Its LOI makes Transaero Airlines the fifth launch customer for the Airbus A330neo family and the first European airline to commit to the re-engined A330.

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Two Chinese companies, Tianjin Airlines and ICBC Leasing, have signed orders and commitments for a total of up to 60 aircraft from the Embraer E-Jets and E-Jets-E2 families in deals valued at a total of $3.3 billion, during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Brazil.

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Announcing the Hong Kong Aviation Capital order on July 17, Airbus said the leasing company’s order included 40 A320neo jets and 30 A321neo aircraft.

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An existing customer, which has requested to remain unidentified for now, has placed an additional conditional order for seven Bombardier CS300 airliners and has acquired purchase rights for six more. The deal takes total CSeries orders and commitments to 513 aircraft.

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An African airline which is an existing Bombardier customer but which wishes to remain unidentified for now has signed a letter of intent to order five CSeries airliners. The $365 million list-price value of the deal appears to indicate the aircraft are CS300s rather than CS100s.

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Air Mauritius will operate the six Airbus A350 XWB jets on its European, Asian and Australian routes.

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The commitment, which Boeing values at more than $5.1 billion at current list prices, will be subject to the approval of the Chinese government and will be posted on Boeing’s Orders & Deliveries website once all contingencies are cleared, according to the manufacturer.

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Qatar Airways has finalized an order for 50 Boeing 777-9Xs and has announced a commitment for 50 additional 777-9X purchase rights. The airline has also announced its intent to order four Boeing 777 Freighters and secure options for four more.

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Airbus announced on July 15, at the Farnborough International Airshow 2014, that BOC Aviation, the Singapore-based aircraft leasing subsidiary of Bank of China, ordered an additional 43 A320-family aircraft, while CIT Group Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding for five A321s.

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The manufacturer revealed at the Farnborough International Airshow 2014 on July 15 that it would apply Boeing 787 Dreamliner cabin innovations to the interior of the Boeing 777X family.

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Air Lease Corporation has purchased ATR 72-600 regional airliners every year since signing its first purchase contract at the Farnborough show in 2010. The July 15 order will increase the lessor’s portfolio of ATR 72-600s for leasing to 28 aircraft.

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Announcing the launch of the new Q400 NextGen version at the Farnborough International Airshow, Bombardier Aerospace revealed it will offer a cargo-passenger Combi configuration that the company said would deliver the greatest payload capability and operational flexibility in its segment.

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Brazilian manufacturer Embraer has announced orders and commitments from two existing customers for eight more examples of its current E-Jets family, as well as revealing a new E-Jets operator.

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Embraer expects to complete negotiations over firming the firm, 30-aircraft part of the commitment from Azul by the fourth quarter of this year. The aircraft will be added to the manufacturer’s order backlog when the order is finalized.

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The memorandums of understanding for 80 A330neos announced by the three customers on July 15 join with a launch commitment announced by lessor ALC the previous day for 25 A330neos, taking commitments for the new Airbus widebody family to 105 aircraft in the space of two days.

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Leasing companies dominated Boeing’s order announcements on the second day of the Farnborough International Airshow 2014, three lessors accounting for all of the firm orders Boeing announced during the day.

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Leasing company SMBC Aviation Capital has signed a firm order for 110 Airbus A320neo-family and five A320ceo-family aircraft. The contract was announced on July 15 at the Farnborough International Airshow 2014 and brings firm A320neo-family orders to more than 3,000 aircraft.

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Announcing the Okay Airways order for Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets and 737-800 aircraft on the first day of the Farnborough International Airshow 2014, Boeing said it valued the order at $980 million at current list prices.

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Airbus and AerCap, which became the world largest aircraft lessor with its acquisition of International Lease Finance Corporation, announced the order on the first day of the Farnborough International Airshow 2014.

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