Nordic Aviation Capital has delivered one ATR 72-600, MSN 1286, to PT Transnusa Aviation Mandiri on lease. TransNusa is a privately held, regional airline operating scheduled domestic services from its main base at Makasar Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport and other bases at Kupang and Balikpapan to points in Nusa Tenggara, Kalimantan and Sulawesi. Starting June,
On June 27, 2019, AFG Aviation Ireland has successfully delivered one Airbus A320-214, MSN 2764, to Sirius Opportunities No.1 DAC, managed by World Star Aviation (UK).
Elix Aviation Capital has confirmed that it has delivered two ATR 72-500 Aircraft (MSN 699 and MSN 767), on lease to Sky Express of Greece. With these two deliveries, Elix expands its portfolio of leased assets operating in Greece, a market with short-haul routes ideally suited to the performance and efficiency of turboprops. Sky Express
Boeing is launching its latest round of flight-testing to assess new technologies that could address real-world challenges for airplane operators and passengers — from enhancing safety and sustainability to improving the flying experience. The company is debuting a Boeing 777 that will serve as the 2019 flying test bed for 50 projects. Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator program
As part of its new strategic alignment, RUAG, the international technology group, is selling its Swiss business aviation sites. The buyer of the sites at the Geneva-Cointrin and Lugano-Agno airports is the French aerospace group Dassault Aviation. The successful sale of RUAG Business Aviation AG is the first step to realign the portfolio of RUAG.
KlasJet, a European private and business charter carrier, part of the Avia Solutions Group, released its latest fleet addition – a Boeing 737-500 LY-JMS into service. With the refined economy class interior and 120 seat aircraft, KlasJet is expanding its business to new markets. The LY-JMS is mainly meant for charter flights, ACMI, and other
The Milestone Aviation Group announced the acquisition of an incremental Sikorsky S-92A aircraft, MSN 920155, bringing their total S-92A fleet to 79 units. As the largest owner of the S-92A globally, the purchase illustrates Milestone’s ongoing commitment to the type, which is the primary aircraft servicing the offshore oil and gas industry as well as
It has been reported that both pilots and all eight passengers on board a twin-engine plane, understood to be a Beechcraft King Air 350, have been killed after it crashed into a hangar moments after taking off from Dallas-Addison Airport, Texas on Sunday at 9 a.m. local time. The flight was bound for St. Petersburg,
China Southern Airlines has taken delivery of its first of 20 A350-900s, becoming the newest operator of this latest generation and highly efficient twin-engine, long-range wide-body aircraft. The Guangzhou-based carrier operates an Airbus fleet of 335 aircraft, including 282 A320 Family aircraft, 48 A330 Family aircraft and five A380 aircraft (figures at the end of
An initial report from investigators has placed the likelihood of the fatal collision between two German Eurofighter Typhoons (Eurofighters) on June 24 on pilot error, having ruled out mechanical failure, according to German news magazine Der Spiegel. The collision between the two fighter jets occurred during a training exercise in Northern Germany, with one of
