BOC Aviation announced the signing of a new agreement for firm orders of V2500 engines to power 14 new Airbus A320 family aircraft, the second order for this engine type this year. The V2500 engine is offered through IAE International Aero Engines, an aero engine consortium led by Pratt & Whitney in collaboration with Pratt
Delta Air Lines (DAL) will enter into an aircraft acquisition deal with Boeing for 20 Embraer E190 aircraft and 40 additional new 737-900ERs upon ratification of a tentative agreement covering more than 12,000 Delta pilots. The tentative agreement was approved for membership ratification on June 11th, by the Delta Master Executive Council (MEC) of the
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS)announced delivery of a new leased Boeing 737-800 aircraft to Myanmar National Airways, the flag carrier of Myanmar, to expand its fleet. The aircraft is part of the existing GECAS order book with Boeing. Myanmar National Airways is the state-owned airline of Myanmar currently serving all major domestic destinations from its
Airstream International Group has arranged the dry lease of an ATR42-500, MSN518 (PK-KSF), to Kalstar Aviation of Indonesia. MSN518 was previously owned and operated by FlyMe of the Maldives having been purchased on a sale leaseback. The aircraft will enter service in the coming days on internal routes based on the island of Kalimantan (Borneo).
AerFin have taken delivery of the initial 3 A340-300 aircraft MSNs 220, 228 and 137 from the fleet of 11 A340-300 aircraft owned by Cathay Pacific Airways. AerFin was selected to provide end-of-life solutions for the A340-300 aircraft operated by the Hong Kong-based carrier. These three A340 aircraft will be disassembled to provide AerFin’s customer
Air Lease Corporation announced long term lease agreements with China Eastern Airlines for three new Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The aircraft are from ALC’s order book with Boeing and are scheduled for delivery in 2016. The airline has already leased 15 new Airbus and Boeing jets from ALC, all of which have been delivered to the
Waypoint Leasing has reached a lease agreement for two helicopters with Titan Helicopter Group, a leading provider of helicopter services with operations spanning South Africa, Namibia, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Peru, Antarctica, Mozambique, India and the Ivory Coast. The AW139 delivered new from AgustaWestland as part of Waypoint’s order book and the Sikorsky S76C+ is
Tunisia’s national airline, Tunisair, took delivery of its first A330-200 in Toulouse on June 9th, thus becoming a new operator of this type of aircraft. Named “Tunis”, the wide-body aircraft flew out from Toulouse and landed at Tunis-Carthage Airport in the evening, thus joining the airline’s existing fleet of Airbus aircraft comprising four A319s and
Atlantic Airways, based in the Faroe Islands, has signed a firm order for one new Airbus A320. With this order Atlantic Airways becomes a new A320 customer. The aircraft will be delivered at the end of 2016, enabling the carrier to tap into the growing passenger market between the Faroes and Copenhagen. Atlantic Airways’ A320
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, (MHI) started low speed taxiing tests with the first flight test aircraft of the MRJ (Mitsubishi Regional Jet), their next-generation regional jet, at the Nagoya Airport (Toyoyama-cho, Aichi Prefecture). Taxiing is the movement of an aircraft on the ground under its own power. An airplane uses taxiways to
