Aircraft & Engines

AerCap reported the delivery of a second new Airbus A350-900 to Ethiopian Airlines. The first aircraft was delivered in June, marking the first A350 XWB aircraft to be delivered to an African carrier. AerCap has one of the largest Airbus A350 XWB portfolios with a total of six owned and another 23 on order aircraft

Flexjet accepted its first Legacy 450 midsized business jet from Embraer. Flexjet becomes the first fractional fleet provider to take delivery of the Legacy 450, which the FAA certified in August 2015. Additional deliveries of the Legacy 450 are scheduled for later this year, with a total of five expected to be in the Flexjet

BOC Aviation has placed one new Airbus A321-200 and one new A320-200 with Wizz Air from its own order book, adding the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe as a new customer for the Company. The aircraft will be delivered in January and June 2017 respectively.

GKN Aerospace’s Fokker Technologies business unit released that a total of 23 Fokker aircraft were placed with 6 existing Fokker operators and 3 new operators during the first half of 2016 by their respective aircraft owners. These comprise 8 Fokker 50s and 15 Fokker 100s. This compares with 50 placements in 2015. In Australia, Network

Leonardo-Finmeccanica reported that the first flying AW609 prototype has arrived in Philadelphia following a recent resumption of flight testing. With industrialization underway, Leonardo-Finmeccanica has expanded the AW609 TiltRotor program to include the company’s Philadelphia facility. The involvement of the Philadelphia site in the AW609 program represents the anticipated progression towards assembly and certification with the

SkyQuest KODIAK Sales Africa reported the sale and delivery of a 2012 Quest KODIAK 100 aircraft (Serial Number:100-0064, Registration: N64KQ) to LeghvanH Aviation Partnership in Bryanston, South Africa.

BOC Aviation has placed six Boeing 737-800 aircraft with China Airlines, adding a new customer to its portfolio. Robert Martin, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of BOC Aviation, said, “The addition of China Airlines to our list of customers demonstrates the continued demand for new aircraft in the Asia Pacific region, which is a

Bombardier Business Aircraft has delivered its first Challenger 650 aircraft to be operated from Germany. This aircraft joins the Bombardier business jet fleet in Europe comprised of more than 430 aircraft in service. The Bombardier Business Aircraft Market Forecast, published in May 2016, predicts business aviation industry deliveries of 1,530 aircraft in Europe for the