Aircraft & Engines

HNA Group and Rolls-Royce have signed a contract for Trent 700EP engines to power Hong Kong Airlines

Boeing delivered the second of eight 777-200LRs (Longer Range) jetliners that have been ordered by Qatar Airways. The airplane departed Paine Field in Everett in the early afternoon on a shuttle flight of more than 14 hours to its new operational base at Doha International Airport. Qatar Airways has ordered 17 777-300ERs (Extended Range), five

Dragon Aviation Leasing Company Limited, a Beijing-based aircraft leasing company, took delivery of its first directly purchased Airbus aircraft. The aircraft, the first of 13 A320s that the company has ordered, is leased to Air France. The company is a joint-venture of China Aviation Supplies Holding Company (CAS), AerCap and Calyon Airfinance. Dragon Aviation Leasing

Bombardier Aerospace confirmed that a firm order for six CRJ700 NextGen regional jets plus 10 options, which was previously announced on March 20, 2008, was placed by GoJet Airlines of St. Louis, Missouri. The airline had requested to remain unidentified at the time of the announcement. Based on the list price for the CRJ700 NextGen

Sikorsky Global Helicopters, the newly re-branded commercial programs group of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., and Aircom SP Z.O.O at Heli-Expo conducted a ceremonial signing for the first fully certified, commercial S-434 helicopter. The aircraft, which is Serial #1 in the model line, is the next iteration of the S-333 helicopter model, incorporating many of the design

Rolls-Royce and PZL-Swidnik Aircraft have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to discuss future applications of the new RR500 engine family. The RR500 turboshaft was launched on Febr. 23rd, at Heli Expo in Anaheim, California. Rolls-Royce and PZL-Swidnik will work together to determine how the new RR500 engine family can be applied to the company

BOC Aviation has concluded a purchase-and-leaseback (PLB) deal with Alaska Airlines for six Boeing 737-800 aircraft. All the aircraft will be leased for a period of 12 years. The first tranche of three aircraft was closed last week, and the second tranche is expected to close by end of February.

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. at Heli- Expo announced the creation of Sikorsky Global Helicopters, a rebranding of its existing commercial business units currently located in Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania. Sikorsky Global Helicopters will comprise current Sikorsky aircraft platforms S-76, S-92 and H-92 helicopters; Schweizer Aircraft platforms S-300c, S-300CBi S-333 and S-434 helicopters; and all operations

Rolls-Royce and Bell Helicopter have signed a ten-year agreement, valued at up to $400 million for the supply of Model 250 engines for Bell 206 and 407 helicopters. As part of this agreement, Model 250 engines will be delivered to Bell Helicopter through 2017.

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