Air Lease Corporation has placed eight new Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft on long term lease with Primera Air Nordic (Latvia). The aircraft are outfitted with CFM LEAP 1B engines and are scheduled to deliver from ALC’s order book with Boeing beginning May 2019 and continuing through May 2020. Primera Air is an Icelandic owned
The A350-1000 completed successfully its first and unique “Early Long Flight” with 310 passengers on board, including 10 Airbus Flight Test crew members and 13 Virgin Atlantic cabin crew. Test aircraft MSN065 took off from and landed in Toulouse on May 11th after a 12 hours flight. During the long-haul flight the passengers, comprising Airbus
Waypoint Leasing, an independent global helicopter leasing company, has delivered a Sikorsky S-92 and S-76C++ to Omni Taxi Aero (OTA) to be used in support of charter contracts within the offshore oil and gas sector in Brazil. Both aircraft were previously operated by CHC and returned as part of CHC’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
A potential engine problem has forced Boeing to temporarily suspend all test flights for the new 737 MAX, though the plane manufacturer has indicated that this will not affect current production levels. It is anticipated that deliveries of the plane will still commence this month. Despite Boeing having encountered no problems during over 2,000 hours
Atlanta, Georgia (U.S.)-based Delta Air Lines has placed an incremental order for 30 firm A321ceo aircraft. This order follows three previous Delta orders for the Current Engine Option version of the largest Airbus A320 Family member. The airline took delivery of its first A321 in March of last year. Delta now has ordered a total
Boeing and Primera Air have signed an order for eight 737 MAX 9 airplanes, valued at more than US$950m at list prices. The agreement also includes purchase rights for four additional 737 MAX 9s and a lease agreement for eight more airplanes from Air Lease Corporation. The 737 MAX 9 will form the backbone of
AerCap has delivered a Boeing 787-9 to Chinese carrier, Hainan Airlines. The delivery signifies AerCap’s first 787-9 to deliver to the airline and its 55th delivery of the aircraft type. Hainan Airlines now operates twenty 787s, of which ten are 787-9 aircraft.
At the Xponential trade show in Dallas, Texas, Airbus unveiled its new start-up, the commercial drone Airbus Aerial. With bases in both the U.S and Europe, the start-up’s business will be focused on developing new imagery services. According to Airbus, “These services will leverage the best software and aerospace technology from across the globe to
Rolls-Royce is providing TotalCare service support for Trent 700 engines that power seven Airbus A330 aircraft included in the extensive fleet of Turkish Airlines. The last of those seven aircraft was delivered to the airline on May 10, bringing the airline’s total number of Trent 700-powered A330s to 27. All are supported by TotalCare, the
Aviation Capital Group has signed long-term lease agreements with EL AL Israel Airlines, for two new B787-9s aircraft from ACG’s order book commitment with Boeing and two new B787-8s on a sale and lease-back agreement. The first aircraft is expected to be delivered in February 2018. “As previously announced in September 2016, EL AL Israel
