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Air Lease Corporation (ALC), the aircraft financing and leasing company, has taken delivery of its first brand new A320 aircraft directly ordered from Airbus and to be leased to and operated by Air New Zealand. Air New Zealand has designed a one-off livery for the new aircraft as part of its Crazy About Rugby campaign,

Bombardier Aerospace has received firm orders from an undisclosed customer for two Challenger and six Global jets. The transaction is valued at approximately $383 million based on the 2010 list price for typically equipped aircraft.

Boeing Training & Flight Services has signed a long-term agreement with Blue1 to provide 717 training capabilities in Stockholm, Sweden, beginning the first quarter of 2011. Blue1 is a Scandinavian Airlines’ subsidiary based in Helsinki, Finland. Blue1 operates five Boeing 717s with an additional four scheduled to enter its fleet by the end of March

GECAS reported the delivery of two new Boeing 737-86N aircraft to Shanghai Airlines Company. Last year, China Eastern Airlines and Shanghai announced plans to merge, with Shanghai operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary. GECAS leases a total of 32 aircraft to both carriers. The delivery comes from GECAS

IAC AR, the Russian certification authority has granted Type Certification for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 airplane. The Type Certificate confirms the compliance of the aircraft with the IAC certification norms and airworthiness directives thus opening the way to start commercial operation. Simultaneously the IAC AR, basing on the audit of the aircraft development quality system

TUI Travel PLC, has become a new direct customer for Airbus, with an order for two A330-300 aircraft. The European travel group has ordered these aircraft for its French airline subsidiary, Corsairfly. The two wide-bodied A330-300s are the latest 235 tonne maximum take-off weight variants and will be operated on the airline

Airbus delivered 15 corporate jets in 2010, worth more than $ 1.5 billion at list prices, setting a new record for this facet of its business. The aircraft comprised 13 A318 Elites, Airbus Corporate Jetliners (ACJs) and A320 Prestiges, plus two VIP widebody A330/A340s. Airbus also won eight orders for its corporate jets in 2010,