Ethiopian Airlines Group, the flag carrier of Ethiopia- and Africa’s largest airline group, has up-sized four of its A350-900 on order to the largest variant of the A350 family, the A350-1000, becoming Africa’s first customer for the aircraft. Ethiopian Airlines has already ordered 22 A350-900s, of which 16 aircraft have been delivered. With the A350-1000
LCI, a leading aviation company and a subsidiary of the Libra Group, has announced an order for up to six H175 super-medium helicopters from Airbus, valued at over US$125 million (£103 million). The order is for two confirmed aircraft with the first H175 set to be delivered to LCI in late 2023. The agreement provides
CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing (CDB Leasing), has delivered one Boeing 737-800 aircraft to Corendon Airlines Europe (Corendon), a Corendon Airlines charter subsidiary based in Malta. “We are very pleased that the Corendon team have put their faith in CDB Aviation to secure the lease of this
On July 20, 2022, AFG Aviation Ventures No. 1 (Ireland), a wholly owned subsidiary of Aircraft Finance Germany, has completed the acquisition of one Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4 engine, bearing ESN 31391, from a subsidiary of Florida-based Gryphon Aviation Leasing. The engine is currently on its way to Budapest (Hungary) where it awaits installation on a Boeing
Qatar Airways and CFM International have signed an agreement for installed and spare LEAP-1B engines to power the airline’s new fleet of 25 firm-ordered Boeing 737-10 aircraft announced at the Farnborough Airshow, along with a services agreement that covers the entire fleet. The national airline of the state of Qatar has been a CFM customer
Airbus has successfully tested a removable firefighting demonstrator kit on the A400M new-generation airlifter during a flight test campaign in Spain. The test campaign took place in daylight conditions with a minimum operating height of 150 ft, flight speeds as low as 125 knots and drops involving up to 20 tonnes of water from the
Embraer delivered 32 jets in the second quarter of 2022, of which 11 were commercial and 21 were executive jets (12 light and nine large). As of June 30, the company has delivered a total of 46 aircraft (17 commercial and 29 executive). The firm order backlog at the end of 2Q22 stood at US$17.8
The Kodiak 900 has made its world debut at AirVenture Oshkosh on July 25, with Daher’s introduction of this larger, faster version of the robust and rugged Kodiak 100 – filling out the company’s airplane product line in joining the TBM 910 and TBM 960 very-fast turboprop aircraft. Inheriting the Kodiak 100’s remarkable qualities as
Los Angeles-based Ampaire has announced the successful completion of an 1,880-statute-mile mission from Los Angeles to Oshkosh in Wisconsin. The journey included a record-breaking 1,135 non-stop flight for an electric-hybrid aircraft between Mojave in California and Hays in Kansas on July 21. Compared to a standard Cessna Skymaster, the EEL produced fuel savings of approximately
German Airline Condor Flugdienst GmbH has selected the A320neo family to modernise its single-aisle fleet. The agreement will cover 41 aircraft, via lease and via direct purchase. The aircraft will be powered by Pratt & Whitney engines. “After we will have replaced our entire long-haul fleet with state-of-the-art two-litre aircraft by the beginning of 2024,
