GECAS

Simple Flying | November 19, 2019

GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) announced today that it signed a firm order for 12 widebody Airbus A330neos as well as 20 long-range single-aisle A321XLRs. The commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of General Electric will then offer these to airlines around the world for their passenger services. The announcement comes in the form of an emailed press release, with comments being made at the Dubai Air Show. The agreement for the 20 A321XLRs includes 13 new planes but also the &ldquo...

GECAS | June 19, 2017

Leasing company GECAS has converted 20 existing Boeing 737 Max orders to the newly launched Max 10 variant. GECAS has 170 Max jets on order, making it the type's largest customer among lessors, notes Boeing. Flight Fleets Analyzer indicates that, before the conversion, all of GECAS's Max orders were for the Max 8....

Airwise | January 18, 2019

Brazil’s civil aviation regulator ANAC had moved to cancel the registration of the A320s after GECAS petitioned for their return for non-payment of lease fees.ANAC said the aircraft would be withdrawn from the Aeronautical Registry within five days, and the airline required to return them to GECAS immediately.But after a Friday court hearing, ANAC announced that Avianca Brazil and GECAS had agreed “that the leasing of the aircraft to Avianca would continue.As a result of the agreemen...

Simple Flying | January 17, 2020

Canadian operator WestJet is planning a new transatlantic service. The Boeing 737 operated flight would be used to connect Canada’s Halifax to Manchester in the United Kingdom. The seasonal flight is set to operate over the 2020 summer period. WestJet is launching its third route from Halifax to the United Kingdom this summer. Accompanying its existing routes to London and Glasgow, the new connection will be operated by a Boeing 737 aircraft. Launching in June, the route will remain in ope...