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Aircraft & Engines

Aergo Capital finances two B737-900ER with DVB Bank

Aergo Capital (Dublin & Hong Kong) has partnered with DVB Bank (London Branch) to finance two 2008 vintage Boeing B737-900ER aircraft, both subject to long term leases with Lion Air (Indonesia). Smith Gambrell & Russell acted as borrower counsel, A&L Goodbody acted as Irish transaction counsel and Blakes, Mochtar Karuwin Komar acted as Indonesian counsel

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Bombardier sells five Learjet 75 aircraft to undisclosed customer

Bombardier has reported that an undisclosed customer has purchased five Learjet 75 aircraft. The transaction is valued at approximately US$69 million dollars based on 2019 list prices. This latest announcement follows the landmark achievement Bombardier’s fleet of Learjet aircraft set earlier in 2019, when the fleet surpassed the 25 million flight-hour mark, adding yet another

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Sukhoi Superjet-100 won’t be grounded despite fatal crash

When questioned whether the Russian-built Sukhoi Seperjet-100 would be grounded following Sunday’s fatal Aeroflot crash which killed 41 people, the country’s transport minister, Yevgeny Ditrikh, commented bluntly that “There are no grounds for that.” The Sukhoi Superjet-100 is the first new passenger jet to be developed in Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union

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RUAG delivers new Dornier 228 to Japanese operator New Central Airservice

Japanese operator, New Central Airservice (NCA), together with their longstanding partner, Sojitz Aerospace Corporation (SOASCO), have accepted delivery of their factory new 19-passenger commuter aircraft during a ceremony at the RUAG MRO International facilities in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, on March 29, 2019. A RUAG Dornier 228 crew ferried the aircraft to Japan, on the customer’s behalf,

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Airbus delivers first A321LR to Air Transat

Air Transat, a Canadian leisure and holiday travel airline, has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321LR aircraft. The A321LR is one of 15 the Montreal-based carrier is scheduled to receive. Air Transat leases the A321LR from AerCap. The A321LR, with its unique Airbus Cabin Flex configuration allowing for installation of additional fuel tanks, will

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41 believed dead as Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet-100 catches fire mid-flight

An Aeroflot Sukhoi Superject-100 with 78 passengers on board caught fire after taking off from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport a 17:15 local time, Sunday, en route for the city of Murmansk. According to the Interfax news agency, the flight crew issued a distress signal shortly after take-off, but the plane apparently failed with its first attempted

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Fiji Airways opts for the A350 XWB as part of its expansion plans

Fiji Airways has adopted the A350 XWB as part of its expansion plans to broaden its international network. Two A350-900s will be leased from Dubai-based DAE Capital, making Fiji Airways the newest operator and DAE Capital the latest customer. With its common type rating with the A330 Family, the A350 XWB was the natural aircraft

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