Amur JMW Aviation, a joint venture between Amur Finance Company and the owners of Jet Midwest announced that the company has completed a major fleet transaction with Avianca Airlines. The deal consists of AJMWA purchasing the entire ten (10) Fokker 50 aircraft fleet from Avianca Airlines to be delivered to Jet Midwest’s facility in Kansas
Aircraft remarketing specialist Cabot Aviation arranged the acquisition of a Boeing 767-300ER for client Wings Aviation, the Lessor to Fly Jamaica Airways. The aircraft, msn 24876, was acquired from a major leasing company.
During the first quarter of 2014 (1Q14), Embraer delivered 14 jets to the commercial aviation market and 20 to the business aviation market, for a total of 34 aircraft, compared to 29 aircraft delivered in the same period of 2013. On March 31st, 2014, the firm order backlog totaled US$ 19.2bn, an increase of US$
BOC Aviation added Grupo Aeromexico as a new customer with the lease of three new Embraer E190 aircraft for delivery between April and June this year.
Airbus has launched a new version of its popular corporate jet, the ACJ319, offering customers simplicity, speed and savings in the cabin. Called ACJ319 Elegance, the new version complements today’s fully customisable version. Cabin outfitting of the Airbus ACJ319 Elegance will be carried out by the company’s Airbus Corporate Jet Centre (ACJC) subsidiary in Toulouse,
Lhasa based Tibet Airlines from the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China has taken delivery of its first A319 with Sharklets. The aircraft which was handed over at the Airbus Tianjin Delivery Centre (ATDC) joins Tibet Airlines’ existing fleet of eight existing A319s. The aircraft is the 165th assembled at Airbus’Tianjin Final Assembly Line (FALC). The
CHC Helicopter’s AW139 helicopter fleet has set a major operational milestone by reaching 100,000 flight hours, with the fleet leader achieving over 9,000 flight hours in less than eight years. A leading AW139 customer, CHC operates more than 40 AW139s globally performing a wide range of missions including offshore transport, search and rescue and emergency
BOC Aviation signed an agreement with Lion Air for four 737-800 aircraft and one 737-900ER for delivery this year and in 2015. This builds on the success of the November 2012 transaction for six Boeing 737-800 and three 737-900ER aircraft. The 737-900ER aircraft delivered to Lion Air were the first of the kind in the
Mesa Air Group took delivery of its first Embraer E175 at a celebratory event at Embraer’s headquarters in São José dos Campos, Brazil. The aircraft is the first of 30 on order by United to incorporate into Mesa’s growing United Express fleet. Mesa currently operates as United Express from hubs in Washington Dulles and Chicago
Avolon, the international aircraft leasing group, issued a trading update for the first quarter of 2014. At the end of the quarter, Avolon’s committed fleet reached 202 aircraft, up from 167 aircraft at end of the first quarter 2013, serving 47 customers globally. Committed fleet increased by 20 aircraft in the first quarter, valued at
