The Gulfstream G500 received both its type certification and production certificate from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). These certifications pave the way for the first completed G500 delivery to a customer as planned later this year. The FAA type certification verifies the airworthiness of the aircraft’s design, while the production certificate confirms that the
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that it has signed a firm order for four new CRJ900 regional jets with Uganda National Airlines Company. Based on the list price for the CRJ900 aircraft, the firm order is valued at approximately US$190 million. Uganda Airlines will operate the CRJ900 in dual-class configuration with 76 seats, including 12
During the second quarter of 2018, Embraer has delivered 28 jets to the commercial aviation market and 20 business jets, being 15 light jets and 5 large jets. On June 30, Embraer’s firm order backlog totaled US$17.4 billion. In 2Q18, Embraer celebrated a major milestone when Norway’s Widerøe took delivery of the first production E190-E2
Cusco Aviation, an Aircraft Leasing and Trading company based in the San Francisco Bay Area, has successfully completed the purchase of one RB211-535 engine. Manuel E. Cordero, the company’s President and CEO commented on this transaction “The Cusco Aviation team is proud to complete another Engine transaction, which adds to its expansion plans and transaction
This year’s Farnborough International Airshow proved a major success for MTU Aero Engines. Germany’s leading engine manufacturer secured orders worth around €800 million (according to list price), in particular with orders and memorandums of understanding (MoUs) for the PW1000G- geared turbofan (GTF) engine family for single-aisle aircraft. It powers the Airbus aircraft A220 (formerly C
CFM International, a 50/50 joint company between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines, has received orders and commitments for just over 858 LEAP and CFM56 engines at the 2018 Farnborough Airshow, in addition to long-term services agreements, at a total value of US$15.7 billion list price. • Hongtu Airlines CFM56-5B engines & RPFH $408 million •
Airbus has announced strong commercial aircraft business during the Farnborough Airshow 2018, with successes across its broad product portfolio – including the new A220 and A330neo families. Airbus came into the show already with 177 Single Aisle and 84 Widebody orders in 2018, complemented by a pre-show order for 60 A220-300s, the latter bringing the
Safran has passed a major milestone in its hybrid electric propulsion roadmap with the first ground test of a distributed propulsion system. The test run took place at a Safran Helicopter Engines test facility near Pau-Pyrenees Airport, in France. In a distributed hybrid electric propulsion system for aircraft, a turbo-generator (a gas turbine driving an
Hong Kong-based China Aircraft Leasing Company (CALC) has selected CFM International’s advanced LEAP-1A engine to power 17 firm and up to 50 option new Airbus A320neo family aircraft. In addition, the leasing company finalized an order for CFM56-5B engines to power three firm, nine option Airbus A320ceo aircraft. These two agreements are valued at US$550
At the close of the industry portion of this year’s Farnborough Air Show, Boeing announced a total of US$98.4 billion in orders and commitments for commercial airplanes at list prices and US$2.1 billion in commercial and defense services orders and agreements. Boeing marked an outstanding week for order capture in commercial aviation, with customers announcing
