Virgin Galactic, an aerospace and space travel company, has announced an agreement with Aurora Flight Sciences (Aurora), a Boeing company, to partner in the design and manufacture of the company’s next-generation motherships. The mothership is the air launch carrier aircraft in Virgin Galactic’s space flight system that carries the spaceship to its release altitude of
Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has executed a lease agreement for seven E175/E190 aircraft with LOT Polish Airlines, which is the flag carrier of Poland, based in Warsaw. These deliveries were in conjunction with a fleet roll-over of leased Q400 aircraft. Furthermore, NAC has confirmed that it has executed a lease agreement for four ATR72-600’s with Olympic
The dispute between Airbus and Qatar Airways has gathered further momentum with the European planemaker cancelling the fourth of six A350s, this one at the end of June. It is anticipated that the A350 due for delivery at the end of July will also be cancelled by Airbus. The spat has developed over a difference
ST Engineering’s aviation asset management business will lease four Airbus narrow-body Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) aircraft consisting of two A320P2Fs and two A321P2Fs to Malaysian cargo operator, Raya Airways. Raya Airways’ Group Managing Director, Mohamad Najib Ishak, said, “The air cargo industry, being an integral part of the global supply chain, is expected to grow in tandem
Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) has delivered an ACJ319neo, powered by CFM International LEAP-1A engines, to a new West European undisclosed private customer from the final assembly line in Hamburg. The aircraft will be managed by Jet Aviation and will be available for charter flights. The ACJ319neo joins more than 2,200 A320neo and A321neo aircraft already in service
Subsequent to last December’s order for a combination of 100 Airbus A320neo and A321neo aircraft, Air France KLM have announced that the CFM International LEAP-1A engine will be used to power the aircraft and has placed an order for 200 units, concluding exclusive negotiations which began in April of this year. The aircraft will be
Voyager Aviation Holdings (VAH) has announced the signing of a purchase agreement with a fellow blue chip aircraft leasing firm for seven young and in-production aircraft, all of which are on long-term leases with strong credit quality airlines. The assets include two Airbus A321-200s, two Boeing 737-800s, two Airbus A320-200 and one Boeing787-8. The average
Goshawk Aviation, a leading Dublin-based global aircraft lessor, delivered one Airbus A320 aircraft to Avion Express, the Lithuanian ACMI operator headquartered in Vilnius, on June 27. Stephen O’Dwyer, Airline Sales & Marketing EMEA at Goshawk said: “As we commence the European summer season, we are delighted to be delivering this A320 to Avion Express, the
Airbus, the European planemaker, has confirmed that it has secured orders for 300 of its jets from the top-three Chinese state airlines, Air China, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines. Boeing was quick to point to Airbus’ success as a consequence of “constructive dialogue” between Beijing and European governments, while pushing for Chinese and
Embraer and Pratt & Whitney have successfully tested a GTF-powered E195-E2 aircraft on 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The test, with one engine running on 100% SAF, validated that GTF engines and the E-Jets E2 family can fly on both engines with blends of up to 100% SAF without any compromise to safety or performance.
