An ATR 72 prototype has taken to the skies to launch the second flying demonstration campaign as part of the EU’s Clean Sky Joint Undertaking (CS JU) program. The aim of this flight trial is to test an all electrical energy management system, optimizing the electrical power distribution. This second flight test campaign also performs
Sunrise Airways will expand its fleet with the addition of a new 46-seat ATR 42-320 aircraft. The airline expects to accept delivery of the new ATR in late-February 2016 in advance of launching new routes better serving a wider swath of the Western Caribbean from its hub in Port-au-Prince.
Bombardier Business Aircraft and Aurora Jet Partners of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada announced the delivery of a Bombardier Learjet 75 business jet. This was the 75th Learjet Bombardier delivered to a customer, slightly more than two years after the first Learjet 75 aircraft entered service in November 2013. Aurora Jet will add the Bombardier Learjet to
Boeing, MG Aviation and Norwegian celebrated the delivery of the Scandinavian low-cost carrier’s first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. Norwegian leased the airplane through an agreement with MG Aviation, part of Jordache Enterprises, the Nakash family’s global conglomerate that also operates Arkia Israeli Airlines. The delivery is the first Dreamliner to MG Aviation, which has three additional
Boeing launched the Next-Generation 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) with orders and commitments for up to 55 conversions from seven customers. Through its freighter conversion program, Boeing transitions passenger airplanes into freighters, extending the economic life of the airplane. The 737-800 is the first Next-Generation 737 that Boeing has offered for conversion. While large freighters
Intrepid Aviation, a privately held commercial aircraft lessor, which owns commercial aircraft leased to airline operators worldwide, has entered into an agreement for the long-term lease of seven Rolls-Royce powered A330-300 aircraft with Turkish Airlines. Intrepid Aviation focuses primarily on twin-engine widebody and large narrowbody equipment, such as the Airbus A330 & A321 and Boeing
Gulfstream Aerospace announced that the fourth Gulfstream G500 test aircraft, T4, has completed its first flight and officially joined the G500 flight-test program. The aircraft climbed to a maximum altitude of 51,000 feet/15,545 meters and reached a maximum airspeed of 340 KCAS/Mach 0.925. During the 3-hour and 17-minute flight, the crew exercised all primary flight
Go2Sky of Slovakia has agreed to lease one Boeing 737-800 aircraft, MSN 29925, from a Dublin-based lessor. The aircraft was manufactured in 2000 and is equipped with 189 economy leather seats. It will be delivered in March and will be flown on ACMI services in the EMEA region. The lease was arranged by ISIS Aviation
This year’s Singapore Airshow proved a major success for MTU Aero Engines: the engine manufacturer secured orders worth over €500m (some US$570m), scoring high especially with PurePower PW1000G-family geared turbofan (GTF) engines. “In the commercial engine business, the GTF programs for single-aisle aircraft are key to how MTU’s future is defined,” commented MTU CEO Reiner
Boeing and Air Niugini announced at the Singapore Airshow an order for four 737 MAX 8 airplanes. The previously unidentified order adds to the national carrier’s current fleet of Next-Generation 737s and 767-300ERs (extended range) airplanes.
