Aircraft & Engines

Goshawk, the Dublin-based global aircraft lessor, has delivered its first aircraft to Lufthansa. The Airbus A350-900 will complement Lufthansa’s existing order book and is an exciting milestone for Goshawk as it opens a partnership with the German flag-carrier. Stephen Murphy, Head of Airline Marketing at Goshawk welcomed the news saying, “Lufthansa represents an instantly recognisable

Rex has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with a lessor for the lease of one Boeing 737-800NG. The aircraft is expected to be available for service after its major check. Rex’s Deputy Chairman, the Hon John Sharp AM, said, “With the full reopening of borders, Rex will continue to expand its domestic fleet and

APOC Aviation and SmartLynx Airlines have worked together to purchase a package of four Airbus A321 airframes. The frames, MSNs 941, 961, 1185 and 1241, were acquired in passenger configuration and will be converted into freighters which will join the SmartLynx fleet early next year. Jasper van den Boogaard, VP Airframe Acquisition & Trading at

Textron Aviation has achieved Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) type certification for the Cessna Citation XLS Gen2 business jet and has delivered the first customer aircraft to a long-time Citation operator in the Midwest. The Cessna Citation XLS Gen2 is the latest model of the Citation 560XL midsize business jet series, which began with the introduction

Airbus has deployed an airBaltic A220-300 passenger aircraft to the Asia-Pacific region as part of its latest demonstration tour. The aircraft had already made a demonstration flight in Sydney (Australia) and will next fly to Singapore. The week-long campaign will see the aircraft make two more stops, one in Hanoi (Vietnam) and one in Tokyo

Latvian airline airBaltic has agreed to wet lease one Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-900ER aircraft. The aircraft and its crew will perform flights within airBaltic’s network short-term starting from May 1, 2022. Martin Gauss, airBaltic Chief Executive Officer: “Ukraine International Airlines has been a reliable long-term partner of airBaltic. It is now a very challenging

Virgin Atlantic has unveiled the first phase of its fleet growth programme which will see it acquire four new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft introduced to its network and those Fokker twin-engine F100 aircraft which are retired from service will be replaced by Boeing 737-700s. The carrier currently operates a fleet of 10 F100s.  

Pratt & Whitney has released that 1,000 Airbus A320neo-family aircraft powered by GTF engines have now been delivered to airlines around the world. The 1,000th aircraft was an A321neo delivered to Wizz Air in Budapest, Hungary. The airline has selected GTF engines to power 276 A320neo family aircraft, of which 54 have now been delivered.

Go2Sky of Slovakia has leased one Boeing 737-800 aircraft, MSN 34684, from a Dublin-based lessor. The aircraft was manufactured in 2006 and had been operated by TUIfly since new. The aircraft is painted white and is equipped with Scimitar winglets and 189Y leather seats. It was delivered to Go2Sky in Lleida, Spain on April 27, 2022.  The lease was arranged