Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has lifted the temporary suspension on Boeing 737 MAX aircraft operating to or from Australia. While no Australian airlines currently operate the Boeing 737 MAX, two foreign airlines flew these aircraft types to Australia before the COVID-19 pandemic – Singapore-based SilkAir (now Singapore Airlines) and Fiji Airways. Both the
Express service provider DHL Express and SmartLynx Malta have signed a new partnership agreement for the introduction of two newly converted Airbus A321-200 freighters joining DHL’s European air fleet. The new technically advanced narrow-body fleet type is adding capacity to meet the increasing demand for express cargo transportation worldwide combined with further improving DHL’s unit
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has signed an agreement with GE Aviation to purchase GEnx-2B engines for its four Boeing 747-8 Freighters along with a 20-year TrueChoice Overhaul agreement, which covers the time and material required to overhaul the GEnx-2B engines. The agreements are valued at more than US$800 million at list price over the life
ACIA Aero Leasing (ACIA) has completed the transition of two aircraft to Air Express Algeria. The deliveries include one Beechcraft B1900D (UE-379) and one LET 410 (MSN 3001). The deliveries took place in February 2021. These aircraft are part of a three-aircraft transaction with the third aircraft, a further Beechcraft B1900D, scheduled to deliver in March
KLM Cityhopper, the regional subsidiary of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, has received its first Embraer E195-E2 in a ceremony at Embraer’s facility in Brazil. This first E2 delivery to KLM, and lessor ICBC Aviation Leasing, brings the total number of Embraer jets in the KLM Cityhopper fleet to 50. The total order for 35 jets,
After an incident over Denver at the weekend where one of the Pratt & Whitney engines on a Boeing 777 caught fire, the U.K has banned all other 777s with this engine type from entering its airspace. In turn, Boeing has advised all airlines which operate this older model of aircraft, the 777-200 and 777-300,
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has signed long-term lease agreements for seven Airbus A321neo aircraft with IndiGo, India’s largest passenger airline. All seven aircraft will be powered by CFM International’s Leading Edge Aviation Propulsion (LEAP) engines and are scheduled to be delivered in 2021. Firoz Tarapore, Chief Executive Officer of DAE said: “We are delighted to
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that from January 29 this year, it has been monitoring the flights of all Boeing’s 737 MAX jets using data supplied by Aireon LLC, a traffic surveillance company. In November 2020, both Aireon and L3Harris Technologies announced a new partnership with the FAA which gave the FAA
Air Côte d’Ivoire, Ivory Coast’s flagship carrier based in Abidjan, has taken delivery of its first A320neo, becoming the first operator of the type in the West-African region. This latest-generation aircraft will join Air Côte d’Ivoire’s existing Airbus fleet of six aircraft. With improved levels of efficiency, this new aircraft will be deployed on Air
ORIX Aviation Systems have been appointed as the exclusive remarketing agent in respect of a package of 14 aircraft, consisting of 12 B737 MAX-8 (LEAP 1B engines) and two B787-9 (Trent 1000 engines), on behalf of the secured financiers of the aircraft. All 14 aircraft are currently leased to Norwegian Air Shuttle. ORIX Aviation was
