CIVIL ORDERS
Airline Aircraft Number Order Placed Notes
Nordic Aviation Capital ATR -600 series 15 January 22 12 will be ATR 42 600s and three ATR 72
600s. These aircraft, along with fi ve from an
existing order between ATR and NAC, will be
leased to Silver Airways, making them the fi rst
operator of ATR -600 series aircraft in the US
Emirates A380 up to 36 January 18 Memorandum of understanding signed for 20
A380s and 16 options
Turkish Airlines 777F 3 December 2017 Order announced on January 8
CALC CS300 12 December 29 Firm agreement. Letters of intent had been
exchanged at the Dubai Air Show
Unidentifi ed CRJ900 Up to 12 December 29 Six fi rm order and six options
Indigo Partners A320neo Family 430 December 28 Agreements fi nalised for previously announced
purchase of aircraft from Frontier Airlines,
JetSMART, Volaris and Wizz Air – 274
A320neos and 156 A321neos
AerCap A320neo Family 50 December 28 Firm agreement
Royal Air Maroc 787-
Dreamliner4 December 27 The orders, previously listed as unidentifi ed on
Boeing's Orders & Deliveries website, include
two 787s purchased in December 2016 and
two purchased this month
Viva Air A320 Family 50 December 22 Purchase agreement for 35 A320neo and 15
A320ceo
fl ydubai 737 MAX 175 December 21 Purchase fi nalised – largest single-aisle jet
order in Middle East historyEthiopian Cargo and Logistics Services have
agreed a lease deal with GECAS for the rst
two Boeing 737-800SF freighters converted
by Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI). Both
airframes are to be operated by Ethiopian
Cargo with the initial example due for
delivery in June, with the second following
next January.
Once converted, the aircraft can
accommodate 11 full-height containers plus
one AEP/AEH and has a main deck payload
of up to 52,000lb (23,587kg). The jets will
also feature AEI’s hydraulically operated
cargo door.Erickson Air-Crane, Sikorsky S-64F N158AC, was employed near Keith in northeast Scotland
during January and February to lift electrical pylons. The helicopter arrived by ship from the
US. Martin DavidsonS-64F Powers Pylon Works
Ethiopian Cargo 737-800SFs
CIVIL NEWS
12 Aviation News incorporating Jets March 2018Ethiopian Cargo will receive two Boeing 737-
800SF freighters during the next 12 months.
GECASConair Adds
Q400s
Six Bombardier Dash 8-Q400s have been
purchased by re ghting specialist Conair
in a deal valued at approximately $206m.
The turboprops will be modi ed to
incorporate an enhanced version of
Conair’s Retardant Delivery System.
The retardant tank can be removed and
reinstalled in the eld in a matter of hours.
Chairman/CEO of Conair, Barry
Marsden, said: “The Q400 Multirole’s
versatility delivers optimal value by
accommodating year-round service
in passenger, cargo, combi transport,
medivac, emergency response,
surveillance and patrol without
compromising state-of-the-art airtanker
capabilities.”Norwegian/
Widerøe Link
Norwegian and Widerøe have signed an
interline agreement. The tie-up, which
takes effect in March, sees both operators
cross-selling on all the latter’s Public
Service Obligation routes across Norway,
along with Norwegian’s entire domestic
network.
The partnership is in addition to
Widerøe’s existing arrangement with SAS
Scandinavian Airlines and is intended to
improve ight availability in the country’s
more remote regions.
In other news, Norwegian set a new
record for the fastest ever transatlantic ight
by a subsonic passenger aircraft using a
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.
Flight DY7014 from New York JFK to
London Gatwick on January 15 completed
the sector in 5hrs 13mins – beating the
previous record by three minutes.10-12_14_civil_newsDC.indd 12 05/02/2018 14: