An improved version of the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine has passed its European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) type test. The Trent 900 EP2 engine, offering a further fuel burn improvement of up to 0.8%, will become the new build standard for the engine next year once full certification is achieved. The Trent 900 EP2 improvements
According to the latest Airbus Global Market Forecast (GMF) the Brazilian air travel market will need 1,324 aircraft by 2032 to address the country’s rising international and domestic air travel requirements. The 896 single-aisle, 353 twin-aisle and 75 very large aircraft (VLA) are forecast to help meet the rising demand from domestic and foreign carriers
On Wednesday, November 27th, 2013, Doric took a further Airbus A380 under management. The aircraft carries the manufacturer‘s serial number 133 and is leased to Emirates. This is the fourth A380 acquired by a subsidiary of the listed aircraft investment company Doric Nimrod Air Three Limited. Doric’s asset management portfolio has a volume of US$8bn.
C&L Aerospace reported the sale of one of their Saab 340B aircraft (msn 340B-196) to Sky Bahamas Airlines. This aircraft was formerly operated with Colgan Airlines (Colgan Airlines owned by Pinnacle Airlines). The aircraft is expected to enter into service by December 1st, 2013.
Rolls-Royce announced the latest version of its market-leading Trent 700, the Trent 700 Regional, will power the recently announced Airbus A330 Regional aircraft. The engine was confirmed at the Rolls-Royce customer symposium in China, which along with South East Asia, will be a key market for the aircraft. The Trent 700, the only engine specifically
Embraer and BA CityFlyer, British Airways’ wholly owned regional subsidiary, reported the acquisition of one additional E190 jet. This firm order will be included in Embraer’s 2013 fourth quarter backlog. The E-Jet will be operated from the Company’s main operating base at London City Airport (LCY).
Iberia, the Spanish carrier, has taken delivery of its fifth A330-300 from BOC Aviation. The aircraft is the first to carry Iberia’s new livery and is named after Spanish King Juan Carlos I. Iberia, an International Airlines Group (“IAG”) airline, has now taken delivery of nine Airbus aircraft out of 12 leased from BOC Aviation,
Airbus won a total of 160 orders and commitments at the 13th Dubai Airshow worth US$44bn, underlining the strong appeal of its widebody aircraft. The A380 and A350 XWB in particular, were demonstrated to be spot-on with customer requirements and expectations. The order intake includes 142 firm orders worth US$40.4bn (50 A380, 40 A350-900, 10
German-based completions and refurbishment company 328 has completed work on a Dornier 328 aircraft for SpringChild Investments, British Virgin Island (BVI), for the use of its Nigerian based new airline, Air Peace. The privately owned upcoming airline Air Peace, will be operating out of Murtala Mohammed Airport Lagos. The new airline will be offering Charter,
GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS) delivered a new leased Airbus A320 to Japanese low-cost carrier Star Flyer to expand the airline’s fleet. The aircraft comes from GECAS’ existing order book with Airbus.
