Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has placed an order for four new Boeing 747-8 freighters in a transaction that furthers the company’s strategic growth plan. The aircraft will enable the company to meet strong customer demand in the airfreight market, particularly the fast-growing e-commerce and express sectors. The company’s business model provides the flexibility to operate
Skyworld Aviation has kick-started 2021 with the sale of two further Avro RJ100s on behalf of Braathens, serial numbers E3244 and E3250. This follows the placement of two Avro RJ100s to CFS Aero at the end of 2020. Summit Air of Canada will take delivery of SE-DSR and SE- DSV in Norwich, U.K. during the next
The Leonardo AW139 intermediate twin-engine helicopter will be the new presidential transport helicopter in the Republic of Colombia. The aircraft, in a special VVIP configuration, is expected to be delivered in spring this year and will be operated by the Colombian Air Force. The supply of this helicopter will make the Colombian Air Force the
Elix Aviation Capital (Elix) has delivered one Dash 8-202, MSN 516, on lease to Air Kenya Express. This is the first aircraft Elix has delivered to Air Kenya. With this new delivery, Elix continues to expand its leasing services in the African market. Elix Aviation Capital is a regional aircraft leasing platform established in 2013 to
Indonesian low-cost carrier Sriwijaya Air has confirmed that Flight SJY 182 from Jakarta to Pontianak crashed shortly after take-off on Saturday, January 9, 11 nautical miles north of Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. Debris from the aircraft including a plane registration number, wheels from the landing gear, and life vests, together with body parts have been
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has reported its business transactions update for the full year 2020 for its aircraft leasing division, DAE Capital. The number of new underwriting aircraft purchase commitments in the full year 2020 was 55 aircraft (owned: 38; managed: 17) and the number of acquired aircraft was 38 (owned: 23; managed: 15). DAE
Rolls-Royce has announced that it will suspend its UltraFan geared-turbofan jet engine once the current testing phase is completed, which will be in 2022. Over US$800 million has been invested in the program which began approaching seven years ago. The British engine maker has indicated that it is not scrapping the engine but will instead
Skyworld Aviation has ended 2020 with the sale of two Avro RJ 100 aircraft, serial numbers E3245 (SE-DSS) and 3248 (SE-DSU). This transaction marks its 600th aircraft placement. SE-DSS and SE-DSU were sold to CFS Aero, a maintenance and repair facility with EASA Part 145 and FAA Part 145 approval, specializing in Honeywell ALF502 and LF507
ST Engineering, Airbus, and their joint venture Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) have redelivered an A321 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) aircraft to BBAM Limited Partnership (BBAM), a leading aircraft lease management company. This is the first A321P2F redelivery made to BBAM, with several more units to come as contracted with EFW. This first BBAM A321 converted freighter will be
BOC Aviation has posted its operational transactions for the full year 2020, ended December 31, 2020. At the end of 2020, BOC Aviation owned, managed and had on order a total fleet of 553 aircraft. The average aircraft age was 3.5 years and the average remaining lease term was 8.6 years for the 358 owned
