Aircraft & Engines

Embraer delivered the first EMBRAER 190 jet to British Airways this month. The aircraft will be operated by BA CityFlyer, British Airways

AWAS has delivered its fifth Airbus A330-300 aircraft to Singapore Airlines. This aircraft will join the fleet of A330-300s which Singapore Airlines will operate on selected routes serving the Middle East, West Asia and North Asia. From March this year, these routes will include services to Abu Dhabi, Jeddah and Kuwait, as well as Male.

Air Berlin has agreed with Boeing to streamline its order book to account for a change in market conditions and in order to meet Air Berlin

A second Boeing 747-8 Freighter, RC 522, successfully completed its first flight on March 14th. The airplane took off from Paine Field in Everett, Wash., for a two-and-a-half-hour flight and landed at Boeing Field in Seattle. The airplane reached an altitude of 27,000 feet (8,230 m) and an airspeed of 240 knots, or about 276

Boeing has added the fourth 787 Dreamliner to its flight-test fleet with the completion of the first flight of ZA003. Captains Ray Craig and Mike Bryan piloted the airplane on its three-hour-and-six-minute flight. ZA003 is the final 787 with Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines to enter the flight-test program.

Boeing has completed initial airworthiness testing on the 747-8 Freighter. This milestone enables test engineers to be on board during future flights and allows the remaining two 747-8 Freighter test airplanes to begin flight test. Since the first flight in early February, the program has conducted 13 flights, achieving several key accomplishments. Pilots have taken

Nextant Aerospace announced the first flight of a fully equipped Phase 1 400NEXT aircraft. The flight took place Thursday February 25th and completed the transition from experimental to production aircraft.

Nordic Aviation Capital A/S confirmed that it has completed the purchase of Airbus A320-212 MSN0445 from AeroTurbine for lease to Eastok Avia.

The second Boeing 787 Dreamliner, ZA002, landed in Victorville, Calif. This marks the beginning of the first flight-test operations outside of Washington state for the program. The airplane will be stationed at Victorville for approximately three weeks. The crew will conduct ground effects testing among other activities. During ground effects testing, the pilots fly the

EGYPTAIR and leasing company GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) took delivery of the first Boeing 777-300ER (Extended Range) commercial jetliner to join EGYPTAIR’s fleet. EGYPTAIR operates a fleet of five Boeing 777-200ERs, five 737-500s and 12 737-800s, with another eight 737-800s on order directly from Boeing. The Egyptian flag carrier is leasing the new 777-300ER