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Aircraft & Engines

Intrepid delivers one new Airbus A330-300 to EVA Airways

Intrepid Aviation delivered one new Airbus A330-300 to EVA Airways. The aircraft is powered by CF6-80E engines and is subject to a long-term lease to the Taiwan based airline. The aircraft marks the first of two new A330-300 deliveries to EVA this year, and complements one A321, which Intrepid has on lease with the Taiwanese

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Pratt & Whitney celebrate Airbus A320neo aircraft certification

Airbus has announced that its A320neo, powered by Pratt & Whitney PurePower engines, has received joint Type Certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). “Today’s announcement marks a significant milestone for the Airbus and Pratt & Whitney team,” said Greg Gernhardt, president, Pratt & Whitney Commercial Engines.

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Airbus A320neo receives joint EASA and FAA Type Certification

The A320neo has received joint Type Certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on November 24th, 2015. The certified aircraft is powered by Pratt & Whitney Pure Power PW1100G-JM engines. The EASA A320neo type Certificate was signed by EASA’s Certification Director Trevor Woods and the FAA A320neo Type

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Dassault delivers state-of-the-art Medevac Falcon to Beijing Red Cross

Dassault Aviation delivered a fully outfitted Falcon 2000LX Medevac aircraft to the Beijing Red Cross Emergency Medical Center. The widebody twinjet is the first fixed wing aircraft in China fully equipped to perform air medevac services. The conversion was performed by Dassault Aircraft Services in Wilmington, Delaware. The Falcon 2000LX Medevac aircraft is equipped with

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BOC Aviation places order for 22 Boeing 737 family aircraft

BOC Aviation has placed an order for 22 Boeing 737 family aircraft scheduled for delivery from 2018 to 2021 as the Company continues to build on its existing order book to fulfill customer demand. This latest order comprises 11 Boeing Next Generation 737-800 aircraft and 11 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft. The Next Generation 737-800

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GE Capital Aviation Services takes delivery of 500th Boeing Airplane

GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) took delivery of the 500th Boeing airplane. The Next-Generation 737-800 will be leased to Kenya Airways and is the 401st 737 delivered to GECAS.  “This is a major milestone in our 20-year association with Boeing,” said Norm Liu, President and CEO, GECAS. “We are proud to take delivery of our

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CFM LEAP-1A achieves joint EASA / FAA certification

CFM is the only engine manufacturer to gain dual original certification from both agencies, rather one lead agency issuing a type certification and the second agency validating that certification. This reflects CFM’s dual design and production structure which has been so successful for more than 40 years. The LEAP-1A flew for the first time on

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TAP Portugal selects Trent 7000 engines to power 14 A330neo aircraft

Rolls-Royce released that TAP Portugal selected the Trent 7000 engine to power 14 Airbus A330-900neo aircraft. The aircraft will join TAP Portugal’s fleet as part of its fleet renewal announced by the airline’s new majority owner Atlantic Gateway. The new aircraft order replaces the previous order for 12 A350-900 aircraft.

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