Aircraft & Engines

ECC Leasing Company Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Embraer, has leased four ERJ 135 pre-owned jets to South African Airlink. These aircraft

AerCap Holdings N.V. announced the completion of the following transactions during the fourth quarter 2009: AerCap signed new lease agreements for 15 aircraft and executed letters of intent for six aircraft leases, delivered 14 aircraft and nine engines under lease agreements, purchased ten aircraft and nine engines, and executed an agreement for the purchase of

Aeronautical Engineers (AEI), has been selected by Cargo Air of Bulgaria to provide one B737-300SF Passenger to Freighter Conversion. The aircraft, a B737-300, MSN 23970 was built in 1987 and is scheduled to undergo freighter modification, DVDR 32 parameter upgrade and a dual FMS UNS1FW modification at AEI

IBA has completed the sale of two Agusta AW139 Helicopters on behalf of Copterline OY, a rotary wing operator based in Helsinki. The helicopters were purchased by PHI Inc. in the USA, for immediate deployment within its expanding rotary operations.

British based Virgin Atlantic Airways, has bought six A330-300 long-range aircraft from Airbus, and is leasing a further four from AerCap. The contract was formally completed on December 30th, 2009, following an initial announcement earlier in June. The aircraft are Virgin Atlantic’s first A330s and will strengthen services between the United Kingdom, North America, the

French airline Air Corsica CCM ( Compagnie Corse Medit

Boeing recorded 481 commercial airplane deliveries in 2009, matching the company guidance of 480-485 airplanes. The Commercial Airplanes backlog remains strong at 3,375 airplanes. Boeing registered 263 gross and 142 net commercial orders for the year as air travel and freight declined and carriers worldwide experienced severe economic challenges.

Indonesia

The first Phenom 300 executive jet was delivered to Executive Flight Services, a wholly owned aircraft management subsidiary of Executive AirShare, which received the aircraft on behalf of an undisclosed customer.

Embraer delivered the first Lineage 1000 executive jet to Al Jaber Aviation (AJA) of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, at the end of December. The aircraft will begin operations for on-demand charter service in March 2010. AJA will be the largest Lineage 1000 operator, with a fleet of five aircraft. Al Jaber Aviation operates two