Dassault Aviation, the French aerospace company, has announced the launch of the new Falcon 6X luxury business jet, while also announcing that it has scrapped its Falcon 5X model, according to Reuters. The Falcon 6X will have the same fuselage cross-section as the Falcon 5X but will instead be powered by two Pratt & Whitney
Embraer has received Type Certificate for the E190-E2, the first member of the E-Jets E2 family of commercial aircraft, from the Brazilian Civil Aviation Agency (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil – ANAC), the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) and EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency). It is the first time that an aircraft program with the level
Vallair, the aircraft trading, leasing and specialist MRO organisation, has completed the delivery of a Boeing 737-400F (MSN 26299), to ASL Aviation Holdings (Ireland). The aircraft recently went through a freighter conversion followed by a “C” Check with Integration Maintenance performed in the USA. The lease term is for 48 months with a 24-month extension
Metro Aviation has ordered 25 EC145e helicopters that it will place into service providing air medical transport and other aerial services. It is one of the larger commercial helicopter orders ever booked by the U.S. based company. Metro was the first customer for the lighter weight and lower cost version of the EC145 when it
According to Reuters, the White House has confirmed that an agreement has been reached with Boeing for two new 747-8 jets to replace the current Air Force One planes, two Boeing VC-25As which began operations back in 1990. According to Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley, “President Trump has reached an informal deal with Boeing on
Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation division of the Libra Group, is expanding its partnership with CHC through the placement of a second Airbus Helicopters H175 aircraft with the operator. The helicopter is due to enter service in December 2018 and will be supporting CHC’s operations in the UK. This will be LCI’s second aircraft
Robinson Helicopter Company produced 305 helicopters in 2017. The R44 led the way with 174, followed by seventy-seven R66s. According to data supplied by Rolls Royce, the R66 fleet logged approximately 185,000 hours in 2017, bringing its total fleet hours to 735,000. Cadet production was steady at twenty, and the R22 came in at thirty-four.
The first Boeing 787-9 aircraft was welcomed into the fleet of Mallorca-based airline Air Europa on February 26. Air Europa already owns eight 787-8 Dreamliners and has 15 aircraft on order of the stretched 787-9 version, all of which are due to be delivered in the coming years. From its Madrid-Barajas hub, Air Europa mainly
Norwegian has taken delivery of its 100th direct buy Boeing 737-800 aircraft, the last of this aircraft type in its fleet. Norwegian originally ordered 42 737-800 in 2007 and leased 26 of these aircraft between 2008 and 2016. The airline now has a total of 118 737-800 aircraft in its fleet. “Today’s delivery marks the
Speaking at a Barclays industrial conference in Miami, Bombardier Inc’s CFO John Di Bert gave a strong indication that the market for the higher-end business jet was now favored sellers instead of vendors, which it had done since the economic and financial crisis in 2008. “You’re starting to see that turn into being a bit
