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Avinco, aircraft trading and remarketing specialists, has placed a 1997 vintage 737-800 aircraft MSN27982 on lease to Jet2.com on behalf of a Japan based fund. The aircraft was operated by TUIfly since new and re-leased directly to UK-based low cost airline Jet2.com. Avinco was working under an exclusive remarketing and delivery management mandate.

Republic Airways Holdings has amended its capacity purchase agreement with Delta Air Lines to provide for the addition of six dual-class E170 aircraft. This follows a previously announced amendment in January 2011 in which Delta added eight Embraer 170 aircraft to its capacity purchase agreement with the Company. The additional six aircraft are expected to

The exceptional commercial activity for Airbus

Avinco, aircraft trading and remarketing specialists, has placed a 1997 vintage 737-800 aircraft MSN27982 on lease to Jet2.com on behalf of a Japan based fund. The aircraft was operated by TUIfly since new and re-leased directly to UK-based low cost airline Jet2.com. Avinco was working under an exclusive remarketing and delivery management mandate.

GE Capital Aviation Services delivered a new Boeing 737-800 aircraft leased to TUI Airlines Nederland B.V. operating as Arkefly, a wholly owned unit of TUI Travel PLC. The aircraft comes from GECAS

Sanaa based Yemenia, the official carrier of the state of Yemen, has taken delivery of its first Airbus aircraft as part of its plan to replace its entire fleet of single aisles with the A320 Family, and make the carrier an all Airbus operator. The aircraft is the first from an order for 10 A320

Boeing delivered the first Next-Generation 737-900ER (extended range) with the Boeing Sky Interior to United Continental Holdings, subsidiary Continental Airlines. The carrier is the first U.S. airline to operate the 737-800 and 737-900ER featuring the all-new interior. Boeing also announced that Continental converted existing 2012 orders for Next-Generation 737s to 737-900ERs and will now be

The second Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental, RC021, successfully made its first flight on April 26th. The airplane completes the two-airplane test fleet for the 747-8 Intercontinental. RC021 will be used primarily for testing the various interior systems that will be on the Intercontinental, such as heating, venting and air conditioning, smoke detection and galleys. In addition,

Russian Helicopters, JSC and French Turbomeca (Safran group), have signed contracts for the supply of at least 308 Turbomeca Ardiden 3G turbo shaft engines to be installed on the updated Ka-62 helicopter. This announcement follows the