Boeing received certification for the new 747-8 Intercontinental from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Certification clears the way for delivery of the new airplane early next year. The FAA presented Boeing an Amended Type Certificate (ATC) and the amended Production Certificate for Boeing’s newest passenger airplane. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is expected to
Av-Air (Chandler, AZ) released, that it purchased one ex United Airlines 747-400 (24380), for part out at Evergreen Maintenance Center in (Marana, AZ).
In order to continue the modernization of the company’s aircraft fleet, FedEx Express has signed an agreement with Boeing to purchase 27 new 767-300F aircraft, with three arriving in fiscal 2014 and six per year in fiscal 2015-2018. The 767s were selected as the best choice to begin replacing FedEx Express’s MD10 aircraft, some of which are
FLY Leasing Limited has acquired two Boeing 737-800 aircraft, one on lease to Air China and one on lease to Korean Air. The purchase price for both aircraft totaled approximately $62m, which was financed from FLY’s unrestricted cash and new bank debt. FLY also announced that it has sold two aircraft from its portfolio for a
GE Aviation’s H80 turboprop engine has received type certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). This is the first GE Aviation engine to receive its initial type certification from EASA. “The type certification on the H80 engine is a significant achievement for the GE Aviation facility in the Czech Republic along with the engineering
Southwest Airlines finalized a firm order for 150 fuel-efficient 737 MAX airplanes. Southwest is the first customer to finalize an order for the 737 MAX and becomes the launch customer for the new LEAP-1B engine-variant. In addition, the airline expanded its current order book with an order for 58 additional CFM56-7BE-powered Next-Generation 737-800s. The firm order
Australia’s Skywest Airlines will introduce five more ATR 72-600 aircraft into its fleet, to be operated on a range of routes on behalf of major carrier Virgin Australia. These five aircraft take to 13 the number of firm orders of ATR 72 aircraft placed by the Singapore-based leasing company Avation PLC in 2011 for Skywest
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, signed an order for 10 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners and two Boeing 777 Freighters. Valued at a combined $2.8bn at current list prices, this order will make Etihad the world’s largest airline customer of the 787-9. Etihad has a total of 41 787s on order. The
Flying Colours, a global aviation service company, delivered its fourth Chinese registered aircraft – a Bombardier Challenger 850 business jet, Serial No. 8098 – to Shenyang based air charter company Lily Jet last month. The aircraft left Flying Colours’ Peterborough, Canada facility and arrived at the Lily Jet base on November 29th. The aircraft is
EADS EFW in Dresden re-delivered one A300-605RP2F to RUS Aviation/Global Jet and another converted A300-622R freighter to European Air Transport/DHL on subsequent days. MSN 643 ‘Darina’ of customer RUS Aviation/Global Jet was officially released to service by EFW in November, now returned from the paint shop in its shiny new livery for its final re-certification before entering
