The first A320 aircraft assembled outside Europe in the Airbus Final Assembly Line China (FALC) successfully completed its first flight on May 18th. The four hour and fourteen minute test flight was jointly captained by Harry Nelson, Vice President Production Flight Tests and by Experimental Test Pilot Philippe Pellerin. This first aircraft will be delivered
Embraer delivered the first EMBRAER 190 jet to Austria
Skyways Aviation have been selected by Ernst and Young, acting as receivers of Macair Airlines of Australia, to be their exclusive agent for the re-marketing of one 1998-build ATR 42-500. The operator was placed into administration earlier this year and the aircraft is available for sale with immediate effect.
The second half of 2009 will be filled with significant certification testing milestones for the GE Honda Aero Engines’ HF120 engine. A total of 13 HF120 development engines will take part in the certification testing at seven locations in the U.S., Canada and Japan. Tests will include altitude fan blade out, crosswind, stress and endurance
A US Airways V2500 engine has set a new time on wing record, completing 30,520 flying hours on its first run, IAE International Aero Engines announced. This is the third time a US Airways engine has surpassed 30,000 hours before being removed for its first scheduled overhaul, and breaks the previous IAE time on wing
GA Telesis announced that it has acquired two Boeing 767-300 aircraft (MSN 23216 & 23217) from Japan Airlines (JAL). The aircraft were recently removed from service where they operated on both domestic and international routes by JAL. The 767-300s will enter the GA Telesis disassembly production line in Florida, and the disassembly and remarketing will
The EADS A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) — on which Northrop Grumman’s KC-45 for the U.S. Air Force is based — has completed a key phase of testing to further validate the in-flight handling qualities of its advanced Aerial Refueling Boom System (ARBS). These evaluations, known as flutter testing, confirmed the characteristics of the EADS-developed
GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS) announced the delivery of a new Boeing 777-200LRF to LAN CARGO to support the freight carrier
Boeing delivered the 50th 767 jetliner to Japan Airlines (JAL), the fifth-largest 767 operator in the world. The 767-300ER is the 404th Boeing airplane delivered to Tokyo-based JAL Group, a Boeing- and McDonnell Douglas-heritage customer since 1960.
KLM have appointed Cabot Aviation to remarket thirteen 737-300/-400 aircraft, which are being phased out from 2010 till 2012. The aircraft are: B737 300 24261 Nov-88 B737 300 24262 Dec-88 B737 300 24404 Mar-89 B737 300 27420 Dec-92 B737 300 27421 Mar-93 B737 300 28719 Oct-97 B737 300 28720 Dec-97 B737 400 24344 May-89 B737
