Air Lease Corporation (ALC), the Los Angeles based aircraft leasing company, signed a firm contract for thirty six Airbus A320neo family aircraft, 20 of which will be of the larger A321neo model in line with the market trend towards larger aircraft across all market segments, plus fourteen options. Read More

Lufthansa Technik  announced today in a statement that, Uwe Mukrasch (50), who has been a member of the Lufthansa Technik Executive Board with responsibility for human resources and information since January 2007, has asked the Lufthansa Technik Supervisory Board to release him from his contract early so he can pursue other career interests. The Supervisory Board shortly will announce a successor to Uwe Mukrasch .  Read More

Seattle, Boeing (NYSE: BA) announced today its first new airplane delivery to Air Lease Corporation (ALC) from their order placed during the 2010 Farnborough Air Show. The Los Angeles-based leasing company took delivery of a Next-Generation 737-800, which will be leased from ALC and operated by Korean Air. Read More

Shanghai, GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing subsidiary of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), announced delivery of a leased Airbus A320 to Chengdu Airlines to expand the airline’s fleet.  Read More

Fort Worth, Texas, Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced today it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to open the first Bell Helicopter authorized flight training school in China. Bell Helicopter and Guanchen Aviation signed the MOU during the opening ceremony of the 4th Annual Anyang International Aviation Sports Festival in Anyang, China.   Read More