Farnborough 2022 Deal Tracker
We will update this post several times as news of deals comes from the airshow. This is our Farnborough 2022 Deal Tracker.
Orders Notes:
- Delta/MAX10 – The deal includes 30 options. Crucially Delta noted: “737-10 is currently awaiting final certification from (FAA), which is expected in 2023. In the event of a delay, the agreement has adequate protection in place, including allowing Delta to shift to another model of MAX family” if needed.
- ATR is to be an LoI with Japanese start-up Feel Air Holdings for 36 -42-600s, 72-600S and -72-600
- Delta exercised a dozen options for A220-300s. The total order is now 107 making Delta the program’s lead customer.
- Boeing won 30+33 MAX orders from 777 Partners; including MAX8s and 30 MAX8-200s
- Alaska Airlines ordered 8+13 E-175s
- Porter Airlines ordered another 20 E-195-E2s
- Aviation Capital Group orders 12 more MAX 8s, bringing the total MAX orders to 34
- AerCap ordered 5 787-9s
- Japanese regional airline, ORC (Oriental Air Bridge), placed an order for an ATR 42-600
- Abelo to acquire 20 ATR Aircraft, with a firm order of 10 ATR42-600S (Short Take-off and Landing) and 10 new ATR72-600
- Embraer has 250+ LoIs for its new turboprop
- Azerbaijan Airlines signed for four Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft via a Memorandum of Understanding
- Airbus and easyJet announced orders for 56 A320neo aircraft, including an upsizing of 18 A320neo aircraft to the A321neo
- Afrijet Business Service orders ATR 72-600
- LATAM ordered 17 A321neo and confirmed it will bring in the A321XLR to complement their long-haul operations
- Astral will take the first two E190Fs from NAC’s conversions
- Qatar finalizes its order for 25 737 MAX10s – confirming what Mr. Al Baker told us in Doha at the IATA AGM
Deals:
- Air Lease Corp places 6 Airbus A220-300s with TAAG Angola as part of its fleet renewal. Deliveries to the African carrier are in 2023-2024. The A220s will replace TAAG’s Boeing 737-700s. This is bigger news than it appears. It was a surprise Embraer didn’t win the deal. It is also a customer turnover for Airbus. Once in, Airbus has a chance to replace aging 777-200s with A330neos.
- Air Lease Corporation selected Pratt & Whitney GTF engines for up to 166 Airbus A220 and A320neo family aircraft
- Universal Hydrogen and Avmax Announce Firm Order for Hydrogen Conversion and Fuel Services for 20 Regional Aircraft
- Ravn Alaska Orders 30 Hydrogen-Electric Engines from ZeroAvia
- Ethiopian Airlines Group Signs Proposal with De Havilland Canada for up to Four Dash 8-400 Freighter – Large Cargo Door Kits
- WheelTug announced that Spanish airline AlbaStar signed as the WheelTug Launch Customer for Europe and will be the first to employ WheelTug’s innovative electric taxi solution there.
- Cargolux selects 777-8 Freighter as Preferred Replacement for 747-400 Fleet
General News:
- Rolls-Royce launches hydrogen research program
- De Havilland Canada Launches Cargo Conversion Solutions Utilizing Dash 8-400
- ANA finalized its order for 20 737-8 MAX aircraft and 2 777-8 freighters (not really news)
- Rolls-Royce announced a new partnership with easyJet pioneering the development of hydrogen combustion engine technology, that has the potential to power easyJet-size aircraft from the mid-2030s onwards
- Boeing started a new partnership with Alder Fuels, to bring more SAF to market.
- Israel Aerospace Industries received the EASA STC for its B737-800SF P2F conversions and will open B737-800BDSF cargo conversions to European companies
- Boeing announced another re-affirmed order with Vietjet Vietnam for 200 MAX
- Boom Aero changed their aircraft again
- Airbus and CFM International are collaborating to flight-test CFM’s cutting-edge open fan engine architecture.
- Embraer and BAE Systems announce collaboration for the C-390 Millennium and Eve eVTOL
- Widerøe signed an MoU with Embraer that will see the companies working together to define and establish the real-world requirements for sustainable, emission-free, and commercially viable, aviation.
