Philippine Airlines (PAL) has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321. The aircraft was handed over at the Airbus delivery centre in Hamburg, Germany on August 6th and is the first of 64 new Airbus aircraft ordered by the airline in 2012 under a major fleet modernisation programme. These include 44 single aisle A321s and
Boeing and Travel Service have finalized an order for three 737 MAX 8s, valued at $301.5m at list prices. The Czech Republic-based carrier originally announced a commitment to purchase the 737 MAX in June during the 2013 Paris Air Show. This latest announcement brings the total number of orders to date for the 737 MAX
Airstream International Group has arranged the sale of an ATR72-500 on behalf of Air Botswana. The aircraft, serial number 788, has been purchased for use by an Asian Government Department. This is the fourteenth aircraft that Airstream has sold or placed on lease in 2013.
Airbus has delivered its 8,000th aircraft – an A320 for the Indonesian wing of AirAsia. The aircraft took off from Toulouse, France on Saturday 3rd August and arrived on August 6th at its new base in Jakarta.AirAsia Group is the largest low-cost airline in Asia and operates an all-Airbus fleet. The airline is the largest
GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS) announced delivery of two new Boeing 737-800s to Turkish low cost carrier Pegasus Airlines following a purchase-and-leaseback transaction. The two aircraft come from Pegasus’ existing order book with Boeing and were delivered in January and June. They will expand the airline’s current fleet of 45 aircraft.
FlairJet, the London Oxford Airport-based business jet charter company, part of Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group (MADG), has completed the delivery of Embraer’s 400th Phenom aircraft type. It is the first aircraft delivery made by FlairJet since its acquisition by MADG earlier this year and demonstrates its ongoing strategy of providing a range of aviation
THK Gökçen Aviation, the commercial company of the Turkish Aeronautical Association THK, yesterday received the first five EC135s to provide medical airlift duties throughout Turkey. The helicopters will start operations in August. The delivery of this first batch takes place only three months after the selection of Eurocopter as preferred manufacturer. THK Gökçen Aviation and
Beechcraft Corporation has secured an order for up to a total of 105 King Air 350i aircraft, valued at $788m, from Wheels Up, a membership-based private aviation program that eliminates fixed costs and provides unparalleled flexibility established by Kenny Dichter and the team that founded Marquis Jet, which redefined private air travel with the first
ANA has ordered three additional 777-300ER (extended range) airplanes. The order, valued at approximately $945m at current list prices, will increase the total number of 777s in ANA’s fleet to 57 airplanes once delivered.
Fifty years after delivering its very first engine to Beechcraft Corporation, P&WC has celebrated with Beechcraft another historic milestone during EAA AirVenture (EAA), in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, with the delivery of its 80,000th engine, a PT6A-60A set to power the King Air 350i. “As we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of this iconic engine that marked
