Boeing received an amended type certificate today from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the 787-8 Dreamliner equipped with General Electric GEnx engines. “This is a great day for our customers and for our team who worked tirelessly to ensure the Dreamliner offers breakthrough fuel efficiency, unprecedented performance and new levels of comfort,” said
RwandAir of Kigali, Rwanda, signed a firm order for two CRJ900 NextGen regional jets from Bombardier. The transaction also includes options on two additional CRJ900 NextGen aircraft. RwandAir will become the first operator of CRJ900 aircraft in Eastern Africa. Based on the list price of the CRJ900 NextGen airliner, the firm-order contract is valued at
The first FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for Low Plasticity Burnishing (LPB) has been granted to Delta Air Lines’ maintenance division, Delta TechOps, to mitigate fretting induced fatigue cracking in the high pressure compressor section of the CFM56-7. The initial STC, SE03036CH, allows the use of LPB on the first stage blade. LPB was shown
Doric Asset Finance delivered two Airbus A319s to the Tunisian airline Syphax Airlines on 14th and 15th March 2012, respectively. Doric was also mandated with the asset management of the two aircraft. The lease agreements for both Airbus A319s were signed in mid-January whereby Doric acted as a Remarketing Agent for two German Funds from
Dublin based aircraft lessor, AWAS, has delivered a new Airbus A320 passenger aircraft to S7 Airlines in Russia. This is the first of two A320s that AWAS will deliver to S7 Airlines in the first quarter of 2012.
Eurocopter India, a subsidiary of Eurocopter, announced its first bookings in India for 2012. Comprising light and medium class helicopters, the bookings included an AS350 B3e, an EC135 and an EC155. Signed against the backdrop of India Aviation 2012 in Hyderabad, these helicopters will be delivered in corporate configuration within this year.
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) announced delivery of a new Boeing 737-800 aircraft to Panama’s Copa Airlines to expand its fleet. The aircraft comes from GECAS’ existing order book with Boeing.
According to Airbus’ latest market forecast, Indian carriers will require 1,043 new passenger (1,020) and freighter (23) aircraft valued at $145bn between now and 2030 to satisfy surging annual demand. India’s market for new aircraft makes it the world’s fourth largest in both number of aircraft and value. Indian annual passenger traffic growth rates of
GE Aviation is celebrating the completion of the 1000th GE90-115B engine at its facility in Peebles, Ohio (USA). The engine hit the 1000th mark eight years after it entered service with International Lease Finance Corporation’s customer Air France. More than 1,500 GE90-115B engines have been ordered by customers for their Boeing 777-300ERs, 777-200LRs and 777
Jet Airways and CFM International have celebrated the achievement of three million total engine flight hours by the airline’s fleet of CFM56-7B engines. Jet Airways began operation in May 1993 with four CFM56-3-powered Boeing 737s. Since then, Jet Airways has carried more than 136 million passengers and, today, is one of the most respected airlines
