Kuwait Airways, the national airline of Kuwait, has received its first two A330neos. These aircraft are the first of eight A330neos ordered by the airline. The carrier currently operates a fleet of 15 Airbus aircraft comprising seven A320ceos, three A320neos and five A330ceos. This event also marks Airbus’ first A330-800 delivery. The new-generation wide-body aircraft is
Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has delivered one new Airbus A321-200neo LR aircraft on long-term lease to Titan Airways (United Kingdom). Featuring CFM International LEAP-1A33 engines, this aircraft is the first of two A321-200neo LRs confirmed to deliver to the British carrier from ALC’s order book with Airbus. The second A321-200neo LR aircraft is scheduled to
GECAS Cargo has signed an agreement with Kalitta Air for three Boeing 777-300ERSF aircraft. With this agreement, Kalitta will be the first operator of the new passenger-to-freighter type, adding to their already sizable all-cargo fleet when these aircraft deliver in 2023. Dubbed “The Big Twin,” the 777-300ERSF will be the largest ever twin-engine freighter. As
Cotswold Airport will be the permanent home to an iconic British Airways 747 aircraft for locals and visitors to enjoy. The Boeing 747, registration G-CIVB, will be permanently retired at Cotswold Airport, near Kemble in Gloucestershire. The aircraft is painted in the unique Negus livery which adorned British Airways planes in the 1970s and 1980s.
ST Engineering, Airbus and Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) achieved a key milestone in their joint A321 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion program in September this year with the re-delivery of the ‘head of version’ to launch customer, Vallair. The A321 converted freighter, operated by Qantas for Australia Post, entered service on October 27, 2020. EFW had received the
Airbus has delivered its first U.S.-assembled A220 aircraft from Mobile, Alabama, underlining the aircraft manufacturer’s role as a global aircraft producer and heralding the arrival of a new era in Airbus aircraft production in the United States. The aircraft was delivered to Delta Air Lines. Several milestones led up to this historic moment. From the
The head of China’s aviation regulator, Feng Zhenglin, has advised that the country currently has no plans to lift the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX, having been the first country to ban the aircraft from flying after two fatal crashes. Zhenglin confirmed that China would be prepared to lift the ban once the jet
Embraer has delivered a total of 28 jets in the third quarter of 2020, of which seven were commercial aircraft and 21 were executive jets (19 light and two large). As of September 30, the firm order backlog totaled US$15.1 billion. During the third-quarter, Embraer Executive Jets reached the milestone of the 250th business jet in
VALLAIR has signed an LoI (Letter of Intent) with U.S.-based Global Crossing Airlines (GlobalX) to lease ten converted A321 freighter aircraft. Vallair has been engaged in cargo conversions since 2015 and this ground-breaking agreement will see the Company take its pioneering A321 freighter program to the next level. The first GlobalX A321 will be delivered
AJW Group has purchased three Airbus A330-200 aircraft for teardown. The three ex-Thomas Cook U.K. aircraft, which were manufactured in 1999, are all powered by RB211 Trent 700 engines with GTCP331-350 Auxiliary Power Units. The aircraft will be disassembled on-site at Manchester Airport. With nearly 90 years of experience at the forefront of the aircraft component supply industry, AJW
