Air Tracker February 7, 2018 Vol1 Ep17 Miguel Garza

Hi and Good Morning to all of our listeners out there. I'm Miguel Garza and here is your mba Air Tracker daily news for February 7th, 2018: In mba news: mba released a quarterly value update for its aircraft appraisal platform, REDBOOK. Exclusive aircraft market insights for Q1 2018 can be found on mba's company website under "insight series." In Deliveries and Transactions Aeroflot took delivery of one A321-200 Thai AirAsia took delivery of one A320neo Norwegian Air UK took delivery of one 787-9 Dreamliner Korean Airlines took delivery of one triple 7 300 Ethiopian Airlines took delivery of one A350-900 Vueling in Spain took delivery of an A320 from Goshawk Bangkok Airways ordered four ATR 72-600s from the 2018 Singapore Airshow with delivery scheduled between October 2018 and March 2019 In Earnings and Fundings Boeing Reports almost $1Billion inServices Orders at the 2-18 Singapore Airshow Bombardier foresees massive growth for the commercial aircraft market in the Asia-Pacific region with forecasts of the region taking delivery of 2,050 aircraft Airbus estimates that the MRO business is worth over $660 Billion over the next 20 years and expects the Asia MRO market to grow by 4.5% annually leading up to 2036. Lufthansa prepares for growing competition in the German market after the AirBerlin insolvency and expects a 10% increase in capacity. In other news Embraer is still waiting for a formal proposal from Boeing who has expressed interest in merging the manufacturers. In the US, more than 800 flights were cancelled on Tuesday in anticipation of a storm system forecasted to bring snow and ice to the Northeast and Ohio Valley The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China pushes its targeted first delivery of its C919 single-aisle jet to 2021 SpaceX successfully launched the new Falcon Heavy Spacecraft, which is the world's most powerful operational vehicle with capabilities of lifting more than twice the payload of the next closes spacecraft - the Delta IV Heavy Thanks for listening and join us again next week for more daily aviation news!