Low-cost Jeddah-based airline flyadeal, owned by Saudi Arabian Airlines, has taken delivery of a brand new A320neo, the first out of 30 to be delivered in the next three years. The aircraft is the first out of 65 A320neo-family aircraft ordered by Saudi Arabian Airlines at the Paris Airshow 2019, and will join flyadeal’s all-Airbus
Embraer´s Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions (Eve) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Brazilian operation of EDP, a multinational energy leader, to collaborate on Urban Air Mobility (UAM). Both companies will cooperate on the research of operational models for charging infrastructure solutions needed for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to
Norway-based Sundt Air has taken delivery of a brand-new Challenger 350 business jet. Sundt Air, an executive charter, aircraft management, and special mission company, will manage the Challenger 350 business jet out of Oslo. From Western Europe, the Challenger 350 business jet can take eight passengers nonstop all the way to North America or fly
AerCap has executed agreements with Delta Air Lines for the long-term lease of seven Airbus A350-900 aircraft, delivering in the third and fourth quarter of 2021. All seven aircraft are powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84 engines. “This is a significant transaction for AerCap with one of the largest and most successful airlines in the world.
United Airlines Ventures (UAV), along with Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) and Mesa Airlines, have invested in electric aircraft start-up Heart Aerospace. Heart Aerospace, located at Säve Airport in Gothenburg, Sweden, is developing the ES-19, a 19-seat electric aircraft that, before the end of this decade, has the potential to fly customers up to 250 miles .In addition
In a bid to disrupt the Canadian aviation landscape, Canadian carrier Porter Airlines has placed a firm order for 30 E195-E2 jets from Brazilian planemaker Embraer. In addition, the carrier has taken an option for a further 50 aircraft. With all options exercised, the deal is valued at US$5.82 billion at list price and Porter
BBAM is expanding its Boeing 737-800 converted freighter fleet with 12 additional firm orders. The agreement brings BBAM’s 737-800BCF orders and commitments to 31 as e-commerce and express cargo markets continue to drive strong customer demand for freighters. BBAM will be the first customer to have a 737-800BCF converted at Cooperativa Autogestionaria de Servicios Aeroindustriales
Lufthansa Cargo is investing in the expansion of its cargo capacities. From the beginning of 2022, the company will offer its customers additional capacity in Europe by permanently converting Airbus 321 passenger aircraft into freighters. For this purpose, the twin-engine medium-haul aircraft will receive large cargo doors to enable the transport of containers on the
Airbus will demonstrate its latest technological innovations and projects implemented in Russia at the International Aerospace Show which takes place in Zhukovsky from 20, to 25 of July. Key attractions will be the last-generation widebody A350-1000, which will be shown in the country for the first time, and the twin-engine EC145 rotorcraft. The A350-1000 is
AerCap Holdings (AerCap) has announced its major business transactions during the second quarter 2021: AerCap signed lease agreements for 51 aircraft, including 13 wide-body aircraft and 38 narrow-body aircraft. The company purchased 15 aircraft, including ten Airbus A320neo-family aircraft, four Boeing 737 MAX aircraft and one Embraer E2 aircraft. AerCap executed sale transactions for 12
