Aircraft & Engines

Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines have powered the first scheduled flight of Aeroflot

Continental Airlines announced plans for the first biofuel-powered demonstration flight of a U.S. commercial airliner, to be conducted in Houston on Jan. 7, 2009. The demonstration flight, which will be operated with no passengers, will be powered by a special fuel blend including components derived from algae and jatropha plants — sustainable, second-generation fuel sources

BAA Jet Management of Hong Kong has taken delivery of its first managed Airbus aircraft, an A318 Elite, becoming the first to operate the type in the Asian region. The Airbus A318 Elite – the first to be registered in the People’s Republic of China – is now based at Shenzen and is available for

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC) and Kartika Airlines of Indonesia, have signed an agreement for 15 Sukhoi Superjet 100s and another 15 optional aircraft. The order is valued at $448 million at list prices. With this latest announcement, Kartika Airlines is the first SSJ100 customer in South-East Asia and will employ the aircraft in both

AerCap Holdings has taken delivery of the first Airbus 330-200 of its total order of 30 new A330s. This aircraft is the first of ten A330s that AerCap has agreed to lease to Aeroflot. AerCap also took delivery of a new A320-200 as part of an order placed by its joint venture company AerVenture. The

Arkia Israeli Airlines is the newst member of the EMBRAER E-Jet family. The Airline will operate one EMBRAER 195 jet from Tel Aviv to major Mediterranean and European destinations. There will be no changes to Embraer

Embraer signed a firm order with Globalia, owned by Juan Jose Hidalgo, President of JJH Capital and Air Europa, for an additional six EMBRAER 195 jets, to be operated by Air Europa, a subsidiary of Globalia. The deal is valued at $ 237 million, at list price, based on January 2008 economic conditions, and converts

Macquarie AirFinance, a global aircraft leasing company based in Dublin, Ireland, has delivered a CFM56 powered A320-200 aircraft to Spring Airlines in The People

With the maiden flight on November 28 of China

Nordic Aviation Capital A/S (“NAC”) and KIRK Kapital A/S announced an agreement for a sale and leaseback transaction with AMR Leasing Corporation (a wholly-owned subsidiary of AMR Corporation) for 39 ATR 72 aircraft operated by Executive Airlines. AMR Leasing Corporation will sell the 39 ATR 72 aircraft to an entity that will lease the aircraft