Daily Insight: Wednesday 19 June 2019: A Costly Vote of Confidence?



Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation and a prospective North American customer have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to commence formal negotiations for 15 Mitsubishi SpaceJet M100 aircraft, with deliveries beginning in 2024. “We are pleased to welcome a new airline to…

KLM has signed a letter of intent to purchase 15 E195-E2 aircraft, with options for an additional 20. These aircraft would be utilized in Cittyhopper operations in Europe. First deliveries are expected in 2021. This is an important order for…

American Airlines will acquire 50 Airbus A321XLR aircraft, converting 30 existing A321neo orders and adding 20 additional orders. As the world’s largest airline and largest Airbus operator, this order brings the total to 422 Airbus aircraft, 115 of which are…

China Airlines, based in Taiwan, has signed a Memorandum of Agreement for 11 A321neo aircraft from Airbus, and will acquire another 14 of the type on lease. China Airlines has selected the A321neo for the single-aisle portion of its fleet,…
Qantas Airways Limited has placed an order with Airbus for 36 A321XLR, 10 of which are new orders and 26 converted from prior orders. The aircraft will be used by both Qantas and JetStar, the low cost carrier in Qantas…