Source: Airbus Amazon Air has signed a firm agreement to lease ten A330-300P2F freighters from Altavair, taking advantage of the A330’s capacity and economics to help fulfil its one-day delivery promise to Amazon Prime customers. The aircraft will be operated for Amazon by Hawaiian Airlines, which has had A330s as a key element of its fleet since 2010. The ten airframes are being converted from passenger aircraft to freighters by Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW), the centre of excellence for Airbus Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversions. “We’re thrilled to welcome Airbus to our Amazon Air fleet,” said Philippe Karam, Director, Amazon Global Air Fleet & Sourcing. “These A330-300s will not only be the first of their kind in our fleet, they’ll also be [...]

Source: Embraer Embraer and Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC), a global leader in regional aircraft leasing, have signed a contract for up to 10 conversion slots for the E190F/E195F, with deliveries starting in 2024. In May of 2022, NAC and Embraer reached an agreement in principle to take up to 10 conversions; this order is now confirmed. The aircraft for conversion will come from NAC’s existing E190/E195 fleet. In July of 2022, NAC signed a memorandum of understanding to place their first two E190F passenger-to-freight conversions with Astral Aviation, based in Nairobi, Kenya. Embraer’s E-Jets P2F conversions deliver segment-leading performance and economics. The E-Jets Freighters will have over 50% more volume capacity, three times the range of large cargo turboprops, and up to 30% lower [...]

Source: Eve Air Mobility Eve Air Mobility (“Eve”) has signed a letter of intent with Skyway Technologies Corp. (“Skyway”) to provide Eve’s Urban Air Traffic Management (“UATM”) software solution, ensuring the traffic management for future Urban Air Mobility (“UAM”) solutions supports the needs and growth of the industry. “Integrating Eve’s UATM solution into Skyway’s air traffic vertiport operation service offerings, further increases industry support for eVTOL sales and pushes Skyway’s services to new heights. This enables airline investments into this sector the ability to close the loop when it comes to operating these aircraft at digitally driven vertiports being developed. It’s an important step forward in bringing UAM to life and we look forward to all the great innovation to [...]

Source: Boeing The Boeing Company announced major program deliveries across its commercial and defense operations for the third quarter of 2022. The company will provide detailed third quarter financial results on October 26. Major program deliveries during the third quarter were as follows:   Major Programs 3rd Quarter 2022 Year-to-Date 2022 Commercial Airplanes Programs 737 88 277 747 — 3 767 9 21 777 6 18 787 9 9 Total 112 328 Defense, Space & Security Programs AH-64 Apache (New) 7 20 AH-64 Apache (Remanufactured) 8 36 CH-47 Chinook (New) 1 10 CH-47 Chinook (Renewed) 2 6 F-15 Models 4 9 F/A-18 Models 3 11 KC-46 Tanker 1 9 MH-139 4 4 P-8 Models 4 10 Commercial and Civil Satellites 2 [...]

Source: Airbus Airbus' commercial aircraft orders and deliveries for the month of September 2022 have been published on airbus.com and are accessible on the link below. September 2022 deliveries: 55 deliveries to 31 customers September 2022 orders: 13 2022 deliveries to date: 437 deliveries to 66 customers in the year. The net year to date delivery number of 435 reflects a reduction of 2 deliveries recorded in December 2021 (2 A350-900 AEROFLOT) for which a transfer was not possible due to international sanctions. A300/A310 A220/A320 A330/A340/A350 A380 Total Total orders 816 17404 3057 251 21528 Total deliveries 816 10743 2424 251 14234 Aircraft in fleet 283 10086 2162 239 12770

Source: Airbus Growth will require an additional two million people in the services sector Recovery to pre pandemic levels by end of 2023 Airbus expects the services market to recover to pre pandemic levels in 2023 and to double in value over the next 20 years - from $95bn today to over $230bn in 2041, according to its latest Global Services Forecast (GSF). As a result, the number of people working in aviation services, keeping the world's fleets flying on a daily basis, is set to increase by a further two million. “Every day millions of people in services, hidden champions behind the scenes, keep our global fleet of aircraft flying. Alone the number of pilots, cabin crews and maintenance [...]