Aircraft & Engines

Boeing has forecast steady growth and greater sustainability for Europe’s commercial aviation fleet over the next 20 years, as the vast majority of the existing fleet is replaced with more fuel-efficient models. Enabled by low-cost carriers and a rapidly expanding leisure travel market, European carriers will need 8,705 new airplanes valued at US$1.46 trillion (€1.25

FAI rent-a-jet GmbH (FAI), Germany’s Special Mission Operator, has configured one of its seven Global Express aircraft (D-AFAM) as a dedicated air ambulance. The move follows increasing demand from the market for ultra-long-range air ambulance missions.  FAI has completed ten ultra-long-range air ambulance missions over the past two months alone. The company is focused on

GECAS has reached an agreement to provide three A320neo and one A321NX narrow-body aircraft from its skyline to PLAY, the newly operating Icelandic low-cost airline.  The aircraft are scheduled to be delivered between autumn 2022 and spring 2023. Based in Reykjavík’s Keflavík International Airport and commencing operations in June of this year, PLAY’s current fleet

Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions (EVE) and Helipass, SAS, have announced a new collaboration to accelerate and deploy electrical vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, also known in the market as EVA (Electrical Vertical Aircraft), across France and Europe. The partnership aims to fly Eve’s electric aircraft for a total of 50,000 flight hours per

Collins Aerospace continues to make progress on actuation capabilities for the U.K.’s Tempest program. Under a contract with BAE Systems, Collins will develop a number of demonstration components as part of continuing technology de-risking work on the program. Collins will support the program from its Actuation Systems headquarters in Wolverhampton, U.K. Since announcing it had

The Phoenix Police Department has signed a new order to upgrade its airborne law enforcement helicopter fleet with five new Airbus H125 helicopters. Deliveries are expected to begin next year. “We spent a lot of time analyzing which platform would best fit all of our operational needs as we began to renew our fleet, and

Air New Zealand and aircraft manufacturer Airbus have announced a joint initiative to research how hydrogen-powered aircraft could assist the airline with reaching its goal of net zero emissions by 2050. Under the MoU, Air New Zealand will analyze the impact hydrogen aircraft may have on its network, operations and infrastructure, while Airbus will provide hydrogen aircraft performance requirements

LCI, and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Company, Limited (SMFL) have acquired and committed to an additional twelve next-generation helicopters within their helicopter leasing joint venture. The helicopters, which are worth in excess of US$120 million, represent a more-than 50% expansion of the joint venture’s fleet less than a year after it was launched. The

TrueNoord has signed a strategic agreement with Greek operator SKY express for new ATR-600s that are on a phased fleet induction program with operating leases. Funding for the aircraft was provided by TrueNoord’s revolving warehouse facility underwritten by Citibank, Société Générale, and Royal Bank of Canada.  CMS acted as legal counsel for TrueNoord on the