procedures for a Africa and this new order is a further confirmation of our 'no-city- and the undeniable economic benefits of right-sizing aircraft for
Meeting the latest training single-engine aircraft.” left-behind initiative which we shall continue to execute", said Air the mission, was a key factor in selecting the E2.
technology needs, the simula- The simulator will be used in safe recovery of Peace Chairman Allen Onyema. Air Peace's E195-E2s will be configured in a comfortable dual
the aircraft. During
tor is based on the Bell 505 heli- Horizon’s Basic Flight Training the instrument He said "We have received impressive data about the aircraft's class arrangement with 124 seats. Air Peace operates more than 20
copter and is equipped with the (BFT), Instrument Rating (IR) phase, it will create economics now that is in revenue service and this was a driver local, regional, and international routes and has strategic plans to
latest avionics glass cockpit. It and Commercial Pilot License to place this new firm order with Embraer. We look forward to expand those routes. Q
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