Monday, October 12, 2015

Single Aisle News - October 12, 2015

October 12, 2015


Bombardier officials have acknowledged that they recently approached Airbus with a proposal to spin-off the C-Series aircraft as a joint venture between the two manufacturers. Airbus officials have also acknowledged the talks and have indicated that they were "no longer being pursued."
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/3415edb8-6c71-11e5-aca9-d87542bf8673.html#axzz3oOuf0GGQ


Bombardier officials said on Friday that the manufacturer was in advanced talks to close on a deal for additional C-Series sales with unidentified airlines in North America.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/09/us-canada-bombardier-idUSKCN0S32MK20151009


United Airlines has revealed that is plans to order a new fleet of 100-seat jetliners from either Bombardier or Embraer, provided that it can reach an agreement with its pilots for a two-year contract extension. The addition of the 100 seat airplanes would allow United to bring some routes currently flown by regional carriers back within the mainline carrier.
http://business.financialpost.com/news/transportation/bombardier-inc-shares-climb-as-united-airlines-shows-interest-in-cseries-embraer-jets


Kazakhstan's Air Astana has closed on a deal to lease three A321 NEOs and a single A320 NEO from AerCap. This would be in addition to the two A320 NEOs and five A321 NEOS that Air Astana has a previously announced lease arrangement for.
http://atwonline.com/lessors/air-astana-lease-four-airbus-a320neos-aercap
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/air-astana-signs-with-aercap-for-one-a320neo-three-417429/


China's Comac has reached a deal with the state-run China Exim Bank to provide financing for sales of the C919 aircraft now under development. The agreement covers up to 50 billion yuan ($7.9 billion) in financing.
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/comac-signs-finance-deal-with-china-exim-bank-417578/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/08/chinaeximbank-comac-idUSL3N12830V20151008

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