Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has received Transport Canada type certification for the PT6C-67E turboshaft engine, that will power Eurocopter’s EC175 helicopter. The Eurocopter EC175 is a new multirole helicopter and the PT6C-67E is the latest turboshaft engine in the PT6C-67 family for the medium class helicopter segment. “The PT6C-67E engine is the latest in
Avolon, the international aircraft leasing group, issues its 2012 first quarter update announcing that its fleet now exceeds 100 aircraft and that total capital raised has reached $4.6bn. Avolon’s fleet reached 103 aircraft during the first quarter comprising 99 owned and 4 managed aircraft. Avolon delivered 9 aircraft during the quarter (7 single-aisle and 2
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS announced the delivery of three owned Embraer 170s to Régional Compagnie Aérienne Européenne, the wholly owned regional airline subsidiary of Air France. By the end of June, GECAS will redeliver six Embraer 170s to the airline, which is building an all-jet fleet. Three of these six aircraft are serviced by
Amentum Capital has extended operating leases of two A319s (MSNs 3533 and 3560) to Hamburg Airways Luftverkehrsgesellschaft mbH. Amentum Capital acted on behalf of Global Aircraft Fund I (GAF I), a $1.2bn closed-end fund that invests in modern commercial aviation assets operating worldwide.
The Qantas Group has selected CFM International’s advanced LEAP-1A engine to power 78 Airbus A320neo aircraft currently on order. The engine order is valued at US$2.0bn at list price, including spare engines. This latest announcement takes total LEAP orders and commitments to more than 3,500 engines. In addition to the LEAP-1A being an option on
Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners’ Turkish Engine Center, recently celebrated delivery of its 100th overhauled CFM56 engine to Turkish Airlines. The Turkish Engine Center is a joint venture between Pratt & Whitney and Turkish Technic. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Turkish Airlines, Turkish Technic was established in May 2006 to provide airframe, line maintenance, Auxiliary
Jackson Square Aviation has joined the growing list of leasing companies to recognize the value of CFM International’s TRUEngine program, qualifying 28 CFM56-5B and 46 CFM56-7B engines in its portfolio. The TRUEngine designation serves as a method for identifying engines with CFM-approved content and facilitates product support of the engine system. Moreover, industry stakeholders can
Embraer reported that in the first quarter of 2012 (1Q12), it delivered 21 jets to the commercial aviation market and 13 to business aviation. This result surpassed the 20 commercial and eight executive jets recorded in the same period of 2011. On March 31, 2012, the firm order backlog totaled US$ 14.7 bn. The E-Jets
Porter Airlines successfully conducted the first biofuel-powered revenue flight in Canada. In the successful conclusion to a test program that was launched in 2010, the airline flew one of its Bombardier Q400 turboprops from its base at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport to Ottawa using a 50/50 blend of biofuel and Jet A1 fuel in
AWAS has delivered a new Airbus A321-200 aircraft to Royal Jordanian, the fourth of seven new aircraft as part of the agreement reached in early 2011. This placement is part of Royal Jordanian’s major fleet renewal programme, to offer its customers superior comfort while driving enhanced efficiencies across its network.
