ILFC reported the following lease transactions for June 2010: MIDWEST AIRLINES, based in Cairo, Egypt leased one used Boeing 737-800 aircraft from ILFC. The aircraft will deliver in July 2010. TURKUAZ, based in Istanbul, Turkey leased two used Airbus A320-200 aircraft. The first aircraft delivered in June 2010 and the second aircraft will deliver in
Boeing recently identified a workmanship issue with the 787
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) awarded type certification for the SaM146 engine to PowerJet. The SaM146 is now certified for service on regional jet aircraft. Approval by Russian certification agency Avia Register is expected within a few weeks. The SaM146 completed its certification tests on May 26 by passing the final medium bird ingestion
BOC Aviation has signed agreements for the lease of two new CFM56 powered Airbus A320-200s to Spring Airlines, a low-cost carrier in China. The first aircraft was delivered from Airbus
Committed to be a global training provider, SuperJet International, the joint venture between Alenia Aeronautica and Sukhoi Holding, is ready to provide competent support for Sukhoi Superjet 100 flight and maintenance training. The CEET (Cabin Emergency Evacuation Trainer) will be available at the SJI Training Center located in Tessera-Venice by the end of July. The
Air Transport Services Group released that its Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM) subsidiary has committed to purchase three Boeing 767-300-series extended-range aircraft from Qantas Airways and anticipates to take delivery in the third quarter. All three are Boeing 767-338ER aircraft, equipped with General Electric CF6-80C2-B6 engines. When converted into standard freighters, they are expected to have
The first Boeing NG aircraft, a 1999 vintage B737-600, has been sold to CT Aerospace for part-out. The aircraft is currently being dismantled at Cotswold Airport in Gloucestershire. The aircraft, formerly owned by FlyGlobespan who entered Administration in December 2009, had recently been returned off a sub-lease from Midwest Airlines in Egypt. PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Joint
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
