Porter Aviation Holdings, the parent company of Porter Airlines, has secured financing from the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) for up to 19 Embraer E195-E2 aircraft, covering deliveries through December 2030. The financing, backed by export credit insurance from Brazil’s Export Credit Guarantee Fund (FGE), supports aircraft from Porter’s existing firm order for 75 E195-E2s. The […]
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Icelandair has agreed to lease six Airbus A320neo aircraft from Aircastle, further advancing its fleet renewal programme. The Pratt & Whitney-powered aircraft, built between 2018 and 2020, are scheduled to enter service before summer 2028. The agreement follows the airline’s recently announced lease of four A320neos from AviLease, due to join the fleet in spring
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Boeing has completed the final planned certification flight test for the 737-10, marking the end of a flight test campaign spanning 976 flights, more than 2,060 flight hours and around 1,040 ground test hours. The programme validated key certification requirements, including landing gear performance, braking on wet runways, engine anti-ice systems and the enhanced angle
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Willis Lease Finance Corporation (WLFC) has secured a five-year agreement with Pratt & Whitney, an RTX business, to provide long-term storage and lease return services for PW1100G-JM, PW1500G, PW1900G, PW4000 and IAE AG V2500 engines. Under the agreement, WLFC will support Pratt & Whitney’s expanding aftermarket storage requirements from its facilities in Coconut Creek, Florida,
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Airbus has completed the longest point-to-point flight ever undertaken by an A350-1000ULR flight-test aircraft, flying non-stop from Toulouse to Melbourne before returning to France as part of development testing for Qantas’ Project Sunrise programme. The campaign began on July 23, when test aircraft MSN707 departed Toulouse for Melbourne. Five days later, the aircraft flew back
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Rise Air has ordered an additional ATR 72-600, extending its fleet renewal programme as it expands regional air services across Saskatchewan and northern Canada. The aircraft, leased from Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), is currently in production and is scheduled for delivery at the end of 2026, with entry into service planned for early 2027. It
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Safran Helicopter Engines and Aura Aero have signed a development and integration agreement for the hybrid-electric propulsion system of the ERA regional aircraft, marking a key step towards the programme’s first flight and certification. The agreement covers the integration of Safran’s TG600 turbogenerators into the 19-seat hybrid-electric aircraft prototype and follows a memorandum of understanding
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Bird Aviation has signed a long-term agreement with easyJet to provide base maintenance services for the airline’s Airbus A320-family fleet. The contract covers two maintenance lines at Bird Aviation’s facility in Larnaca, Cyprus, for an initial seven-year term, with an option to extend the agreement by a further three years. The deal formalises and extends
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ANA Holdings has approved an order for eight additional Embraer E190-E2 regional jets, expanding its fleet renewal programme and regional network strategy in Japan. The aircraft, approved by the company’s board on July 29, are in addition to the 20 E190-E2s announced in February 2025, comprising 15 firm orders and five options. The latest order
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Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has completed its previously announced acquisition of Macquarie AirFinance (MAF) in a transaction with an enterprise value of about US$9 billion. The deal expands DAE’s portfolio to around 1,000 owned, managed and committed aircraft, cementing its position as the world’s third-largest aircraft lessor by fleet value and number of owned and
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