Georgian Leasing Company, Republic of Georgia, has taken delivery of a Gulfstream G450 msn 4106, manufactured 2008, from Falcon Aviation Services, UAE in a deal arranged by AMS Aircraft Limited (“AMS”), UK. AMS was mandated as exclusive marketing and technical advisor to the buyer.
Aerolineas StarPeru is adding a BAe 146QT (Quiet Trader) freighter to its fleet of nine passenger BAe 146s and plans to introduce regional freighter operations in Peru. The aircraft has been purchased from UK airline Titan Airways under a deal that was arranged by BAE Systems Asset Management through its remarketing agreement with the UK airline.
Boeing started Function & Reliability (F&R) testing and extended operations (ETOPS) demonstrations on the 787 Dreamliner. This is the final phase of flight testing prior to certification of the airplane. F&R testing simulates various normal and non-normal operations for the airplane, in a realistic airline-like flight environment. ETOPS refers to extended operations – for twin jets,
US Airways, the largest operator of the Airbus A320 family of aircraft has signed a memorandum of understanding to upgrade its fleet of V2500-powered Airbus A320 family aircraft with the recently unveiled V2500 SelectTwo fuel burn improvement package from International Aero Engines. As part of this agreement, US Airways would purchase kits to upgrade 92
Eurocopter will supply a fourth EC225 to Blueway, providing additional airlift capacity as this European helicopter operator expands its North Sea oil and gas market services. Among the duties for the 11-ton-class helicopter will be offshore transportation and logistics flights covered in Blueway’s North Sea services contract with Maersk Oil, which broadens the company’s presence in
AWAS has delivered a Boeing 737-800 passenger aircraft to Solaseed Air, the established Japanese airline formerly known as Skynet Asia Airways. This is the first of two planned 737-800 deliveries from AWAS to Solaseed Air. This aircraft will be the eleventh in their fleet, their first 737NG, as well as the first to have the Boeing
3 Points Aviation, headquartered in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, has signed an agreement to purchase two Dash 8 100 Series aircraft and a substantial spares package from Wideroes, a Norwegian based regional aircraft operator. 3 Points Aviation has purchased over 30 aircraft in the last six years, including 30 Dash 8 aircraft.3 Points Aviation, in conjunction
Eznis Airways, Mongolia’s leading domestic scheduled airline, is acquiring its first jet equipment with two Avro RJ85 regional jetliners bought from BAE Systems. The first aircraft has just been delivered and will enter service later this month; the second aircraft will follow in July. The additional capacity over the airline’s existing fleet of four 34-seat Saab
Hamburger EmissionsHaus GmbH & Cie. KG (HEH) has successfully arranged financing for the purchase of 11 Bombardier Q400 Dash 8 turbo-prop Aircraft from Bombardier, which were originally ordered by UK regional operator Flybe. Debt financing and equity participation was successfully arranged jointly between Hamburger EmissionsHaus GmbH & Cie. KG of Hamburg, Germany and Airfund Corporation of the
Héli-Union is extending its long-standing relationship with Eurocopter by ordering four EC175 for offshore oil and gas missions, continuing this worldwide helicopter operator’s tradition in pioneering the introduction of highly capable new-generation rotary-wing aircraft. The contract signature was officially announced during Héli-Union’s 50-year anniversary celebration, which was held at its Toussus-le-Noble maintenance center near Paris, France,
