Air Arabia and CFM International celebrated the achievement of one million engine flight hours with the airline’s fleet of CFM56-5B engines. Air Arabia has been a CFM customer since it began scheduled service in 2003. Today, the airline operates a fleet of 32 CFM56-5B-powered Airbus A320 family aircraft. All of these engines are covered by
EADS raises its gross order intake guidance at Airbus for commercial aircraft for the full year 2013. Based on a current order intake of 514 gross commercial aircraft orders at the end of April 2013 and strong commercial activity, EADS is now expecting new gross orders to be comfortably above 800 aircraft in 2013.
Bristol Associates, on behalf of U. S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, has completed the sale of an American Airlines-operated 1990 B757-223 aircraft (MSN 24587) to Jet Midwest Group (Los Angeles, CA).
Air Lease Corporation reported a long term lease agreement with Etihad Airways for one new Airbus A321-200 aircraft with sharklets, scheduled for delivery in April 2015. Etihad Airways estimates it will deploy the A321 aircraft on short to medium-haul routes to the Middle East and India.
AWAS has delivered a new Airbus A320-200 passenger aircraft to Aeroflot from its new order pipeline. This is the fifth of six A320s that the lessor will deliver to Aeroflot in 2013-14. These six new A320 aircraft which Aeroflot has contracted from AWAS is part of the airline’s expansion plans and will contribute to strengthening
Embraer Executive Jets reported the sale of an ultra-large Lineage 1000, to an undisclosed European client, operated by FLYINGGROUP. The aircraft, the first Lineage 1000 sale to a customer in Belgium, will join the Belgium-based company’s fleet and will be available for third-party charter. Delivery of the aircraft is scheduled for the second half of
Finmeccanica reported the sale of the fourth AW139 intermediate twin helicopter for corporate transport in the UK & Ireland. This latest sale continues the success of the AW139 in the UK & Ireland corporate helicopter market in the last two years. The helicopter will be delivered in 2014 to an undisclosed customer. Almost 40 AW139
China’s largest helicopter operator in the power and electricity sectors, the State Grid General Aviation Company (SGGAC), has ordered one EC225 and two AS350 B3e rotorcraft to support the country’s electrical grid development and build the Chinese company’s business into other airlift duties. As the wholly-owned subsidiary of State Grid Corporation of China, one of
Rolls-Royce has won an order from US leasing company CIT Aerospace for Trent XWB engines, to power ten Airbus A350 XWB aircraft and Trent 700 engines to power 13 Airbus A330 aircraft. The Trent XWB engines will power ten CIT A350 aircraft that were announced in January 2013 which were in addition to five A350
Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, has placed an order for three A330-300s, growing its A330 Family fleet to a total of ten Airbus aircraft. The aircraft will be operated on long haul routes and can comfortably seat close to 300 passengers.
