SureFly the personal helicopter EVTOL aircraft designed for safe and easy flight – completely conceived, designed, built and tested in America by Workhorse – has taken flight, completing its first successful, manned, untethered hover outside of Cincinnati, OH. Workhorse is the only company with the necessary FAA experimental certification to test this type of vehicle
Embraer and American Airlines have signed a firm order for 15 E175 jets with a 76-seat configuration. The contract has a value of US$705m, based on current list prices and will be included in Embraer’s 2018 second-quarter backlog. Deliveries will take place in 2019 between March and November. Combined with the airline’s three previous orders
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has signed a firm order for 15 new CRJ900 regional jets with American Airlines. The purchase agreement also includes options on an additional 15 CRJ900 aircraft. Based on the list price of the CRJ900 aircraft, the firm order is valued at approximately US$71m. American has selected PSA Airlines to operate the 15
Qantas has announced an order for six additional Boeing 787-9s to fly on its international network, bringing its fleet of Dreamliners to 14 by the end of 2020. The arrival of the new aircraft will enable the airline to accelerate retirement of its last six Boeing 747s – an aircraft type that has been in
AviaAM Leasing has released that its joint venture with the Henan Civil Aviation Development and Investment Company (HNCA) – AviaAM Financial Leasing China – has delivered a brand-new Airbus A320-214SL aircraft to the Russian flag carrier Aeroflot – Russian Airlines. Aircraft bearing manufacturer’s serial number MSN 8188 was delivered to the new operator at Airbus
Boeing and Uzbekistan Airways, the flag carrier of the Republic of Uzbekistan, have finalized an order for one 787-8 Dreamliner, valued at US$239m at current list prices. Uzbekistan Airways currently operates two Dreamliners on international routes, including Europe, Southeast Asia, Japan and USA. With this latest order, the carrier will add five more Dreamliners as
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has concluded a firm order for 10 new Q400 aircraft with Ethiopian Airlines. The order also includes purchase rights for five additional Q400 aircraft. Based on the list price of the Q400 aircraft, the firm order is valued at approximately US$332m. The Q400 aircraft is the most recent development in the Q
AviaAM Leasing has announced the delivery of an Airbus A321-211 to the Canadian carrier Air Transat. The aircraft will supplement an Airbus A321 which was delivered by AviaAM Leasing last month. The Aircraft was delivered to the client at Kaunas, Lithuania on April 27, fresh from C-check. The aircraft is joining Air Transat’s fleet under
Southwest Airlines has revised its future firm order delivery schedule with Boeing to support future fleet modernization. The Company exercised 40 737 MAX 8 options which adds 10 additional firm orders in each year 2019 through 2022. Additionally, five 737 MAX 8 firm orders were shifted from 2019 into fourth quarter 2018, and three pre-owned
WOW air’s first A330neo aircraft has rolled out of the paint shop in Toulouse. The low-fare airline based in Iceland will take delivery of the aircraft on lease from Avolon later in 2018, becoming the third operator of the type worldwide. WOW air is an all-Airbus operator with a fleet of 18 aircraft (15 A320
