During the second test flight in a ten-week period, Virgin Galactic announced on February 22 that its commercial SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity, reached space for the second time in its five test flights, achieving an apogee distance of 295,007ft and a speed of M3.04, beating both records from its previous flight into space. This was also
BOC Aviation has delivered its first Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft to its newest customer, Icelandair, based in Reykjavik. The aircraft will be powered by CFM LEAP-1B Engines. “We are very pleased to team up with BOC Aviation for the financing of our first 737 MAX 9 aircraft delivered from Boeing. We are confident that
Elix Aviation Capital has delviered one Bombardier Dash 8 Q200, MSN 506, on lease to Safarilink of Kenya. This is the first delivery by Elix to Safarilink. With this new customer Elix continues to expand its leasing services in the African Market.
Elix Aviation Capital has delivered one ATR 42-500, MSN 639, on lease to Hevilift. Through this delivery, Elix further supports Hevilift’s fleet growth. This ATR 42-500 aircraft will be operated in service of the resource industry across challenging remote areas in Papua New Guinea.
Chorus Aviation Capital has acquired a portfolio of six aircraft with leases attached. The portfolio consists of two ATR72-600s on lease to Azul of Brazil, and four Q400s on lease to two other existing customers of Chorus Aviation Capital. With these acquisitions, Chorus’ suite of leased regional aircraft (inclusive of nine transactions pending completion) has
The Brazilian Navy has ordered three H135 light twin-engine helicopters to be operated by the 1st General Purpose Helicopter Squadron (HU-1). The aircraft will be dedicated to a wide range of missions such as special operations, transport of troops and freight, naval inspection, search and rescue and medical evacuation. Two of these aircraft will be
GECAS has signed an agreement to lease three A320-200 aircraft to GetJet Airlines with all deliveries to take place in spring 2019. GetJet Airlines is an IOSA registered, well established Lithuanian ACMI and charter airline, which is headquartered in Vilnius. “The addition of these new aircraft is an important step in our strategy to fill
Financial Products Group, the Tokyo-headquartered, listed independent financial services firm and FPG Amentum, the Dublin-based aircraft leasing/management company, have announced the acquisition of two Boeing 737 MAX8s. The aircraft were acquired in Sale & Lease Back transactions and are on lease to subsidiaries of TUI Group.
Oriens Aviation has signed an agreement with Pilatus Aircraft to extend its exclusive UK and Ireland Authorised Pilatus Centre at London Biggin Hill Airport to the PC-24 Super Versatile Jet, effective immediately. In readiness, it is ramping up tooling and sending engineers to Stans, Switzerland for training to add the twin-engined jet to its Part
Large crowds gathered at Heathrow on February 19, to watch the much-anticipated arrival of a British Airways Boeing 747 painted in the iconic design of its predecessor British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). The aircraft entered the IAC paint bay at Dublin Airport on February 5 where it was stripped of its current British Airways Chatham
