Aircraft & Engines

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has certified the ATR 72-600 aircraft for the use of new PW127N engines. Following in the PW127M’s flight path with over 10m hours of operation, the PW127N provides a 4.5% power increase for Maximum Take-Off ratings (MTO), thus enhancing performance in hot and high operating conditions. The PW127N will

Air Lease Corporation delivered the first of two new Boeing 777-300ER widebody aircraft to Air New Zealand. A second new 777-300ER is scheduled for delivery this fall. Both aircraft are from ALC’s order book with Boeing.

Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) announced the order of a BBJ 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplane to an undisclosed customer. This is the second widebody order for BBJ this year. Since BBJ introduced the 747-8 and 787 in 2006, widebody airplanes have accounted for nearly 40% of the total net orders for BBJ airplanes. The BBJ 777-300ER

Go2Sky of Slovakia has taken delivery of its third Boeing 737-400 aircraft on lease from Aerotron of United Kingdom. The lease was arranged by ISIS Aviation Services Ltd of Norwich, England acting as sole agent on behalf of Go2Sky. The aircraft, serial number 27001 and registration OM-GTC, is equipped with 162 economy leather seats and

Airbus confirms that Emirates Airline has decided to cancel its order of 70 A350 XWB aircraft. The decision follows on-going discussions with the airline in light of their fleet requirement review, as demonstrated by their order of 50 additional A380 at the last Dubai Airshow and their continuous interest in the program. Airbus and Emirates

Airstream has recently completed two further ACMI transactions. They arranged the lease of two MD-83 aircraft on behalf of Spanish operator Swiftair. The aircraft are being used by Polish operator 4 you Airlines and are flying from Poland to holiday destinations in the Mediterranean and Egypt. They have also arranged the lease of an ATR72

GECAS, the commercial aircraft leasing arm of GE, reported delivery of a new Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner to TUI Travel as part of a purchase-and-leaseback transaction. A second 787 aircraft is scheduled for delivery to TUI Travel later this month. GECAS placed an order directly with Boeing in September 2013 for 10 of the Boeing 787-10

Bombardier Aerospace has delivered the first of 30 enhanced CRJ900 NextGen aircraft to American Airlines Group Inc. The aircraft will be operated by American Airlines Group wholly owned subsidiary PSA Airlines, Inc. under the American Eagle brand. The purchase agreement for the aircraft, which was announced in December 2013, also included options on an additional

Air Lease Corporation reported twelve-year lease agreements with EVA Air (Taiwan) for two new Boeing 777-300ER widebody aircraft, scheduled for delivery in the second half of 2015 and first half of 2016. These aircraft are from ALC’s order book with Boeing.