CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing (CDB Leasing), announced a new transaction with its long-standing customer, Scandinavian airline SAS, for a fleet of four Airbus aircraft, including three A320neos and one A350-900. The deliveries of these aircraft are expected to occur between June 2020 and May 2022. Torbjørn
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Iron Drone have entered a collaboration agreement for the integration of interception capabilities into IAI’s advanced anti-drone system, Drone Guard. The intercepting drone can be launched during day or night from a docking station that hosts several ready-to-use drones. Several intercepting drones can be launched simultaneously to address several targets
Following an extensive two-year flight test program, Airbus has successfully concluded its Autonomous Taxi, Take-Off and Landing (ATTOL) project. In completing this project, Airbus has achieved autonomous taxiing, take-off and landing of a commercial aircraft through fully automatic vision-based flight tests using on-board image recognition technology – a world-first in aviation. In total, over 500
Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has signed a long-term lease agreement for one used Airbus A319-131 aircraft with HiSky Moldova. Scheduled to deliver this September, this aircraft will be the second aircraft in the fleet of the Moldovan startup airline. “ALC is pleased to announce this second lease placement with HiSky Moldova,” said David Beker, Vice
Bombardier has announced the entry into service of the innovative, long-range Global 5500 business jet, which was recently delivered to an undisclosed customer. Last year, Bombardier announced that the Global 5500 aircraft can fly 200 nautical miles more than planned, and now has a range of 5,900 nautical miles. “This spacious and efficient aircraft is
Virgin Galactic has announced the successful completion of the second SpaceShipTwo test flight from Spaceport America. This flight follows the completion of the first test flight from the company’s commercial headquarters in New Mexico on May 1, 2020, and marks another important milestone as the team progresses toward the launch of Virgin Galactic’s commercial service.
GA Telesis (GAT) has formed GA Telesis Rotorcraft (GATR) to provide lease and finance solutions in the helicopter sector. GATR has closed its first helicopter transaction, a portfolio of Bell helicopters. GAT completed the acquisition of seven Bell 206L4 helicopters, four of which are subject to multi-year leases. Regarding the other three helicopters, one is
Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) has ordered one new H225 and four H135 helicopters as part of its fleet modernization program. Currently operating 12 H135, four H155 and six AS365 helicopters, with one H215 and two H225s already on order, NPA deploys its growing fleet for missions including law enforcement, personnel and VIP transport, goods
Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has delivered one ATR 72-600, MSN 1178, to Windrose Aviation Company, on lease. With this latest delivery NAC has welcomed a new customer and country to its portfolio. Windrose Aviation Company was founded in 2003 and in 2007, the airline received an operator’s certificate and began operating charter flights under the
Virgin Galactic, a vertically integrated aerospace company, has signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Johnson Space Center to encourage commercial participation in orbital human spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS) while enabling the development of a robust economy in Low Earth Orbit. Under the agreement, Virgin Galactic will develop a new private orbital
