GE in sale, leaseback deal with Air Berlin for 3 Airbus A320-200 aircraft

July 29th, 2009 Ethiopian Airlines aims to buy 12 Airbus A350 XWBsPARIS — Airbus says Ethiopian Airlines has signed a memorandum of understanding to buy 12 of its Airbus A350 XWB aircraft. The A350-900s have an average list price of $241 million, giving the deal an estimated potential value of $2.9 billion.

July 27th, 2009 Saudi Arabia orders 3 Airbus tankersPARIS — The Saudi Arabian Air Force has ordered three Airbus tanker aircraft for use in air-to-air refulling missions, Airbus parent company EADS said in a statement Monday. The order comes in addition to the first three A330 tankers that Saudi Arabia ordered in 2008.

July 14th, 2009 National Health downgraded on priceNEW YORK — Shares of National Health Investors Inc. fell Tuesday after an analyst downgraded the real estate company, saying its stock is fairly valued.

June 22nd, 2009 Virgin Atlantic orders 10 Airbus A330sPARIS — Virgin Atlantic Airways has ordered 10 Airbus A330-300 passenger jets worth more than $2 billion at list prices, Airbus said Monday. The European aircraft manufacturer said Virgin Atlantic will buy six of the the wide-body, twin-engine jets from Airbus and will lease another four from AerCap, the Netherlands-based aircraft leasing company.

June 18th, 2009 Airbus signs order for 50 jets with Wizz AirLE BOURGET, France — Airbus says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Central and Eastern European low-cost carrier Wizz Air for the sale of 50 A320 single aisle jets. The deal is expected to become a firm order shortly, Airbus' John Leahy said at a press briefing Thursday.

June 16th, 2009 Vietnam Airlines orders 16 Airbus A320 jetsLE BOURGET, France — Airbus announced two firm orders from Vietnam Airlines and Philippines low-cost airline Cebu Pacific worth $1.8 billion on Tuesday, giving the European airline a boost at the Paris Air Show, which is overshadowed by recession and a slumping industry. Airbus said Vietnam Airlines has ordered 16 Airbus A321 single-aisle jets worth $1.4 billion and pledged to buy two more A350-XWB planes.

June 15th, 2009 Rolls Royce gets $1.5B order with Gulf AirLE BOURGET, France — Rolls-Royce PLC said Monday it has signed a $1.5 billion order with Gulf Air to supply engines for the Bahrain-based airline's new Airbus A330 long-haul aircraft. The British aircraft engine manufacturer will supply Trent 700EP engines to power 20 Airbus A330 aircraft, with deliveries beginning in 2012, Rolls Royce said in a statement released at the Paris Air Show.

June 10th, 2009 Airbus makes emergency landing in Canary IslandsMADRID — An Airbus A320 experienced engine trouble shortly after taking off Wednesday from the Canary Islands and was forced to turn around and make an emergency landing, Spain's national airport authority AENA said. A passenger reported an engine fire.

June 5th, 2009 A look at the United Airlines fleetUnited has said it is asking Airbus and Boeing for proposals to replace its largest planes. Here's a look at its current fleet, seat count, and average age: Airbus A319, 55 planes, 120 seats, 9 years Airbus A320, 97 planes, 148 seats, 11 years Boeing 737, 34 planes, 108 to 123 seats, 17 to 20 years Boeing 747, 24 planes, 350 seats, 13 years Boeing 757, 97 planes, 172 seats, 17 years Boeing 767, 35 planes, 212 seats, 14 years Boeing 777, 52 planes, 267 seats, 10 years Source: United Airlines

June 4th, 2009 Boeing to negotiate with United over new airplanesPITTSBURGH — Airplane maker Boeing Co. said Thursday it will hold discussions with United Airlines over a possible order for new aircraft, after a newspaper reported the carrier had sought bids from Boeing and rival Airbus for up to 150 new jets.

March 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Denying reports that the company was in talks with budget carrier SpiceJet for a possible merger, low-cost operator GoAir Wednesday said its expansion plan was on track despite bad market sentiments. 'We are not looking at any kind of consolidation or merger with SpiceJet or any other airline.

March 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - European aircraft manufacturer Airbus Industrie has once again initiated talks with India's flagship carrier Air India to sell its jumbo A-380 aircraft, a senior company official said Tuesday. 'Yes, we are in talks with Air India for our A-380 aircraft,' Srinivasan Dwarkanath, head of international cooperation, India and East Asia at Airbus, told IANS on the sidelines of a press meet here.

March 10th, 2009 NEW YORK - The New York Times has sold its landmark headquarters for $225 million in a deal that will see it leaseback the office space for a starting rent of $24 million a year, the media conglomerate announced Monday. The media company, which owns many leading newspapers like The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune and The Boston Globe, among others, had moved into 21 floors of the Renzo Piano designed building in 2007, but it was forced to sell its space as plummeting ad revenues coincided with the credit crunch to seriously impair the company's financial performance.

February 17th, 2009 COLOMBO/NEW DELHI - A Sri Lankan aircraft maintenance firm has bagged the contract to conduct sophisticated checks on aircraft of Indian budget carrier IndiGo in what experts believe could trigger similar moves by other carriers in the subcontinent. IndiGo said Wednesday it has awarded an aircraft maintenance contract for 'C' checks to SriLankan Engineering, the aircraft maintenance arm of the country's national carrier SriLankan Airlines.

February 1st, 2009 TIANJIN - The first Airbus A320 aircraft assembled in China is scheduled to make a test flight in May, about a month before its delivery, an official in the northern port city of Tianjin has said. The test flight will be held at Tianjin Airport, where a new runway is being built to facilitate trial flights of all A320 family aircraft, said Feng Zhijiang, head of the administrative committee of the Tianjin Free Trade Zone.