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ing for the delivery of their first of eleven A321neos, which is
expected early next year.
Oman
Oman Air has decided to put up its four ERJ175s for sale and
or lease. The move is part of the airline’s plan to streamline
its fleet.
Qatar
The CEO of Qatar Airways has said that the airline plans to
take delivery of ten to fifteen A321neoLRs as part of its fifty
A321neos on order.
United Arab Emirates
Emirates is struggling to recruit enough pilots to operate its
growing fleet and the shortage has now gone up to about 150
pilots. Due to this the airline is forced to park 36 B777-300ERs
and ten A380s. Emirates is also citing a reduction in demand
during the Ramadan-period as a reason to park the planes at
Dubai World Central Airport.
The other large airline from the UAE, Etihad Airways is also
having difficulties, especially due to $2 billion losses the
airline racked up after failed investments in other compa-
nies. Due to this the airline is thinking about changing its out-
standing orders with Airbus and Boeing. According to local
newsreports Etihad is thinking about changing aircraft types,
delaying deliveries and cancellations of orders. Currently the
airline has orders for ten A320neos, twenty-six A321neos,
forty A350-900s, twenty-two A350-1000s, one B777F, twenty-
two B787-9s, thirty B787-10s, eight B777-8s and seventeen
B777-9s.
North America
Canada
Air Canada intends to retire its remaining eight B767-300s in
2019, while the airline intends to add four more A330-300s in
the same year.
Cuba
Cubana‘s fleet of An-158s has been grounded due to recur-
ring safety issues. On a side note; because of these problems,
Cubana was only operating one out of six An-158s at the time
of the grounding.
United States of America
Alaska Airlines has converted fifteen B737 MAX8 orders into
MAX9s. The first one is expected to be delivered from 2019.
American Airlines recently went shopping and placed an
order for fifteen CRJ-900s with options for another fifteen,
as well as ordered fifteen EMB-175s. While the CRJ-900s will
be operated by PSA Airlines, the EMB-175s will be operated
by Envoy Air.
Southwest Airlines pulled forward and upgraded 40 options
for B737 MAX8s into orders. Deliveries are expected between
2019 and 2022. The MAX8s are expected to replace B737-700s.
Oceania
Australia
The end of an era is coming at Qantas as the airline has
announced that it will cease Boeing 747-operations by the
end of 2020. Qantas still flies ten B747-400s. As a replacement
the airline ordered six additional B787-9s at Boeing which
will be delivered at the end of next year and mid-2020. This
latest order brings Qantas orders for the B787-9 to fourteen.
New Zealand
Due to the ongoing engines troubles with their B787s, Air
New Zealand has decided to lease a former Singapore Airlines
B777-200ER. The plane will be delivered within a few weeks.
Aircraft orders
Underlining means an update compared to last month. We
only report orders as published by the aircraft manufacturers.
Airbus 2018 firm orders
Allegiant Air 1 A320
CALC 15 A320neo
Druk Air 1 A320neo
Emirates 20 A380-800
Scandinavian Airlines 35 A320neo
1 A330-300
Spirit Airlines 5 A320
Undisclosed 5 A319
22 A319neo
3 A320
26 A320neo
Vietjet Air 2 A321
Total 136 (+68)
ATR 2018 firm orders
Bangkok Airways 4 ATR72-600
Nordic Aviation Capital 16 ATR42-600
Total 20
Boeing 2018 firm orders
American Airlines 25 B787-9
Surinam Airways recieved its first Boeing 737-700 PZ-TCS on 16 April 2018. The aircraft is former B-5203 of Air China and is leased from DAE
Capital. (Paramaribo, 21 April 2018, Andrew Muller)
