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In Fleet news: Frontier Airlines took delivery of one new A320neo Saudi Arabian Airlines took delivery of one A320-200 Wizz Air UK took delivery of one A320-200 SAS Scandinavian Airlines took delivery of one CRJ-900 American Airlines took delivery of one 737 MAX 8 A notable cancellation: Virgin Atlantic (UK) dropped its 2001 order for six A380s. The carrier plans to operate a total of 12 A350-1000s instead. In related news: AIRBUS plans in 2020 to drop annual production of A380s to six and A400Ms to eight, affecting 3,700 workers; it is expected to deliver 12 A380s/15 A400Ms in '18 and 12 A380s/11 A400Ms in '19. In labor news: Avianca (Colombia) completed hearings over pilot sanctions, laying off 107 pilots in total. Baggage handlers and maintenance workers at American Airlines were granted certification, enabling the claim to proceed as a class action lawsuit, in a case accusing the company of programming its time clocks to round down and reduce the amount of time employees are credited with working. The com

Hello and Welcome to mba Air Tracker. My name is Keshika Marambe an Analyst on the Business Valuation and Economic Analysis team and your host today. Looking at the headlines today, The creditors of Air Berlin decided to go ahead with a lawsuit against Etihad Airways, which used to be the biggest shareholder of the now insolvent airline. Air Berlin’s administrator said he is engaged in assessing the claims that could potentially exceed €1 billion in damages. In manufacture news, Rolls-Royce has recognised a charge of £227 million ($315 million) in its full-year results relating to costs associated with addressing in-service technical issues on Boeing 787 and Airbus A380 engines. Airbus announced plan in 2020 to drop annual production of A380s to six and A400Ms to eight. In Airline news, Hawaiian Airlines announced the decision to buy ten Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners for a total of $2.82 billion, with an option for ten more. The Honolulu-based airline also announced cancelling its previous order of six Airbus

Good Morning! My name is Suparna and I'm a Data Engineer for our Aviation Intelligence Platform -Redbook. I''ll be providing you with the daily news for March 7th 2018. In fleet and deliveries, Delta Air Lines took delivery of one A321-200 and one A350-900. SunExpress Germany took delivery of one 737-800. Fiji Link took delivery of one DHC-6 - 400 Twin Otter Atlas Air has acquired two Boeing 777 Freighters from LATAM Airlines. Air Arabia plans to order 100 single-aisle aircraft and has contacted Boeing and Airbus. Somon Air plans to purchase four Embraer E190-E2 aircraft. In Airlines and Financials, Cathay Pacific and Air Astana announced a codeshare agreement which will allow Cathay Pacific to have a better connectivity to Kazakhstan and Air Astana to have a better connectivity to Asia and Australia. Bombardier has made an agreement to sell about 500 Million US Dollar of its equity to a syndicate of underwriters in Canada. Uzbekistan Airways has decided to cease operating their IL-114-100 aircraft and re

Hello and thank you for tuning in to mba airtracker, my name is Benjamin Chiam and I'll be providing you with your aviation updates today. Starting with Airline news, after posting losses in 2017, Thai Airways is optimistic about turning things around in 2018 as the ICAO recently upgraded Thailand’s safety rating. Thai Airways is still waiting for the FAA to follow ICAOs verdict and raise the country's safety ratings, believing that the change in perception will help garner more overseas customers and increase the airlines revenue. Avianca posted a $245 million net profit in 2017 after adjusting for disruptions caused by a pilot strike in the fourth quarter of 2017. Before the adjustment, Avianca reported 82 million dollars in net profit, up 85% from 2016. This represents the strongest performance the airline has seen since its merger with TACA. Airbnb's CEO Brian Chesky revealed that the company is thinking about launching a new airline to get into the end-to-end trip business. Metro Aviation ordered 25 H145

Hello and welcome to mba airtracker. I'm Natasha Sidhu, an analyst for Business Valuation and Economic Analysis here at mba. In leasing news today, China Huarong Financial Leasing has placed an order for 30 C919s and 20 ARJ21s. Norwegian has taken delivery of its final Boeing 737-800, with a total count of 118 737-800s within its fleet. Norwegian has outstanding orders for 12 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft deliveries in 2018. In mergers and acquisitions, Laudamotion has registered MSN 4329, the first A320 to be transferred from NIKI after the former airline's takeover. According to Reuters, Boeing will have a dominant (51%) share in the anticipated Boeing Embraer Joint Venture. American Airlines and Quantas have re-filed for anti-trust immunity with the US Department of Transportation to forma joint venture for North American- Oceanian routes. Seamless Air Alliance, a joint venture between Airbus, Delta, OneWeb, Sprint, and Airtel, has launched with the intention of providing high speed ground to air electronic

