The GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team has launched its flight clearance certification review, a process that will prepare the F136 engine for flight testing over the next several months. Following flight certification, the first F136-powered F-35 Lightning II will take to the air in early 2011, in alignment with Lockheed Martin
Ryan Stone, CEO of air taxi operator Jetpool, LLC, announced that they have taken delivery of their first Embraer Phenom 100 jet. In conjunction with this milestone, the company has launched
The Engine Alliance (EA) shipped the first GP7200 propulsor to Emirates on May 21. The delivery marks the first time the Engine Alliance and member company Pratt & Whitney have delivered a propulsor, rather than a full engine, to any airline. “Shipping a propulsor is an innovative way to supply spare engines,” EA chief engineer
Astra Airlines of Greece has acquired a BAe 146-300 from BAE Systems Asset Management to add to its existing Series 300 that it has had in service since July 2008, when it commenced operations. The second aircraft (msn E3193) was delivered in the third week of May and is configured in a 99-seat all economy
Austral Lineas Aereas, from Argentina, signed for 20 EMBRAER 190 jets. The contract will go into effect after fulfilling certain requirements, and that should take place within two months. Delivery is expected to begin in the first semester of 2010. The airplanes will be the AR (Advanced Range) model, which allows flights of up to
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Boeing continued to make steady progress toward the first flight of the 787 Dreamliner, completing the first engine runs on the all-new airplane. The occasion marks the first all-electric start of a commercial jetliner engine on a commercial jetliner; the engines had been started electronically in test facilities earlier. During initial engine runs, the engines
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation announced an order from Jordan-based RayaJet and Ayla Aviation Academy for a Premier II business jet. RayaJet is an executive jet charter enterprise headquartered in Amman, Jordan, providing clients with an array of services including aircraft management, aircraft handling and medical evacuation. Based in Aqaba, Jordan, Ayla Aviation Academy provides an advanced,
Boeing announced the delivery of the first 777 Freighter to Deucalion Capital and its customer AeroLogic GmbH on May 12. AeroLogic, formed in 2007 and based in Leipzig, Germany, is a new cargo company joint venture between Lufthansa Cargo and DHL Express and will operate a fleet exclusively comprising the new 777 Freighter. Deucalion Capital
Bombardier Aerospace has delivered the first Q400 NextGen high-speed turboprop airliner. Norwegian regional carrier Wider
