PEMCO World Air Services (PEMCO) has redelivered the first of two aircrafts to AerCaribe, an airline servicing Colombia. The two-conversion agreement was secured early first quarter of 2015, and the first plane was redelivered May 2015. The second aircraft is planned for induction later this year. The 737-400F (MSN 24431), converted at PEMCO’s Tampa facility,
GA Telesis announced its asset transactions for the second quarter of 2015. The company added one MD-11 freighter on lease to FedEx and one CFM56-5A engine to its portfolio. The company sold or leased six ERJ-145 aircraft, four CF34-3 engines, three CFM56-5B engines, two CFM56-5A engines, two A321-100 airframes, two A320 aircraft, two CF6-80C2B1F engines,
Air Lease Corporation signed a long term lease agreement with Far Eastern Air Transport (FEAT), an international airline based in Taipei, Taiwan, for one new Boeing 737-800. The aircraft is from ALC’s order book with Boeing and will deliver in the second quarter of 2016.
At the end of the second quarter of 2015 Embraers firm order backlog reached US$22.9bn, the highest level in the Company’s history. At the end of the previous quarter, in March 2014, the firm order backlog totaled US$20.4bn. During 2Q15, the Company delivered 27 jets to the commercial aviation market and 33 jets to the
The A350 XWB arrived in Sao Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport, officially kicking off the aircraft’s Americas Demo Tour. The Demo Tour will continue taking flight test aircraft MSN 2 to other major airports in Latin America, stopping in Campinas, Brazil and Bogota, Colombia before heading to the United States. Senior Airline representatives from TAM, the A350
China Eastern Airlines’ decided to purchase 50 Next-Generation 737-800s as stated in their public disclosure to the Hong Kong stock exchange on July 9th. The airplanes will be operated by China United Airlines, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the China Eastern Airlines, and other branches and subsidiaries of the carrier. The order will be posted on
Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, issued an update for the second quarter of 2015 (‘Q2’). Avolon agreed sale and leaseback transactions for 14 new aircraft in Q2 and delivered 14 new aircraft and sold three aircraft resulting in a 19% increase in its owned and managed in-service fleet to 152 aircraft at the end
The “green” ATR 72 prototype made the first flight of the “Clean Sky Joint Technology Initiative (CS JTI)” test campaign. CS JTI is a measure adopted by the European Parliament to support the trend of public-private partnership (PPP) initiatives in the field of research, with the aim of jointly developing a wide spectrum of technologies
Boeing and Vietnam Airlines celebrated a historic event witnessed by H.E. Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, with the flag carrier’s first 787 Dreamliner serving as a backdrop. The event was attended by more than 200 delegates, ministers and ambassadors from Vietnam and the United States, as well as local
Embraer Executive Jets delivered the first Phenom 300 to Luxaviation S.A., part of Luxaviation Group. The Group has been rapidly expanding its business worldwide through acquisitions bringing valuable benefits to customers. With a broader range of aircraft types, the collaboration between the Group’s companies enhances best practices in all operational areas. Luxaviation Group today operates
