Paris Air Show 2013 - Latest News

[Bralo20]

Summary of today (until now):

Boeing:

- ALC: 30x Boeing 787-10 + 3x 787-9
- Singapore Airlines: 30x Boeing 787-10
- United Airlines: 20x Boeing 787-10
- IAG / British Airways: 12x Boeing 787-10
- GECAS: 10x Boeing 787-10

Airbus:

- Easyjet: 100x Airbus A320NEO (+100 options) + 35x Airbus A320OEO

ATR:

- Nordic Aviation: 35x ATR72-600 (+55 options)

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Latin American carrier Avianca took delivery today at Le Bourget of the first of 15 ATR 72-600s it ordered in late 2012.

LATAM took delivery of its 200th A320 aircraft at Paris Air Show. Said LATAM’s Roberto Alvo: "A320 is the backbone of our operations."

Super Jet International formally handed over the first Sukhoi SSJ100 Superjet to Mexican carrier Interjet.

Comlux becomes first to take delivery of an Airbus ACJ321, thus becoming the first to have operated all corporate A320 Family versions.

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Seems to be a Boeing day: Ryanair orders 175 737-800 aircraft from Boeing today at the Paris Airshow!

Or wait a minute: Turkish Airlines placed an order for 117 aircraft at the Paris Airshow following approval from its board today.The deal includes 25 A321s, four A320neos, 53 A321neos and options for 35 A321s. The airline said that deliveries will be complete by 2015.

[RoMax]

Seems to be a Boeing day: Ryanair orders 175 737-800 aircraft from Boeing today at the Paris Airshow!

Is this a confirmation of the order they announced some time ago, or an extra order? I believe a confirmation?

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Seems to be a Boeing day: Ryanair orders 175 737-800 aircraft from Boeing today at the Paris Airshow!

Is this a confirmation of the order they announced some time ago, or an extra order? I believe a confirmation?

It is indeed a confirmation. You know how it works: aircraft manufacturers ask customers to wait until the Show to be able to boast large sales numbers.

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Horizon Air orders up to 10 Q400 NextGen aircraft; three are the conversion of a previous option and 7 are new options. Horizon are the first commercial carrier to operate the Q400 in Alaska.

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Any idea of the exact display which will take place on Friday ? At what time does it normally start ?

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Korean Air is ready to order 5 additional Boeing 747-8i passenger jets. A well-needed boost for that model. Korean also ordered six 777-300ERs.

Venezuela’s Conviasa Airlines orders seven Embraer E-190s, exercising options from a previously announced order in July 2012 for six firm orders and 14 options.

Embraer identifies undisclosed customer for four E-170 aircraft is Japan Airlines.

Tunisia's Syphax Airlines has signed a MoU to buy 3 A320neo and 3 A320ceo, a first NEO breakthrough in Africa.

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The Paris Air Show in a single picture:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/flightblogger/9074598103/

[airazurxtror]

Seems to be a Boeing day: Ryanair orders 175 737-800 aircraft from Boeing today at the Paris Airshow!

Is this a confirmation of the order they announced some time ago, or an extra order? I believe a confirmation?

Actually, an Extraordinary General Meeting (of the Ryanair shareholders) was convened this morning and gave its agreement to the purchase.

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The video of today's flight display (Day 2)

[Bottie]

The Paris Air Show in a single picture:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/flightblogger/9074598103/

That's about 30% of it

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It seems I have forgotten some Embraer aircraft in Day 2:

Air Costa of India acquired two E170s and one E190.

Air Lituanica will start operations with one E170 and one E175 leased directly from an Embraer subsidiary.

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Day 3 has started. Weather is as bad as ever. Lightning has struck near the BA A380:


Picture EADS

Leasing company CIT Aerospace has placed an order for 30 Boeing 737 MAX8s. CIT CEO Knittel says the 777X "appears very logical" and the 787-10 is "a natural extension of the family."

Simultaneously, Boeing announced that it shifts the 737 MAX schedule: the first delivery is moved up by 6 months and Southwest will get the first 737 MAX8 in the third quarter of 2017. Boeing early for a change?

Sonaca of Belgium has landed a contract potentially worth one billion dollars for the new E2 of Embraer.

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Air France KLM Group has firmed a previously announced contract for 25 A350-900s, plus options for 25 more.



Another push for the A350: SriLankan decides for 6 more A330 and 4 A350 aircraft! Mr. Kapila of SriLankan about the deal: "This will completely modernize our fleet going forward."



And incidentally, the A350 will conduct its second test flight today at 13:30 from Toulouse, weather permitting.

And, on a minor note, Avianca takes delivery today of the first of 15 ATR 72-600s that it commissioned in late 2012.

[earthman]

The Paris Air Show in a single picture:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/flightblogger/9074598103/

I think that little plane in the middle of the the foreground (please don't shoot me for not knowing what it is) can easily be stuffed into the cargo hold of the A380 in the background. Without disassembly.

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Irish LCC Ryanair has finalized firm order for 175 Boeing 737-800s. (Yesterday they only got approval from the shareholders, as kindly mentioned by airazurxtror). CEO O'Leary expects to operate a fleet of around 400 aircraft by 2018. Ryanair looks set to order the 737MAX by the close of the year.

Oman Air orders five Boeing 737-900ER Next Gen aircraft.

Travel Service commits for 3 Boeing 737 MAX8.

HGI Capital Group orders 20 ATR 72-600s for Brazil’s Passaredo Linhas Aéreas, 10 firm and 10 options.

[RoMax]

Simultaneously, Boeing announced that it shifts the 737 MAX schedule: the first delivery is moved up by 6 months and Southwest will get the first 737 MAX8 in the third quarter of 2017. Boeing early for a change?

When launching it, sources from within Boeing (though never officially confirmed I believe) already said that they have build in huge margins and unless things go very wrong, they'll deliver early. So now they already shift it "up to 6 months", earlier than I expected, hopefully they can keep this shedule and they don't have to announce a push back again later on as that would seem as a delay while they go back to their initial shedule (which would be a big delay internally though).

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After signing for the 787-10, Singapore Airlines just finalised a previously-announced additional order for 30 A350-900s, plus 20 options for -900s or -1000s. This brings the total number of A350s ordered By Singapore to 70 plus 20 options.

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And probably the last sale of the day, this time for Bombardier: Arik Air places a firm order for 3 CRJ1000 and 4 Q400 NextGen aircraft.