Air Tracker February 26, 2018 Vol1 Ep28 Anne Correa by Morten Beyer & Agnew

Good Morning and welcome to mba airtracker, I am your host for the day Keshika Marambe an analyst of the Business valuation and Economic Analysis group and I will be providing you the daily aviation news roundup for Thursday the 22nd of February 2018. Morten Beyer & Agnew promotes Lindsey Webster as Vice President of Asset Valuations and Kim Seward as Head of Helicopters. An Iranian plane crashes into mountains, killing 66 people on board after leaving Tehran Airport. A new DHL Express hub in Brussles was opened today. The 140 million Euro investment is to quadraple regional capacity. Having identified the root cause of the PW 1100G problem, PW is commited to deliver the first engines incorporating the new fix by April 2018. Boeing and Oerlikon, a leading engineering and technology group, have signed a five year agreement that supports the creation of standard titanium additive manufacturing processes. Bruno Evens takes over as CEO for Airbus Helicopters. Airbus CEO Enders says he is optimistic that Evens'

Hello and welcome to mba airtracker, I am your host for the day David Tokoph and will be providing you the daily naviation news roundup for for Wednesday 21st February 2018. Pratt & Whitney has released a revised configuration as a solution to the issue relating to a knife edge seal on the High Pressure Compressor (HPC) aft hub which affected a limited subpopulation of the PW1100G-JM engine that powers the Airbus A320neo aircraft. Air France will ground a significant number of flights Thursday because of a pay-related employee strike. This includes half of its long-haul flights from Paris, a quarter of its medium-haul flights and About 15% of shorter flights were expected to be grounded. Air Transport Services Group (US) still aims to receive type certification for its A321 converted freighter by 2019, with first A321-200PCF available to customers in 2H 2019. Speaking in Toulouse, France on Tuesday, Akbar Al Baker, CEO of Qatar Airways, announced his intention to create a large subsidiary in India with more

Hello everyone and thanks for tuning in today. My name is Kim Seward, I'm Manager of Asset Valuations here at mba and I'll be providing you with the daily news here on mba's Air Tracker for Wednesday 20th February 2018. Bombardier states that Pratt and Whitney's problem with the Geared turbofan engine has caused delays for the CSeries. Something that Bombardier has claimed was not an issue previously. Some Engines were late to arrive, and others had to be diverted to existing CSeries operators to meet spare engine requirements - all similar problems to what the A320s have seen. Assuming this is remedied, the OEM aims to deliver 40 CSeries aircraft in 2018 Jet Airways of India agreed to sell 13 737 MAX 8 aircraft to SMBC on sale leaseback. Over the weekend an Aseman Airlines ATR 72 impacted terrain. The French BEA will work with Iran's CAO on the investigation. Helicopter manufacturer Leonardo announced Friday they had signed a new revolving credit facility through a pool of 26 banks and book runners. This agr

Air Tracker February 15, 2018 Vol1 Ep23 Kim Seward by Morten Beyer & Agnew

Air Tracker February 14, 2018 Vol1 Ep22 Jennifer Atkins by Morten Beyer & Agnew

Good Morning, I'm your host today, Alisa Senderovic, a Manager in the Business Valuation group at mba. Beginning today's headlines in Fleet Deliveries. Qatar Airways to take delivery of nearly 30 new aircraft in 2018. Carrier will only place new orders in 2018 if it acquires new airlines. Interjet (Mexico) took delivery of one new A321neo, serial 7939. Virgin Atlantic (UK) plans to place four new A330-200s into service by end of March 2018 Thai Airways International took delivery of one new A350-900 In Financing… Apollo Aviation Group (US) priced its fifth aircraft portfolio transaction: AASET 2018-1 Trust. Approx US$442 million of Secured Notes that will be used to acquire a fleet of 24 aircraft. In Regulatory News… Bombardier wins in its ongoing trade dispute with Boeing, as the US International Trade Commission voted unanimously that Boeing was not harmed by Bombardier and its all-new C Series jet. Norwegian Air Argentina received its Air Operator Certificate from Argentinian authorities. The government gr

