AerCap Holdings has reported its major business transactions during the second quarter 2017: AerCap has signed lease agreements for 65 aircraft, including 18 widebody and 47 narrowbody aircraft and has purchased 11 aircraft, including 8 Airbus A320neos, 1 Airbus A321neo and 2 Boeing 787-9s. The company executed sale transactions for 32 aircraft, including 2 Airbus
During the second quarter of 2017, Embraer has delivered 35 jets to the Commercial Aviation market and 24 jets to the Business Aviation market, of which 16 were light jets and eight were large jets. The number of deliveries in Commercial Aviation rose roughly 35% over the same period last year. With respect to Executive
European business aviation company KlasJet has supplemented its fleet with the first narrow-body business aircraft – Boeing 737. Newly modified and furnished to meet the demands of sports teams, large business traveler groups and government officials, the new business jet has been already delivered to KlasJet by AviaAM Leasing. The Boeing 737 business jet is
AerCap Holdings has announced it has signed an agreement with Canada-based Air Transat for the lease of 10 Airbus A321neo LRs. The airline will become the first North American Airbus A321LR operator when the aircraft enter into service starting in 2019. AerCap is the world’s largest Airbus A320neo Family lessor, with 220 aircraft owned and
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has granted certification to the latest innovations, co-developed by ATR and Thales, which further enhance the avionics of the ATR 42-600 and ATR 72-600. The “Standard 3” version of the ATR -600’s avionics will improve situational awareness and approach capabilities while offering pilots a more user-friendly interface, along with
The A350-1000 test aircraft, MSN065, successfully completed the hot weather tests at the Al Ain International airport. The tests which took place from 4 to 7 July, involved the aircraft undergo extreme weather conditions at temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius. The objective of the tests is to check systems behaviour with a focus on the
Since the beginning of July 2017 Sukhoi Superjet 100 has successfully performed flights to one of the oldest airports of Northern Europe – Bromma (Sweden). It has a relatively short runway of 1660m and is situated within the boundaries of the city, unlike most European airports. Besides, for landing in Bromma, SSJ100 needs only 1425
AviaAM Leasing has released that its joint venture with the Henan Civil Aviation Development and Investment Company (HNCA) – AviaAM Financial Leasing China – has delivered one Airbus A321 aircraft to the largest Russian carrier Aeroflot – Russian Airlines. The recent aircraft delivery is the 5th out of planned 8 under the sale and lease
Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has delivered one ATR 72-600, MSN 1110, to Far Eastern Air Transport Corporation on lease. Far Eastern Air Transport (FAT) is a privately-owned airline providing scheduled international passenger and cargo services from its Taipei base to destinations in China and Taiwan, as well as scheduled domestic services linking Taipei and Kaohsiung
As part of the continuing effort to accelerate aerospace innovation, Boeing and FedEx Express will work together to fly the next ecoDemonstrator. Starting in 2018, a new Boeing 777 Freighter made for FedEx Express will test emerging technologies, such as propulsion advancements and flight deck innovations. The ecoDemonstrator program, now in its fifth iteration, serves
