Bristol Associates, as remarketing agent for United Airlines, has arranged the sale of a second UAL owned 1997 vintage B747-422 (N198UA/Msn 28716) to Scaled Composites, (California). The aircraft, along with a previously purchased UA sister ship, will become part of a project to build the world’s largest aircraft to serve as a mobile platform for
Airbus has won its first corporate jet sale in Japan, adding a new customer and building on its widespread and growing presence in the important Asia-Pacific market. The aircraft, an Airbus ACJ319, has the widest and tallest cabin of any corporate jet, while being similar in size externally to traditional business jets. It thus delivers
Silver Airways has received approval from the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate Saab 340Bplus aircraft. The Fort Lauderdale-based airline initiated scheduled passenger service utilizing the new aircraft type, on March 29th, 2012, along its Florida-Bahamas route network.
Bristol Associates, as remarketing agent for Continental Airlines, has completed the sale and delivery of an additional Continental owned 1997 vintage B737-524 aircraft (28907) to BLF Limited (Bermuda). The aircraft will be operated by UTAir (Surgut, Russia).
Embraer and British Airways signed a contract for the sale of one more EMBRAER 190 (E190) jet. The aircraft will be operated by London City Airport (LCY)-based BA CityFlyer, British Airways’ wholly owned regional subsidiary. When delivered during the third quarter of 2012, it will bolster the airline’s total fleet size to 14 E-Jets.
Macquarie AirFinance has purchased one Embraer 190 AR aircraft from Jetscape Aviation Group. The aircraft, originally delivered in 2009, is powered by General Electric 34-10E7 engines and is subject to a long-term lease to Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras, S.A.
ILFC has completed an agreement to expand its partnership with Grupo Aeromexico by adding two additional new Boeing 787-8 aircraft bringing the total leased from ILFC to five. The aircraft, equipped with GEnx engines, are scheduled for delivery in the first half of 2014.
Aerosvit Ukrainian Airlines took delivery of a Next-Generation 737-800 jetliner on March 28th. “Delivery of the first Next Generation 737 out of 11 airplanes that we have arranged to deliver, marks the beginning of our airline’s narrow body fleet renewal,” said Gregory Gurtovoy, Chairman of Supervisory Board of AeroSvit Airlines.
After a delay of almost three years, Japan Airlines took delivery of its first two Boeing 787 Dreamliners on March 26th, in a ceremony at the Future of Flight Aviation Center near Everett, Washington. JAL has orders for a total of 45 aircraft and options for an additional 20 GEnx-powered 787 Dreamliners. The delivery to
China’s Minsheng Financial Leasing (MSFL) took delivery of the first of 13 ordered Legacy 650 aircraft. The milestone is the culmination of a Memorandum of Understanding between Minsheng and Embraer, signed last July, covering the full range of Embraer’s executive jets which was shortly followed by MSFL’s 13-aircraft Legacy 650 order. At the 2012 Singapore
