Private aviation leader NetJets, a Berkshire Hathaway company, completed a purchase agreement with Bombardier Aerospace to add up to a combined 120 new Bombardier Global aircraft into the NetJets fleet, including the Global 5000, Global Express XRS Vision, Global 7000 and Global 8000 aircraft. The agreement includes a firm order from NetJets for 50 Global
Aircraft Industries, a Czech based civil aircraft manufacturer, has dispatched another new L 410. The L 410 UVP-E20 aircraft bearing serial No. 2734 left on Saturday morning, February 26, 2011 for a long journey to French Guyana. The new aircraft is delivered in a standard 19-seat version, equiped with digital avionics and also with quick
GE Capital Aviation Services announced a purchase and leaseback transaction for two new Airbus A320-200s with NIKI Luftfahrt GmbH (flyNiki). The aircraft come from flyNiki
Embraer has signed a new contract with TRIP Linhas A
TAM Airlines, Brazil
Boeing has delivered the 300th Next Generation 737-800 to low-fare carrier, Ryanair. The airline will take delivery of a total of 37 of these aircraft during 2011 and is the world’s largest operator of the 737-800. Ryanair took delivery of its first 737-800, which seats 189 passengers, from Boeing in 1999.
Grossmann Jet Service, the Prague-based executive jet operator, has introduced a Cessna Citation Jet II to its existing fleet in response to demand for charter services from clients in the Central and Eastern European region. The Light Jet joins Grossmann
GE Aviation is announcing a $60 million investment to purchase and refurbish a Boeing 747-400 aircraft and turn it into a new flying test bed that will test the next generation of jet engines-starting with the LEAP-X engine. The recently purchased 747 aircraft features GE’s CF6-80C2 engines and will be home-based at GE’s Victorville, California
AirAsia X, the long haul low fare affiliate of the Malaysia-based AirAsia Group, has placed a firm order with Airbus for three A330-200s. Scheduled for delivery from 2014, the aircraft will be operated on the carrier’s expanding network, offering low fare service to destinations in Europe, Asia and the Pacific. The latest contract brings AirAsia
The first A380 for Korean Air has been rolled out of the Airbus paint shop in Hamburg bearing the airline’s distinctive livery. The aircraft is the first of 10 A380s ordered by the airline. Korean Air will become the sixth operator of the A380 when it takes delivery of its first aircraft in the second
