The World of Aviation

Boeing and Indonesia’s Lion Air today finalised a record order for 230 737 airliners. The deal, worth US$22.4 billion at list prices, was first announced in November. The order includes 201 737 MAX and 29 737-900ER aircraft plus purchase rights for 150 additional planes. The eye opening deal — Lion Air currently operates a fleet

Kuwait based leasing company ALAFCO has ordered 35 additional Airbus A320neo aircraft on top of an order of 50 announced late last year at the Dubai Airshow. In a statement, ALAFCO said it had upped its order in response to strong demand for the aircraft. “The A320neo is the market’s favourite single-aisle aircraft family,” CEO

China’s Minsheng Financial Leasing Co. has ordered three Embraer Lineage 1000 ultra-large executive jets in a deal announced at the Singapore Airshow. The deal builds on a memorandum of understanding signed in July 2011. Minsheng, one of China’s largest jet leasing companies, is scheduled to begin taking deliveries of the planes this year. Embraer’s top-of-the-line

UK based Bond Aviation Group has ordered 16 Sikorsky S-92 medium lift helicopters, the largest single order in the aircraft’s history, Sikorsky said. Terms of the deal were not announced. The 19-passenger S-92 is aimed at the offshore oil and gas industry, which operates 60 per cent of the 150 S-92s in use worldwide, Sikorsky

Boeing is reportedly considering development of an update for its ultra long range 777-200LR, tentatively dubbed the 777-8LX, which could potentially operate between Sydney and London nonstop. The -8LX would join a troika of aircraft in the conceptual 777X family. It would feature a roughly 15 per cent improvement in fuel efficiency over the current

The Victorian government has invited regional airports across the state to apply for infrastructure grants under a $20 million Regional Aviation Fund (RAF). “Regional airports help drive economic activity through transport, tourism and air freight, while also enabling the delivery of a range of essential emergency services,” Minister for the Aviation Industry Gordon Rich-Phillips said