PEMCO World Air Services (PEMCO) announced the redelivery of a second 737-400 converted aircraft to AAR Corporation and end customer Fuerza Aérea Colombiana (FAC). This second aircraft is a 737-400 Combi capable of carrying four and a half full 88×125 positions of freight and 72 passengers simultaneously. The newly converted, state-of-the-art aircraft will be used
STS Component Solutions, a division of the STS Aviation Group, announced the acquisition of another CFM56-7B engine. The engine was previously operated by Austrian Airlines and is currently being disassembled. All components will be re-certified and made available for sale. The CFM56-7B Engine is the most popular engine in commercial aviation with nearly 8,400 in
Aeronautical Engineers has redelivered the second of four B737-400SF 11 Pallet freighters to Allied Air of Nigeria. The second freighter to deliver is a high gross weight B737-400SF (MSN 26300) built in 1994. The conversion was performed at AEI’s Authorized Conversion Center, Flightstar Aircraft Services in Jacksonville Florida. Allied Air now has two of a
GE Aviation announced strong performance for the aircraft health and trend monitoring and secondary power distribution systems on the Gulfstream Aerospace G650 business jet since entry into service last year. Gulfstream’s real-time health and trend monitoring system automatically reports high-level problems while the aircraft is in flight or on the ground to the company’s top-ranked
CDB Leasing, one of China’s top leasing companies, is the previously announced undisclosed customer that signed a conditional purchase agreement for five CS100 and 10 CS300 jetliners. The purchase agreement also includes options on an additional five CS100 and 10 CS300 aircraft, for a total of up to 30 CSeries aircraft. This agreement was initially
Jet Time has taken delivery of the first of six new ATR 72-600 turboprops. This aircraft has been acquired on lease from the Danish leasing company Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC). All the ATR72-600 aircraft will be assigned to feed the SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) route network, as part of a commercial arrangement between SAS and
AWAS has agreed with Aeromexico to place one new 737-800 passenger aircraft from its pipeline on long-term lease and also to purchase and then lease back (PLB) another 737-800 that the airline had previously ordered directly from the manufacturer.
CFM International and Romanian flag carrier TAROM celebrated the achievement of one million flight hours and half a million flight cycles by the airline’s fleet of CFM56 engines. TAROM has been a CFM customer for 20 years and currently operates a fleet of 13 CFM56-powered aircraft, including Airbus A318s and Boeing 737 Classic and Next-Generation
During the third quarter of 2013 (3Q13), Embraer delivered 19 jets to the commercial aviation market and 25 to the executive aviation market, for a total of 44 aircraft. On September 30, 2013, the firm order backlog totaled $17.8bn.
The second A350 XWB to fly, MSN3, has successfully completed its first flight that lasted approximately five hours. MSN3 – similarly to MSN1 – has no cabin but is equipped with heavy flight test installation. The first A350 XWB to fly (MSN1) took off on 14th June, and has to date flown some 330 flight
