Final assembly is underway on the first full GE9X engine that will test in the first half of 2016, four years before the GE9X engine enters service on a Boeing 777X aircraft. The first engine to test (FETT) wraps up the extensive technology maturation program for the GE9X engine program, which began almost five years
The first A321neo equipped with CFM International LEAP-1A engines completed its maiden flight on February 9th from Hamburg, Germany. The flight lasted five hours and 29 minutes during which tests were performed on the engine speed variation (low/high), systems behaviour and to validate the aircraft’s flight envelope. The A321neo will join the NEO flight test
The new LEAP engine from CFM International, the 50/50 joint company between Snecma (Safran) and GE, has passed the milestone of 10,000 orders and commitments. The LEAP engine has already been selected by the world’s leading planemakers for their new-generation single-aisle commercial jets: the LEAP-1A for the Airbus A320neo, the LEAP-1B for the Boeing 737
Airbus Helicopters has handed over the first H145 Mercedes Benz Style to Körfez Aviation in Turkey. This is the first of two helicopters acquired by Körfez Aviation to expand its fleet dedicated to business and private aviation, as well as charter flights in the region. The second H145 Mercedes Benz Style is expected to be
Gulfstream G500 has completed flutter testing, achieving another milestone in the new aircraft’s flight-test program. The first G500 test aircraft, T1, performed the tests over the course of more than 50 flights. As T1 performed flutter testing, the second test article, T2, finished climatic chamber testing at the McKinley Climatic Laboratory, Eglin Air Force Base,
The first A350-900 for Singapore Airlines completed its maiden flight on February 2nd, over the skies of South West France. The aircraft, featuring the airline’s iconic livery, will now enter the final phase of production, including further ground checks and test flights, before being prepared for delivery in the coming weeks. The all-new A350 XWB
Boeing and Saudia, Saudi Arabia’s national airline, announced the triple delivery of two Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners and a 777-300ER (Extended Range). A third Dreamliner will be delivered to Saudia within the next week. The airline ordered eight 787-9s in 2010. Saudia is no stranger to such large deliveries. In December 1999, Boeing delivered three 777s
Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, announces the delivery of one Airbus A330-300 aircraft to Garuda Indonesia. This delivery is Avolon’s sixth aircraft on lease do Garuda Indonesia.
Doric issued its first aircraft fund in 2006. The lease agreement with Virgin for this aircraft has been extended by 18 months until July 2018. The initial term was for just over 10 years. Since delivery in 2006 until the end of 2015, the Airbus A340 with the registration number G-VFIZ had completed some 5,077
Embraer released that actor Jackie Chan has become the first customer in China to take delivery of a Legacy 500. Jackie Chan’s connection with Embraer Executive Jets dates to 2012, when he received an Embraer Legacy 650 as China’s launch customer and became Embraer’s brand ambassador. The Legacy 500 was granted Validation of Type Certificate
