Shares in Virgin Galactic jumped nearly 40% on news that Sir Richard Branson’s spaceship company has been given approval for passengers to fly into space on a commercial basis, while putting pressure on ‘space race’ rivals Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos with Space X and Blue Origin, respectively. Shares in Virgin Galactic have all but
BOC Aviation has delivered three of four new Airbus A321neo aircraft for lease to Scoot Airlines (Scoot). The aircraft will be powered by Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower® PW1100G-JM engines. Robert Martin, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, BOC Aviation, said: “We are delighted to have delivered these aircraft to Scoot, and we’re pleased to be
An agreement signed on June 25 has positioned Airways Aviation as the launch customer in France for VoltAero’s family of Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft, to be deployed for regional mobility and for pilot training. Based on this memorandum of understanding (MoU), VoltAero will collaborate with Airways Aviation on defining the utilization of Cassio aircraft in its
Embraer subsidiary Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions, Inc. (Eve) has chosen to partner with Blade Air Mobility, Inc. (Blade) for the provision of up to 60,000 hours of flight time for urban air mobility (UAM) electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOLs), from 2026 onwards, to be used for the Southern Florida and American West
Boeing is facing multiple hurdles as China makes it clear that it does not intend to approve, in the near future, alterations made to the Boeing 737 MAX, despite its return to service in the West in April this year. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) was the first agency to ground the 737
Helvetic Airways of Switzerland has taken delivery of the first of four new E195-E2 aircraft at Embraer’s facility in São José dos Campos. Helvetic will receive three further E195-E2s by the end of next month, July 2021. Helvetic ordered 12 E-Jet E2s in 2018 to support its fleet renewal initiative: eight E190-E2s (already in service)
On June 21, 2021 Australian independent regional and domestic airline REX Airlines (RAL) signed an agreement to purchase one CFM56 engine from MTU Maintenance Lease Services B.V., a subsidiary of MTU Aero Engines. This engine will enhance RAL’s existing capability in maintaining better aircraft supportability for its fleet of Boeing 737-800NG jets. This will be
Jackson Square Aviation (JSA) has completed its sixth Boeing 737-800 aircraft delivery on lease to Transavia France (TVF). This delivery completes the final part of a six-aircraft long-term lease package transaction with the airline. Following a transition and modification program to align the aircraft with the TVF specifications, JSA has sequentially delivered these six aircraft
Embraer’s Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions (Eve) and leading vertiport company Skyports have formed a partnership to develop urban air mobility (UAM) solutions, with a focus on vehicle-vertiport operations in early adopter markets in Asia and the Americas. The agreement extends the relationship between the two organizations, which began in early 2020 while Eve was
The largest of the 737 MAX family of aircraft, the MAX 10, completed its maiden flight at Renton Field, Washington, on Friday June 18, 2021. The plane took off at 10.07 a.m. and landed at 12.38 a.m. at Boeing Field in Seattle. “The airplane performed beautifully,” said 737 Chief Pilot Capt. Jennifer Henderson. “The profile
