GE Aviation received firm orders for more than 200 CF34 engines from customers since December 2012. Orders include 47 firm orders and 47 options for CF34-powered E175 aircraft from Republic Airways (January), five CF34-powered Embraer E175 and 15 CF34-powered E175 aircraft from Aldus Aviation (January), 40 firm orders and 30 options for CF34-powered Bombardier CRJ900
WestJet has entered into an agreement with a third party under which WestJet will sell 10 of its oldest Boeing Next-Generation 737-700 aircraft to that party in 2014 and 2015, and concurrently entered an agreement with Boeing to purchase 10 Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 aircraft in 2014 and 2015, effectively reducing the average age of WestJet’s
Airstream International Group has arranged the sale of five B737-500 aircraft. The aircraft have been acquired from Royal Air Maroc by Vx Capital Partners, a US based private investment firm. The aircraft, msn 25317, 26525, 26527, 27679 and 27680 were the last five remaining B737-500’s in the RAM fleet being remarketed by Airstream. These sales
Eurocopter’s EC135 will perform medical airlift duties throughout Turkey with a fleet of 17 helicopters to be flown by the Turkish Aeronautical Association’s THK Gökçen Aviation commercial arm, marking the latest major contract win for this twin-engine rotorcraft in the international emergency medical services (EMS) marketplace. Operations are to begin this August with an initial
Air Astana, Kazakhstan’s flag carrier, has taken delivery of its first A320 aircraft equipped with Airbus’ Sharklet fuel saving wing tip devices. The airline becomes the first in the region to benefit from the new wing-tip devices. Air Astana’s A320, powered by IAE V2500 engines, features a comfortable two class cabin, seating 148 passengers with
Avinco, the aircraft remarketing and management specialists based in Dublin and Monaco, advised a group of investors on the acquisition and lease of 8 new ATR72-600s. The first aircraft (MSN1083) was delivered in Toulouse on May 3rd and placed on long term lease with Aer Arann, Ireland. The remaining seven aircraft are being delivered from
AJW Capital Partners Limited, part of the AJW Group of companies, purchased two new A340-500 aircraft from Airbus SAS at the end of November 2012. These aircraft are now poised to enter commercial service with Azerbaijan Airlines after extensive repainting and cabin configuration co-ordinated by AJW’s in-house technical team.
CFM International has completed design freeze for the advanced LEAP-1B engine, the exclusive powerplant for the Boeing 737 MAX, paving the way for the first full engine to test in mid-2014. This milestone is effectively the point at which the engine configuration is set, or frozen. This now allows CFM to finalize and release detailed
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has delivered two new Airbus A320 aircraft to Jetstar Japan as part of a purchase-and-leaseback transaction. Jetstar Japan inaugurated its low-fare domestic service in 2012 and currently operates a fleet of nine Airbus A320 aircraft to five destinations.
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, a leading global provider of outsourced aircraft and aviation operating solutions, confirmed the placement of its eighth Boeing 747-8 Freighter into ACMI service. The aircraft will fly on behalf of Etihad Cargo, the cargo arm of Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates, pursuant to a multiyear aircraft,
