Finnair has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for five Airbus A321s equipped with the new fuel-saving Sharklet wing tip devices, becoming the first airline to commit to the A321 with Sharklets. The increased eco-efficiency of the A321 with Sharklets will offer Finnair a 4% fuel saving on specific Finnair routes compared to today
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI), has been selected by Transmile Air Services of Malaysia to provide one B737-200SF 8 Pallet Configuration, Passenger to Freighter Conversion. The aircraft, a B737-200, MSN 23796, 9M-PMZ was built in 1987 and will be their second AEI converted freighter. Transmiles first AEI Freighter Conversion, a B737-209SF, MSN 24197, 9M-PMW was completed by
Lufthansa Technik formally handed over the second Airbus A319 CJ to the Bundeswehr (German armed forces). Two aircraft of this type had been ordered for the Special Air Mission Wing of the German Ministry of Defence (BMVg). Like the first A319 CJ, which was handed over in March, the second aircraft has also been fitted
Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline, placed an order with Airbus for an additional 32 A380 aircraft taking the total firm order to 90 super-jumbos. The order for the additional aircraft has a list price of $ 11.5 billion. The agreement was signed on June 8th during a ceremony at the Berlin Air Show by His
Boeing delivered the third MD-11 freighter to Italy-based Cargoitalia S.p.A., under a long-term lease. Boeing Capital Corporation, the company’s aircraft financing arm, structured the deal for the newly completed MD-11 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF), with Boeing conducting the modification work at its subcontractor facility in Singapore. Following its acceptance by Cargoitalia, the aircraft flew directly
Air Berlin received its 50th Airbus A320-Family aircraft during the International Airshow in Berlin, Germany. The aircraft is an Airbus A320 equipped with a comfortable single-class layout seating 174 passengers. Air Berlin
TAM Airlines, Brazil
The first Boeing 747-8 Freighter painted in customer livery emerged from the Boeing paint hangar in Everett, Wash. The airplane sports an updated livery for launch customer Cargolux. The Luxembourg-based cargo operator has a total of 13 Boeing 747-8 Freighters on order. Boeing delivered the last Cargolux 747-400 Freighter with a unique transition paint scheme
Sukhoi Superjet 100, SN95003, has successfully completed the test program aimed at evaluation of engine protection against water jets from the runway. The tests confirmed that APU and propulsion system sustain normal operation while running over the wet runway within the full range of modes preceding the take off. So, SSJ 100 is able to
The 30th A380 to be delivered was handed over on June 4th to Emirates Airline, one of the launch customers of the Airbus double-decker aircraft. This is the tenth A380 Emirates has received out of its total firm order for 58 aircraft. Airbus has already delivered seven A380s so far in 2010, three to Emirates