Air Tracker February 9, 2018 Vol1 Ep19 Alisa Senderovic by Morten Beyer & Agnew

Air Tracker February 8, 2018 Vol1 Ep18 Lindsey Webster by Morten Beyer & Agnew

Hi and Good Morning to all of our listeners out there. I'm Miguel Garza and here is your mba Air Tracker daily news for February 7th, 2018: In mba news: mba released a quarterly value update for its aircraft appraisal platform, REDBOOK. Exclusive aircraft market insights for Q1 2018 can be found on mba's company website under "insight series." In Deliveries and Transactions Aeroflot took delivery of one A321-200 Thai AirAsia took delivery of one A320neo Norwegian Air UK took delivery of one 787-9 Dreamliner Korean Airlines took delivery of one triple 7 300 Ethiopian Airlines took delivery of one A350-900 Vueling in Spain took delivery of an A320 from Goshawk Bangkok Airways ordered four ATR 72-600s from the 2018 Singapore Airshow with delivery scheduled between October 2018 and March 2019 In Earnings and Fundings Boeing Reports almost $1Billion inServices Orders at the 2-18 Singapore Airshow Bombardier foresees massive growth for the commercial aircraft market in the Asia-Pacific region with forecasts of the

Air Tracker February 6, 2018 Vol1 Ep16 Emily Southworth by Morten Beyer & Agnew

Good Morning. I'm Sarah Smith, a senior associate in the Valuations group at mba, hosting your mba Air Tracker daily news for February 5th, 2018: The UK Civil Aviation Authority announced on February 3, that it has launched a review of airline allocated seating policies. The review will determine whether any operators have been purposely separating passengers intending on traveling together to additionally charge them for allocated seats that would allow them to sit together. The European Aviation Safety Agency and Airbus Helicopters have just implemented a new single Production Organization Approval to streamline certification processes. This POA replaces previous national approvals with a single, integrated framework allowing for simplified industrial exchanges between Airbus Helicopters’ manufacturing facilities across Europe. In Fleet Delivery News today… Tianjin Airlines took delivery of one A320neo Air Baltic took delivery of one Bombardier CSeries CS300 Virgin Atlantic Airways took delivery of one Airb

Good Morning, today is February Third, 2018. My name is Sherry Brooks, Vice President IOSA Program. Beginning today's headlines in fleet orders and deliveries: AirAsia took delivery of one new A320neo Delta Airlines took delivery of one new A321-200 Batik Air took delivery of one new A320-200 Virgin America took delivery of one new A321neo Air Astana took delivery one A321 and one A320neo J-Air took delivery of one ERJ-190 Air Canada -took delivery of one Boeing 737 MAX 8 Air India - took delivery of one Boeing 777-300 Thai Airways International - took delivery of one A350-900 Xiamen Airlines - took delivery of one 737-800 Japan Air commuter - took delivery of one ATR 42 Ryanair - took delivery of one 737 MAX 8 In Airline News… With Air India's recent management control transferred to private hands, India said a private bidder will be allowed to pick up 51% or more stake in Air India. Italy's Economic Development Minister says that Italy plans to sell Alitalia within two weeks. Flair Airlines (Canada) receive

Good Morning, today is February Second, 2018. My name is Suparna Nevagi, a Data Engineer for our Aviation Intelligence Platform - REDBOOK. Beginning today's headlines in fleet orders and deliveries: UPS has ordered 14 Boeing 747-8 cargo jets and four 767 aircraft Air Astana confirmed an order for five Embraer E2s; deliveries starting in October 2018. Aeroflot will sign firm order with Rostec for 50 of the latest Russian-built MC-21 aircraft European Aviation has signed an agreement to acquire seven A340-600s and three A340-500s from Etihad which will be delivered over the next few months Avolon took delivery of one A320neo leased into Air India Gee E CAS took delivery of its first 737 MAX 8 leased to Travel Service Air China took delivery of one new A320neo SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES took delivery of one new A320neo In Airline News… Air Astana reported a profit of $39.1m in the year 2017. The airline recorded passenger growth of 12% and air freight growth of 23% in 2017 Air Malta and airBaltic began code-sharing t

Good Morning, todays is Feb 1, 2018... I'm your host today, Rebecca Scott, Executive Assistant to the CEO at mba. Beginning today's headlines in Fleet News. KLM Cityhopper took delivery of one new ERJ-170. China Southern took delivery of one new A321-200. Ryanair took delivery of one new B737-800. Copa Airlines is to receive their first orders of B737 MAX's in August 2018. The carrier will be adding a total of six new aircraft this year. Air Leisure is currently discussing the possiblity of acquiring an additional A330, which will mainly be used for charters. Lessor News… PNC Aviation Finance posted a record year in 2017, having provided financing to more than 170 clients and originations for business aircraft up almost 40% from 2016. From Manufacturers today…. Boeing announces goal for 2018 of delivering a new plane every 11hours...The plane maker expects to deliver between 810 and 815 commercial airplanes in 2018 Airbus confirms its considering the possibility of including an increased stretched A320neo int