Bombardier’s CS100 aircraft has been awarded Type Validation by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) following a comprehensive testing program. The EASA and FAA validations follow the CS100 aircraft Type Certification awarded by Transport Canada in December 2015. EASA’s validation paves the way for the delivery of the first
Nextant Aerospace, which makes the 400XTi – the world’s only remanufactured business jet, announced that PlaneSense has taken delivery of their 3rd Nextant 400XTi aircraft. “It has been just over a year since our companies announced the initial order and today we are pleased to take one more step forward with the delivery of the
A Chinese consortium made up of China Aviation Supplies Holding Company (CAS), Qingdao United General Aviation Industrial Development Company (Qingdao United) and CITIC Offshore Helicopter (COHC) has ordered 100 H135 light-twin helicopters, becoming China’s first customer to form an industrial partnership to launch a H135 final assembly line (FAL) in Qingdao, Shandong province. This is
AWAS has delivered to Vietjet the second of two planned new A320 passenger aircraft in 2016 to assist with the airlines’ rapid growth. AWAS has provided a financing solution for these two aircraft and has placed them on long-term leases with the airline. This marks the fourth transaction between the parties for a total of
Embraer Executive Jets has delivered the first Phenom 100E to Etihad Flight College, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates. The aircraft arrived on June 12th, in the city of Al Ain, base of the flight school established to train ab-initio pilots for the airline’s rapidly expanding fleet.
SkyQuest International reported the sale and delivery of one 2006 Cessna Citation XLS (Serial Number: 560XL-5629, Registration: N560PM) to Roman Capital Investments. The turbofan-powered, mid-sized Cessna Citation XLS is part of the wide-ranging and very popular Citation brand of business jets built by the Cessna Aircraft Company. The XLS evolved from the earlier Citation Excel
Hainan Airlines took delivery of the carrier’s first 787-9 Dreamliner. Hainan becomes China’s first operator of both the 787-8 and 787-9 variants of the Dreamliner family. Hainan Airlines, the largest privately owned airline in China, leased the airplane through an agreement with Air Lease Corporation (ALC). The delivery is also the first 787-9 Dreamliner to
Guggenheim Aviation Partners has successfully closed a term debt facility covering two Airbus A330-300 aircraft arranged by DVB Bank SE. The two widebody aircraft were delivered new to Delta Air Lines from Airbus and are on long term operating leases. Stephenson Harwood acted for GAP as lessor’s counsel while Vedder Price advised DVB for this
Irkut announced that it will hold the official roll out of the first MC-21 300 aircraft, designated for flight testing, on June 8. According to Mr Ole Demenchenko, Irkut Corporation’s president, “Construction of the first aircraft is the significant milestone of the MC-21 program. We are looking forward to greet at Irkutsk Aviation Plant delegations
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced the successful completion of a C Series aircraft demonstration flight carrying senior executives from about twenty Star Alliance member airlines and media representatives. The historic flight of the innovative C Series aircraft, which features state-of-the-art technologies, departed Dublin at the conclusion of the 2016 Annual General Meeting of the International Air
