IAE International Aero Engines has delivered the first ship set of V2500 engines to the Airbus A320 Final Assembly Line China (FALC) in Tianjin, the first Airbus final assembly line outside Europe. Of the first 10 aircraft to be assembled by FALC, IAE
National-flag carrier Air Botswana took delivery of its first new ATR 72-500, in accordance with a deal for two ATR 72-500s inked last year and valued at some $37 million. With its new ATR 72-500s, configured with 68-seats and equipped with the
The sixth and final Boeing 787 Dreamliner designated for flight test is now undergoing final assembly in Everett, Wash. The airplane, designated ZA006, will be powered with General Electric GEnx engines. Progress continues on the fleet. The first flight test airplane, ZA001, is getting its paint touched up this week before finishing factory testing. Power
Armenia flag carrier Armavia has taken delivery of its first new A319. The aircraft was handed over to Armavia’s President, Mikhail Bagdasarov, at a ceremony held at the Airbus factory in Hamburg, Germany. Operated under a lease agreement with ILFC, the new A319 will increase the airline’s Airbus fleet to five aircraft.
Airstream International Group has been mandated by Jeju Airlines of South Korea to remarket four 2006 Bombardier DHC8Q-400 aircraft together with a large spares package including engines. These aircraft are available throughout 2009. Their availability has arisen because of the airline
GA Telesis has acquired one Boeing 737-300 (MSN 23252) aircraft from Boeing Capital Corporation. The aircraft, last operated by Southwest Airlines, will enter the GA Telesis disassembly production line in Miami, Florida, and the disassembly and remarketing will be led by the GA Telesis Aircraft Systems Group (
Skyways Aviation has arranged the ACMI lease of a Saab 340A freighter for Loganair of the UK. Serial number 037 (LY-NSC) is under contract from Avion Express of Lithuania and began flying in Scotland last week. The aircraft is based at Inverness and is flying to Stornoway and Benbecula on freight services for the Royal
Blue1 of Finland agreed to dry lease two Avro RJ85s from Cityjet of Eire. The first aircraft, serial number E2349 (reg. EI-RJL), was delivered on Friday 6th March and the second aircraft (E2350, reg. EI-RJM) is due to follow in April.
Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the launch customer for the Bombardier CSeries aircraft program, has signed a firm purchase agreement for 30 CSeries model CS100 (formerly C110) single-aisle aircraft. These aircraft will be operated by Lufthansa
MexicanaLink, a regional subsidiary of Grupo Mexicana, will operate 13 previously owned CRJ200 aircraft acquired from a third party. Based in Guadalajara, the airline will start service on March 16 with two CRJ200 aircraft. MexicanaLink will initially operate several routes from Guadalajara.
