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Ryanair orders three additional Boeing 737-800s, the “nicer approach” is working

Ryanair (Dublin) and Boeing (Chicago, Seattle and Charleston) have announced an order for three Next-Generation 737-800s. The order, previously unidentified on the Boeing Orders & Deliveries website, is valued at $280 million at current list prices. With this order the Irish low-cost carrier now has unfilled orders for 174 Next-Generation 737-800s and 100 737 MAX 200s.

This new order will allow Ryanair to expand its Boeing fleet to over 520 aircraft.

Ryanair operates more than 1,600 flights daily from 72 bases, connecting 189 destinations in 30 countries. With a team of more than 9,700 highly skilled professionals, the airline flew more than 86 million passengers in 2014.

Also, Ryanair has reported a 29% rise in passenger numbers for February, with the low-cost carrier announcing today it carried a total of 5.8 million passengers last month, up from 4.5 million the same time last year.

The airline also said its load factor (how many seats it fills on each flight) rose 11% to 89% in February.

In a statement at the airline’s 30th Anniversary celebration of it’s first flight, CEO Michael O’Leary praised the carrier’s new “soft approach” to passenger relations and “Always Getting Better” campaign.

“If I had known that being nicer to our customers was going to work so well, I’d have been nicer to them much earlier,” O’Leary said.

Assistant Editor Oliver Wilcock reporting from Manchester.

Copyright Photo: Paul Bannwarth/AirlinersGallery.com. Boeing 737-8AS EI-ENR (msn 35041) completes its final approach to Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) in the Canary Islands.

Ryanair aircraft slide show:

Tianjin Airlines purchases 20 Embraer E-Jets and 20 E-Jets E2

Embraer has issued this statement about a new order from Tianjin Airlines (HNA Group) (Tianjin):

During Chinese President Xi Jinping’s State visit to Brazil, in a signing ceremony witnessed by the Presidents of both nations, Embraer S.A. concluded an agreement for the sale of 40 aircraft to China’s Tianjin Airlines, a subsidiary of the HNA Group. The contract, with an estimated value of $2.1 billion at list prices, is comprised of 20 E-Jets and 20 E-Jets E2, which also makes HNA Group and Tianjin Airlines the first Chinese airline to order the E-Jets E2 model.

The first current generation E-Jet will be delivered in 2015, and the first E-Jet E2 is scheduled for delivery in 2018. This order will be incorporated in Embraer’s backlog as soon as Embraer receives the initial payment from the customer.

The E-Jets E2 adopts state-of-the-art engines in combination with new aerodynamically advanced wings, full fly-by-wire flight controls and advancements in other systems, which will result in significant improvements in fuel burn, maintenance costs, emissions and external noise.

The first delivery of an E-Jet E2 is planned for the first semester of 2018.

The Embraer-Tianjin Airlines partnership is well established. Tianjin Airlines was the launch customer for the E190 in China and operates the largest E-Jets fleet in Asia with 50 E190s in its fleet. It is also the first carrier in China being appointed as an Authorized Service Center for Embraer aircraft in that country. Recently, the carrier announced to install Embraer AHEAD-PRO system for all its 50 E190s, becoming the first user of this system in China.

HNA Group Tianjin Airlines was launched as the first true regional airline in China in 2009. In 2010, the carrier changed its focus from purely regional operations to a combination of mainline and regional services. Its aim is to become a medium to large-size international airline as it pursues a new “regional aviation and global operations” strategy. In 2011, Tianjin Airlines received the “Best Regional Aviation Airline in China” and “Global Four-star Airlines” awards from Skytrax for its outstanding achievement. Today, the carrier operates a fleet of over 80 jets that serves some 90 domestic and international cities and carries over 8 million travelers.

Copyright Photo: Tomas Asensio Lopez/AirlinersGallery.com. Tianjin Airlines’ Embraer ERJ 190-100LR B-3152 (msn 19000274) is pictured on its delivery flight at Las Palmas.

Tianjin Airlines Slide Show: CLICK HERE

Norwegain continues to expand after a profitable 2009

Copyright Photo: Alejandro Hernandez Leon. Pictured at Gran Canaria, Boeing 737-8JP LN-DYB (msn 39163) was acquired on October 8, 2009 but never carries the tail likeness of Norwegian writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832-1910). Winner of the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate, Bjørnson is considered one of "The Great Four" Norwegian writers.

Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian.com) continues to expand and add new routes in Scandinavia especially Sweden. The fast-growing low-fare airline will add a weekly Stockholm (Arlanda)-Tel Avia route in March followed by new Helsinki service from both Stockholm (Arlanda) and Oslo.

The company reported its best yearly financial results in 2009 when it posted a net profit of over $75 million.

Norwegian names Boeing 737-8FZ LN-NOU in honor of Carl von Linne

Copyright Photo: Alejandro Hdez Leon. Boeing 737-8FZ LN-NOU (msn 29674) prepares to land at Gran Canaria with the new look.

Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian.com) (Oslo) has named its Boeing 737-8FZ LN-NOU (msn 29674) for Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist Carl von Linne.

His real Swedish name is Carl Linnaeus and the Latinized form is Carolus Linnaeus, the name he used most when he published his scientific works in Latin.

BQB Lineas Aereas takes delivery of its first ATR 72

Copyright Photo: Alejandro Hdez Leon. 68-seat ATR 72-212A (ATR72-500) CX-JCL (msn 805) passed through Gran Canaria on February 10 on delivery.

BQB Lineas Aereas (Montevideo) is new airline in Uruguay owned by the owner of Buquebus, Juan Carlos Lopez Ore. The new project is awaiting its AOC but it intends to start scheduled operations in either April or May. The initial routes will connect Montevideo with Punta del Este, Buenos Aires (Aeroparque), Rosario and Cordova, Salto and Porto Alegre with two ATR 72s.

BQB Slide Show: CLICK HERE

Mauritania leases 737-7L9 TS-IEA from Tunisair

Boeing 737-7L9 TS-IEA (msn 28014) has been painted in full 2007 colors of Mauritania Airways. TS-IEA taxies at Gran Canaria. Copyright Photo: Tomas Asensio Lopez.

Mauritania Airways (Nouakchott) has wet leased Boeing 737-7L9 TS-IEA (msn 28014) from Tunisair (Tunis). The new type was delivered to Tunisair on May 15, 2009.

Grand China Express restarts as Tianjin Airlines

Embraer ERJ 190-100 IGW B-3152 (msn 19000274) of Tianjin Airlines stopped at Gran Canaria on delivery. Copyright Photo: Tomas Asensio Lopez.

Grand China Express (subsidiary of HNA Group) on June 10, 2009 was relaunched as Tianjin Airlines (Tianjin) with new Embraer ERJ 190s. 20 daily flights are operated. The first flight departed at 0810 for Guiyang and Xi’an. Tianjin Airlines is a joint venture of the HNA Group, Hainan Airlines and the Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone Investment Company.

Additional information:

news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/10/content_11521782.htm

Augsburg Airways receives first ERJ 195

Augsburg's brand new Embraer ERJ 190-200LR (195) D-AEMA (msn 19000290) is pictured at Gran Canaria in the Lufthansa Regional colors. Copyright Photo: Tomas Asensio Lopez.

Augsburg Airways (Lufthansa Regional) (Augsburg and Munich) yesterday (June 9) took delivery of its first Embraer ERJ 190-200LR (195) registered D-AEMA (msn 19000290, ex PT-TZE). It is painted in Lufthansa Regional 2003 colors but with Augsburg Airways titles.