AWAS reported the lease of 7 new Airbus aircraft to Royal Jordanian to replace 6 Airbus aircraft currently operating in the fleet. The replacement consists of 4 A320s and 2 A321s and an additional A320 to be assimilated into the fleet. The first delivery is scheduled for April of next year when 3 A320s will
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight test fleet passed 1,000 hours of testing on June 17th. The program estimates that it is about 40 percent through the test conditions required to certify the first version of the all-new jetliner. “More work remains but we are seeing excellent progress in flight test,” said Scott Fancher, vice president
Rolls-Royce reported the first run of the Trent XWB, the latest member of its Trent aero engine family. The Trent XWB, the fastest-selling Trent engine programme ever, with more than 1,000 ordered, ran for first time on June 17 on a testbed in Derby, UK. The engine
The GEnx-1B engine has completed its first flight on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which flew on June 16th at Paine Field in Everett, Washington. “The GEnx engine program has been designing, developing and testing the engine for five years so today’s events are a testament to the team’s extraordinary efforts,” said Tom Brisken, general manager
Bombardier Aerospace has delivered its first Challenger 605 and Global 5000 jets to customers based in Argentina on April 1 and April 20, 2010, respectively.
Turkish Airlines has placed a firm order for an additional A330-200 aircraft. The purchase joins existing orders for 10 A330-300s, two A330-200 freighters and 24 A320 family aircraft signed in 2009.? The newly ordered aircraft will be powered by Rolls Royce engines and will be delivered in 2011?.
Hong Kong Airlines became a new Airbus operator with the delivery of its first A330-200 aircraft. Featuring the carrier’s new two class long haul cabin product, the aircraft will be used to launch services to Europe at the end of this month, initially flying non-stop to Moscow. The A330-200 is the first of 53 aircraft
Aircastle has purchased one Boeing Model 737-800 new generation aircraft and placed it on lease to Travel Service Airline of the Czech Republic. Travel Service Airline is the largest Czech private carrier and one of the fastest growing charter airline companies in Central Europe.
S.A.T., the holding company of Berlin based airline Germania, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for five Airbus A319s. Germania will thus become a new Airbus operator and plans to start a complete fleet rollover to eco-efficient Airbus A319s. Deliveries of the aircraft will commence from April 2011 onwards. Germania will fly the A319s to
Finnair has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for five Airbus A321s equipped with the new fuel-saving Sharklet wing tip devices, becoming the first airline to commit to the A321 with Sharklets. The increased eco-efficiency of the A321 with Sharklets will offer Finnair a 4% fuel saving on specific Finnair routes compared to today
