Cabot Aviation has been appointed by DVB Aviation Asset Management to work alongside its team to remarket six B747-400 freighter aircraft. The aircraft are being acquired as passenger aircraft from May 2009 through the first quarter of 2011 and will be converted to freighters at the IAI/Bedek facility in Tel Aviv. The first aircraft is
Cabot Aviation has arranged the purchase of four B767-200ER aircraft together with a spare GE CF6-80C2B2 Engine on behalf of Aircraft Solutions from VGS Aircraft Holding (Ireland) Limited. The aircraft are msn
AWAS has concluded a lease transaction for a second Boeing 767-300ER to S7 Airlines of Russia. This is the second 767-300ER which AWAS have leased to S7 this year. S7 Airlines is currently implementing a fleet modernisation strategy which involves replacing their domestically-produced aircraft with more fuel-efficient western aircraft.
Grupo Marsans, the largest tourism and transport group in Spain and fourth in Europe, has signed a firm order with Airbus for the purchase of 61 Airbus aircraft including four A380s, ten A350-900s, five A330-200s and 42 A320 Family aircraft (of which 12 A319s, 25 A320s and five A321s). These aircraft will be operated by
Uzbekistan Airways signed an order for four 767-300ER (Extended Range) airplanes. The order is valued at $597 million at list prices. Including this latest announcement, Uzbekistan Airways has now ordered six Boeing jetliners (two previously ordered 787-8s and the four 767-300ERs). Uzbekistan Airways, based in Tashkent, is Uzbekistan’s national airline. In addition to the airplanes
CFM International’s advanced CFM56-7B27A/3 engine model has been jointly certified by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the European Aviation Safety Agency for the U.S. Navy’s P-8A Poseidon, paving the way for flight tests in 2009 and initial operational capability in 2013. The Navy plans to purchase 108 P-8As to replace its fleet of P-3C
Pratt & Whitney’s F135 engine successfully completed engine restart testing at Edwards Air Force Base, CA. The engine air restart tests are a significant program milestone demonstrating the reliability of the F135 engine in flight. The F135 engine, which is the only fifth generation engine powering the F-35 Lightning II flight test program, was put
Embraer delivered the first EMBRAER 190 jet, to KLM cityhopper, the regional airline subsidiary of KLM. The deal with the Dutch airline was announced in August 2007 and includes ten firm orders, plus nine options, for the EMBRAER 190. KLM cityhopper
AirTran Airways, the Orlando-based low-cost airline subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, has sold two B737-700 aircraft (s/n 35789, 33935) to MENA Investments, SAL, a Middle East-based aircraft services and wet-leasing company.
GA Telesis UK has added another Airbus A320-200 (MSN 338) to its inventory. The ex-MyAir aircraft was returned from lease in November. The aircraft will enter the GA Telesis disassembly production line in the United Kingdom, and the disassembly and remarketing will be led by GA Telesis, UK in cooperation with the GA Telesis Aircraft
