The Boeing Company has conducted successful functional check flights of two 737-700 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft modified in Australia for Project Wedgetail. During each of the 2.5-hour flights on Jan. 21 and 28 from Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base Amberley, pilot Doug Benjamin and first officer Ed Wilson performed a series
Production of Boeing 787 Dreamliners resumed January 29th with the join of the fifth airplane designated for flight test. This airplane, designated ZA005, is the first to be powered with General Electric GEnx engines. The major assemblies were loaded in final body join over the past several days. The fuselage and wing joins occur simultaneously.
Cabot Aviation announced that it has arranged the sale of seven Boeing 737-200 aircraft on behalf of Aerotrans Leasing Limited. These aircraft have all been purchased by KAL Aviation, based in the United Arab Emirates, which will lease them to operators in the region. All seven aircraft were last operated by Nationwide in South Africa
Embraer will deliver the first EMBRAER 195 jet, to Air Dolomiti, the Lufthansa owned Northern Italy regional carrier. The deal with Lufthansa was announced in June 2007, covering 30 firm orders for the EMBRAER 190 jet, with the option to take any aircraft of the E-Jets family. Air Dolomiti
Lufthansa is to power a new fleet of 20 firm Airbus A321s plus options with the V2500 SelectOne engine. The value of this business to IAE is up to $850 million if all options are exercised and deliveries are due to commence in 2009. Choosing the latest V2500 SelectOne configuration will enable Lufthansa to drive
Air Atlanta Icelandic reported that an already existing Wet-Lease agreement between Air Atlanta Icelandic and Saudi Arabian Airlines for two B747-300 passenger aircraft has been extended until the end of 2009.
Kuwait based Airline Wataniya Airways, has taken delivery of its first leased A320 aircraft and has become the newest Airbus operator. Wataniya Airways, founded in 2006, plans to take delivery of a total of seven leased A320s. Wataniya Airways will offer scheduled services to major destination in the Gulf and the Middle East based out
Singapore Airlines has added a new Airbus type to its fleet with the delivery of its first A330-300. Acquired under a lease agreement with Dublin-based AWAS, the aircraft was handed over to the airline at a ceremony in Toulouse. Powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines, the A330 fleet will be operated by the carrier on
Colgan Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pinnacle Airlines, has signed a firm order to acquire 15 Q400 NextGen turboprop airliners. The transaction involves the conversion to firm orders of 10 conditional orders and the exercise of five options placed by Pinnacle in 2007. Colgan Air’s operations are based in Manassas, Virginia. Based on the
