AerCap ordered 15 787 Dreamliners to meet high demand, while Uganda Airlines has placed its first order with Boeing for 737 MAX and 787 Dreamliner jets. While Luxair placed an additional order for 737 jets, MSC Air Cargo has announced an order for 777-8 Freighters.
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AerCap, the leasing industry’s biggest 787 Dreamliner customer, placed a new order for 15 787-9 jets. This latest purchase increases AerCap’s 787 Dreamliner portfolio to approximately 140 airplanes. The agreement includes substitution rights for the 787-10, giving AerCap the flexibility to switch to the larger 787 Dreamliner variant that delivers more capacity and new opportunities for its airline customers.
AerCap was the first lessor to take delivery of the 787 Dreamliner in 2013. The 787 Dreamliner has since become the standard for new generation widebody airplanes, opening more than 540 new nonstop routes between city pairs that were never previously served and carrying more than 1.3 billion passengers since entering service.
Luxair, the national airline of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, has converted two options for the Boeing 737-10 into firm orders and secured options for two additional 737-10 aircraft. Following its 2024 order for two Boeing 737-10 aircraft, Luxair has now converted two options into firm orders. Once all firm orders have been delivered, Luxair’s Boeing 737 fleet will comprise of twelve aircraft: eight Boeing 737-8s and four Boeing 737-10s.
Uganda Airlines is ordering four 737-8 and four 787-9 airplanes to grow and modernize its fleet. The airline’s first-ever Boeing airplane purchase will support growing demand across its regional and international network.
The 737-8, which can fly 160-180 passengers in a two-class configuration with a range up to 3,500 nautical miles (6,480 km), is well-suited for Uganda Airlines’ intra-Africa routes and service to the Middle East and India. With a range up to 8,300 nautical miles (15,370 km), the 787-9 Dreamliners will support the airline’s high-demand long-haul routes to the Middle East, Asia and Europe.
MSC Air Cargo has purchased 5 Boeing 777-8 Freighters. The previously unidentified order is MSC Air Cargo’s first for the 777-8 Freighter. The 777-8 Freighter will be the industry’s most capable twin-engine freighter, incorporating advanced technologies as a member of the 777X family and customer-preferred features from the current generation 777 Freighter.
The 777-8 Freighter offers the highest payload and the lowest fuel use, emissions and operating cost per tonne of any large freighter. Widebody freighters fly approximately 75 percent of global air cargo capacity. The air freight sector is expected to play a crucial role in the decades ahead as e-commerce continues to grow.
Boeing has booked more than 80 orders for the 777-8 Freighter and MSC Air Cargo is the third European-based air cargo operator to order the airplane.