LATAM Airlines Brasil Airbus A319-100 Also on ch-aviation
Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta ) is set to join its regional rival Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Ababa ) in transforming its B787s into makeshift freighters, Chief Executive Allan Kilavuka told Kenya’s Business Daily Africa.
The Kenyan national carrier has already secured lessor approval to remove seats from two of its B787-8 s. The conversion of the Boeing widebodies is due to be completed by year-end. Current plans only foresee the jets being reconfigured back into passenger carriers after a period of two years.
Kenya Airways used its B787-8s for cargo-only flights this year, but has so far refrained from removing their seats. Globally, the B787s have only been rarely converted into makeshift freighters. According to the Cargofacts database, the global fleet of makeshift Dreamliner freighters is currently limited to two B787-9 s operated by Ethiopian Airlines and one -9 operated by LATAM Airlines (LA, Santiago de Chile Int’l ).
According to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module, Kenya Airways currently operates nine B787-8s, including six owned units, two dry-leased from…
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson ) is reportedly in talks with Airbus to defer the delivery of 40 aircraft, initially due in 2020, "beyond" year-end, sources told Bloomberg newswire.
Both the carrier and the manufacturer declined to comment on the specifics of the report. The sources did not go into details as to the composition of the deferrals variant-wise.
According to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module, the carrier has a total of 231 outstanding orders from Airbus, comprising fourteen A220-100 s, fifty A220-300 s, twenty-five A321-200 s, 100 A321-200N s, thirty A330-900 s, and twelve A350-900 s. According to its annual report for 2019, Delta Air Lines also has fifty options for A220-300s and 100 options for A321-200Ns. The airline also has firm orders for three more CRJ900ER s but has no commitments from Boeing or other manufacturers. The carrier’s aircraft purchase commitments also include four A350-900s from LATAM Airlines (LA, Santiago de Chile Int’l ).
The airline’s deliveries plan for 2020, as reported at the end of 2019,…
