Airbus has transferred the first of 100 A321neo’s, powered by the CFM International LEAP-1A engine, to American Airlines. The first A321neo left Hamburg early Friday morning bound for Pittsburgh, PA. Subsequently, American Airbus technicians in Pittsburgh are currently preparing the aircraft, MSN8647, for its first customer flights
Elbe Flugzeug Werke (EFW) has delivered a converted A330-200 to Egyptair from Dresden. Indeed, this is the second passenger-to-freighter aircraft sent from EFW to Cairo/Egypt. The aircraft finished its acceptance processes and ground tests in late January. Subsequently, Egyptair Cargo is replacing the older A300-600P2f freighters with more of the newer A330-200’s . Egyptair hopes to
Orders for CFM International’s two product lines have achieved near-record levels in 2018, with the company booking orders for a total of 3,337 engines, including 126 CFM56 engines (commercial, military and spares) and 3,211 LEAP engines (including commitments and spares). Since receiving the first orders in 2011, CFM has garnered more than 17,275 total LEAP
Embraer and SkyWest have signed a firm order for nine E175 jets, with deliveries expected to begin in 2019. The order has a value of US$422 million, based on current list prices, and was already included in Embraer’s 2018 fourth-quarter backlog. SkyWest Airlines will operate all nine E175s, featuring a 76-seat configuration. SkyWest provides commercial
Air Senegal’s first A330neo has touched down at Blaise-Diagne International Airport in Dakar. The A330neo, painted in the livery of Air Senegal is named “Casamance”. Air Senegal, which has started operations in 2018, is set to receive its first A330neo in the coming weeks making it the first African airline to receive and operate the
Qatar Airways it will convert 10 of its 50 Airbus A321neo on order to the Airbus A321LR (long range) variant of the A320 family. The A321LR is a type of A321neo, which has extra fuel tanks as well as a higher maximum take-off weight to give the aircraft additional range. Qatar Airways will use the
Franco-Italian turboprop manufacturer ATR, maintained its leadership on the market in 2018, showing a solid performance. The company has delivered 76 aircraft, booked 52 firm orders and stabilised its annual turnover at US$ 1.8 billion. With a total of 165 orders and 154 deliveries between 2017 and 2018, ATR achieved a book to bill ratio
The first Trent 1000 engine repaired at Delta TechOps’ engine overhaul facility in Atlanta, Georgia is ready to return to service. Delta TechOps is a Trent Authorised Maintenance Centre. The first Trent 1000 engine was taken into the facility in late 2018. As well as completing the engine shop visit, engineers took the opportunity to
TrueNoord, the specialist regional aircraft lessor, has leased five new ATR 72-600s to InterGlobe Aviation (IndiGo). The first two aircraft were delivered at the end of December with the remaining three integrating with the fleet in the coming months. Financing was provided under TrueNoord’s recent term loan warehouse facility supported by Morgan Stanley, NORD/LB Norddeutsche
Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has delivered one new Airbus A321-200neo aircraft, featuring PW1130G engines, on long-term lease to Vietnam Airlines. This aircraft is the first of 12 new A321-200neos scheduled to deliver to Vietnam Airlines through 2019 from ALC’s order book with Airbus. In addition to the 12 new Airbus A321-200neo aircraft, Vietnam Airlines is
