Atlas Air has taken delivery of its eighth Boeing 747-8 Freighter. Pursuant to a letter of intent with an undisclosed customer, the new aircraft is expected to enter ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance) service during the first half of the second quarter of 2013, which will allow the customer time to integrate the capacity
Columbia Helicopters has taken delivery of the first three of ten heavy lift helicopters purchased from the Swedish Department of Defense. The total order includes six Boeing Vertol 107-II and four Kawasaki Vertol 107-II models. The price was not disclosed. According to Columbia Helicopter’s Public Relations Manager Dan Sweet, the three Boeing Vertol 107-II helicopters
Boeing and China Eastern Airlines celebrated the delivery of the 1,000th Boeing airplane for China, one of the world’s most dynamic markets for commercial airplanes. Boeing forecasts that China will need 5,260 new airplanes, valued at $670bn, in the next 20 years. The 1,000th airplane, a Next-Generation 737-800 with the Boeing Sky Interior painted in
The capabilities of Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA) in crisis response and coordination will be significantly improved following its introduction of a Eurocopter AS365 N3 helicopter equipped with a high-speed, real-time transmission system using Earth-orbiting relay satellites. This installation – called the Helicopter Satellite Communication System (HSA) – enables direct transmission to satellites
Nordic Aviation Capital A/S (NAC) of Billund, Denmark has signed a firm purchase agreement to acquire four Q400 NextGen airliners. Based on the list price of the Q400 NextGen airliner, the contract is valued at approximately US$134.77m. The four aircraft will be operated by airBaltic of Riga, Latvia and will join eight Q400 NextGen airliners
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, and Weststar Aviation Services announced that a contract for the supply of six AW139 and two AW189 helicopters, plus options, was signed at the Langkawi International Maaritime and Aerospace (LIMA) exhibition. The contract was signed by Tan Sri Syed Azman Syed Ibrahim, Group Managing Director of Weststar and Geoff Hoon, Managing
Sikorsky Aircraft has entered into agreements to sell two S-76D helicopters to PT Travira Air, a Jakarta, Indonesia-based charter airline company. Sikorsky made the announcement from the Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition. The purchase of the two S-76D aircraft represents the latest addition to the company’s fleet but also represents the launching of the
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) delivered two Airbus A320-200 aircraft to Tyrolean Airways to expand the airline’s fleet. Tyrolean Airways is responsible for operating all Austrian Airlines flights and has a fleet of around 80 aircraft.
On behalf of Republic Airways of the U.S., Skyworld Aviation has arranged the lease of a 37-seat ERJ 135 aircraft to specialist charter and shuttle operator JetGo of Australia. This aircraft will operate alongside two existing ERJ 135’s with the operator supporting the mining industry in Queensland, Australia. Serial number 145713 (N836RP – VH-JZG) left
Following major orders of the EC225 signed at the Heli-Expo earlier this month in Las Vegas, the sales momentum for this 11-ton class helicopter from Eurocopter’s Super Puma family continues at the Langkawi Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition this week in Malaysia with an order for two units from Weststar Aviation Services. A Memorandum of Understanding
