Airbus has delivered its last Dauphin helicopter, an AS365 N3, to the Spanish Customs Service. This helicopter will reinforce the Customs Surveillance Service’s capacity to combat drug trafficking in the Strait of Gibraltar, the Alboran Sea and in Galicia. The helicopter was customised at Airbus Helicopters’ facilities in Albacete and comes equipped with mission equipment
Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW) has announced the re-delivery of its first Airbus A330 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) converted aircraft to Altavair L.P., a global leader in commercial aviation finance and leasing. This delivery begins a series of freighter conversions that EFW is performing for its new customer, Altavair, based on technologically advanced Airbus A330 platform. Altavair currently
SWISS has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320neo featuring the new Airspace Cabin configuration. The new Airspace Cabin features slimmer sidewall panels for extra personal space at shoulder level, better views through the windows with its redesigned bezels and completely integrated window shades, large overhead bins for 60% more bag space, the latest full
flypop, the UK low-cost carrier has brought its second aircraft into service. The Airbus A330 flew into London Stansted Airport, flypop’s headquarters, where the team celebrated the airline’s growing fleet. flypop has been partnering with Hi Fly airline for zero LOPA cargo operations over the past few months to meet the growing international demand for
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) had successfully completed the placement of 14 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft with two long-standing customers. The order was placed with Boeing in March 2021. Aeroméxico will receive 12 aircraft and Icelandair will receive two aircraft. Deliveries commenced in October 2021 and all aircraft are scheduled to be delivered before the
AutoFlight, the Chinese eVTOL pioneer, continues its global expansion and is establishing its first location in Europe. A team led by former Airbus manager Mark R. Henning is now ramping up at Augsburg Airport in Germany. The team’s first task is to achieve European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification for AutoFlight’s air taxi ‘Prosperity I’,
The national airline of the Maldives, Island Aviation Services (dba. Maldivian) and ATR have signed a contract for the purchase of the airline’s first ATR aircraft: two ATR 72-600s and one ATR 42-600. The three aircraft will be delivered in 2022. The ATR 72-600s and ATR 42-600 will benefit from the new PW127XT engines, offering
AerCap Holdings (AerCap) has announced its major business transactions during the full-year and fourth quarter 2021: AerCap completed the GECAS transaction on November 1, 2021, making AerCap a worldwide industry leader across all areas of aviation leasing: aircraft, engines and helicopters. During the full year 2021 the company raised long-term funding of approximately US$30.5 billion,
TrueNoord, the specialist regional aircraft lessor, has delivered two new ATR 42-600s to existing lessee Silver Airways. The aircraft join the ATR 72-600 delivered to Silver Airways in May 2021, increasing TrueNoord’s portfolio with the American passenger and cargo regional carrier to three aircraft. Garry Topp, TrueNoord Sales Director – Americas, comments: “It is very
Texel Air, an established airline and MRO based in the Kingdom of Bahrain, has launched the latest addition to its fleet and the very-first for the region, a 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF). The 737-800BCF is a full-freighter aircraft that is highly in demand in the global air cargo market and is the first of
