Primera Air, a low-fare Nordic airline, has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321neo at an event in Hamburg, Germany. The aircraft, which was assembled in Hamburg, is the first of three A321neos to be leased from GECAS in 2018. Primera Air will also lease a further five A321neos from other lessors, including two A321LRs,
Skyworld Aviation has been appointed to provide lease management services for five aircraft relating to four Saab 2000’s and one ERJ 145. Three Saab 2000 aircraft are owned by Swedish shipping company Erik Thun AB and one is on sub lease from Eastern Airways (UK), all operating with Skywork Airlines of Switzerland. The fifth aircraft,
At its latest meeting, the Supervisory Board of Lufthansa Technik AG early appointed Constanze Hufenbecher as Chief Financial Officer of Lufthansa Technik AG for further five years until January 31, 2024. The extension will be effective from February 1, 2019. Constanze Hufenbecher has been Chief Financial Officer and member of the Executive Board of Lufthansa
During the first quarter of 2018, Embraer has delivered 14 jets to the commercial aviation market across the U.S., Europe and Asia Pacific. In the business aviation market, 11 aircraft were delivered in the same period, being eight light jets and three large jets. The quarter’s main highlight was the triple certification for the E190-E2,
What began as a problem with the Trent 1000 Package C compressor and subsequent problems with turbine blades wearing out sooner than expected, has now seen Rolls-Royce ramp up the number of more rigorous inspections of the engine after liaising with authorities over a separate issue. The engines have needed unscheduled maintenance due to parts
The A330neo is demonstrating its capabilities as the newest member of Airbus’ proven and highly-reliable twin-engine A330 Family, with flight testing continuing ahead of its planned service entry in Summer 2018. Two test aircraft have logged more than 700 hours aloft in the 200-plus flights performed as of April 10, according to A330neo aircraft integration
AviaAM Leasing, a Warsaw Stock Exchange listed aircraft leasing company, has delivered an Airbus A321-211 aircraft to Air Transat, a Canadian low-cost leisure airline based in Montreal, Quebec for a 10 year operating lease. Air Transat is the first client of AviaAM Leasing in North America region. Professional work of both parties led to an
Hi Fly, an European airline specialized in Wet Lease, will welcome two new Airbus A330-200 to its fleet this summer. The two Airbus A330s, coming from a direct order to Airbus Industries, are currently in final assembly stage in Toulouse and will be delivered to Hi Fly one in June and the other in July
GECAS has committed to lease twelve Boeing 737 MAX8s to Jet Airways (India) with deliveries commencing from June 12, 2018 and continuing into 2020. Six of these MAX aircraft will be from GECAS’ skyline order while the other six are from sale and lease back transactions from Jet Airways’ order book. The new technology aircraft
Royal Aero has acquired an ex-Aruba A320 aircraft, MSN 0582, from AerCap for disassembly of the airframe and lease of its V2527A5 engines.
