American Airlines took delivery of its first Boeing 777-300ER (Extended Range) aircraft, another step in its plan to create the industry’s most modern fleet. American is the first U.S. airline to order and take delivery of the Boeing 777-300ER, which will give American’s fleet additional network flexibility, while delivering increased efficiency and better operating economics.
When certified in arly 2013, the final performance specifications for the Falcon 2000S will be substantially better than initially projected. An 18 month test program that lasted 350 flight hours over 150 flights demonstrated better than expected low speed performance, in particular. Landing distance at typical landing weight has been reduced to 2,315 feet (705
Gama Aviation FZE, a Gama Group company, is significantly expanding both the number and diversity of its managed and charter aircraft fleet. Over the course of the past two months Gama has added an additional Embraer Legacy 600 and a Challenger 604 to its UAE charter fleet and an Embraer Legacy 650, Hawker 800XP and
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) delivered three new leased Airbus A320 aircraft to Japanese low-cost carrier Peach Aviation to expand the airline’s fleet. Peach was founded in February 2011.
GE Capital Aviation Services announced it delivered four new Boeing 737-800 aircraft to Indonesia’s Lion Air as part of a purchase and leaseback transaction. The aircraft come from the airline’s existing order book with Boeing and were delivered in September and October.
An undisclosed customer in China has signed a purchase agreement for seven CRJ700 NextGen aircraft. Based on the aircraft’s list price, the contract including ancillary services is valued at approximately $330m. More than 100 Bombardier aircraft, including CRJ Series and Q-Series commercial aircraft, as well as Learjet, Challenger and Global business jets, are currently operating
Delta Air Lines has finalized an agreement with Bombardier Aerospace that will allow the airline to continue restructuring its domestic fleet by replacing less efficient single-class 50-seat aircraft with new two-class 76-seat aircraft. As part of the agreement, Delta will acquire 40 new CRJ900 two-class regional jets, with the option to purchase an additional 30
Pratt & Whitney announced its Singapore engine center celebrated more than 30 years of operations with the milestone delivery of its 7000th overhauled engine. Since beginning operation, the Singapore engine center has delivered 3,730 PW4000 series of engines (that power Airbus A300, A310 and A330 aircraft family as well as Boeing 747, 767, 777 and
Embraer Executive Jets’ first made-in-the-USA Phenom 300 was rolled out and made its first flight on December 5th. Delivery of the light Phenom 300 is scheduled to go to the Embraer Executive Jets’ Melbourne-based flight department which will use it as a flight demonstrator aircraft. “This is a major milestone for our facility,” said Phil
AgustaWestland and Kaan Air signed an additional preliminary order for one AW169 light intermediate twin-engine helicopter and a contract for one AW139 intermediate twin engine helicopter for VIP/corporate missions. The contracts follow the one signed by the customer just two months ago for two AW169s and one AW139, highlighting the prominence of the AW139 in
