Aircraft & Engines

Bombardier Specialized Aircraft has released that Conair Group, a leading provider of fixed wing aerial firefighting aircraft, has purchased six Q400 aircraft. Conair operates the largest fleet of privately owned fixed wing airtankers and supplies specialty aerial firefighting aircraft and products worldwide. These six Q400 production aircraft will be modified to incorporate an enhanced version

In conjunction with French President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to China, CFM International concluded agreements and Memorandums of Understanding for new engine orders and long-term support agreements covering nearly 500 CFM engines. The total value of the agreements is US$9.1bn at list price. The agreements include: Spring Airline, US$2.9bn covering installed and engines supported by

BOC Aviation’s portfolio comprised 318 owned and managed aircraft, with an average aircraft age of 3.0 years and an average remaining lease term of 8.2 years for the owned aircraft fleet, weighted by net book value. BOC Aviation had an order book of 173 aircraft and took delivery of 28 aircraft in the fourth quarter

Boeing has unveiled a new unmanned electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) cargo air vehicle (CAV) prototype, that will be used to test and evolve Boeing’s autonomy technology for future aerospace vehicles. It is designed to transport a payload up to 500 pounds for possible future cargo and logistics applications. In less than three months, a team of

HAECO Xiamen has redelivered YTO Cargo Airlines’ first Boeing 757-200 converted freighter with Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) partner Precision Aircraft Solutions. HAECO Xiamen has partnered with Precision on the Boeing 757-200 passenger-to-freighter conversion since 2010, having completed 18 such converted freighters.

Falko Regional Aircraft (Falko), an aircraft operating leasing and asset management company focused on the regional aircraft sector, has added ten ATR 72-500 aircraft to its portfolio. The aircraft will be operated by PT Wings Abadi, the regional airline part of the Lion Air Group (Lion) in Indonesia. “We are delighted to have completed this

CFM International has finalized the agreement with Spring Airlines for the purchase of 120 LEAP-1A engines to power 60 Airbus A320neo aircraft. The agreement was signed in conjunction with French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to China. In addition, the airline signed a 10-year Rate for Flight Hour agreement, under the terms of which CFM will

Boeing and Turkish Airlines have signed an order for three more 777 Freighters in December 2017, just weeks after the carrier took delivery of two of the large cargo jets as part of its plan to further expand its freight business. “These freighter orders will surely contribute to our significant target for establishing a young

Precision Aircraft Solutions continues to ramp up its conversion activities with three, B757PCF’s redelivered last month. These customers include SF Express and YTO with its very first redelivery from Precision. Conversion of the 757-200 aircraft, MSN 29423 was performed at Flightstar in Jacksonville, FL., MSN 29217 was performed at HAECO Xiamen in China and MSN

The first structurally complete airframe for the new BelugaXL rolled out from its assembly hangar in Toulouse, France this month. Once operational, a fleet of these next-generation airlifters will be used to transport completed sections of Airbus aircraft among the company’s European production sites and to its final assembly lines in France, Germany and Spain.