Skyworld Aviation delivered one ex-Air Caraibes EMB 190-100 aircraft to Air Moldova. Skyworld Aviation was exclusively appointed to market serial number 19000130 on behalf of Groupe Dubreuil of France. The aircraft now bears the registration ER-ECC and will enter service with its new operator during April on a long term lease. Air Moldova already operates
Sberbank of Russia and its wholly owned subsidiary, Sberbank Leasing, have reached an agreement on an order for 12 Next-Generation 737-800s. The airplanes are intended for operational leasing under Sberbank’s contract with Transaero, one of Sberbank’s key corporate customers. Valued at more than $1bn at current list prices, the deal will help lay the groundwork
Embraer Executive Jets handed over the first made-in-the-USA Phenom 300 to be delivered to a customer on March 29, 2013. The aircraft was delivered to an undisclosed customer who will use it to connect his business network in the U.S.. “This is a major milestone for Embraer Executive Jets and proves the maturity of our
Air Lease Corporation announced long term lease agreements with transavia.com (Netherlands) for two new Boeing 737-800 aircraft delivering in April 2015 and April 2016.
Atlas Air has taken delivery of its eighth Boeing 747-8 Freighter. Pursuant to a letter of intent with an undisclosed customer, the new aircraft is expected to enter ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance) service during the first half of the second quarter of 2013, which will allow the customer time to integrate the capacity
Columbia Helicopters has taken delivery of the first three of ten heavy lift helicopters purchased from the Swedish Department of Defense. The total order includes six Boeing Vertol 107-II and four Kawasaki Vertol 107-II models. The price was not disclosed. According to Columbia Helicopter’s Public Relations Manager Dan Sweet, the three Boeing Vertol 107-II helicopters
Boeing and China Eastern Airlines celebrated the delivery of the 1,000th Boeing airplane for China, one of the world’s most dynamic markets for commercial airplanes. Boeing forecasts that China will need 5,260 new airplanes, valued at $670bn, in the next 20 years. The 1,000th airplane, a Next-Generation 737-800 with the Boeing Sky Interior painted in
The capabilities of Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA) in crisis response and coordination will be significantly improved following its introduction of a Eurocopter AS365 N3 helicopter equipped with a high-speed, real-time transmission system using Earth-orbiting relay satellites. This installation – called the Helicopter Satellite Communication System (HSA) – enables direct transmission to satellites
Nordic Aviation Capital A/S (NAC) of Billund, Denmark has signed a firm purchase agreement to acquire four Q400 NextGen airliners. Based on the list price of the Q400 NextGen airliner, the contract is valued at approximately US$134.77m. The four aircraft will be operated by airBaltic of Riga, Latvia and will join eight Q400 NextGen airliners
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, and Weststar Aviation Services announced that a contract for the supply of six AW139 and two AW189 helicopters, plus options, was signed at the Langkawi International Maaritime and Aerospace (LIMA) exhibition. The contract was signed by Tan Sri Syed Azman Syed Ibrahim, Group Managing Director of Weststar and Geoff Hoon, Managing
