Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) delivered its Hawker 4000 super-midsized business jet to customer Jack P. DeBoer during a special ceremony at the company’s Customer Delivery Center in Wichita, Kan. The Hawker 4000 capacity and range is designed to meet the needs of customers domestically and internationally. The business jet boasts a maximum cruise speed of
As of 1st of September 2008, Air Atlanta Icelandic will be adding an Airbus A300-600RF to its current fleet of aircraft operating for MASkargo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The contract is signed until the end of 2009. Air Atlanta Icelandic is currently operating four B747 aircraft on behalf of MASkargo, a subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines.
Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower PW1000G demonstration engine has completed the first phase of flight testing on a company-owned 747SP flying test bed. The PW1000G engine completed 12 flights and ran approximately 43 hours with tests focused on engine performance and operability. The demonstration engine has been shipped to Toulouse, France, to be installed on an
Boeing delivered EgyptAir’s third Next-Generation 737-800. The airplane is the airline’s first 737 to be painted in Star Alliance livery. On July 11, EgyptAir celebrated its induction as the 21st member of Star Alliance, officially expanding its network to 1,624 weekly flights to 69 destinations around the world. The Cairo Airport Authority is scheduled to
Global Aircraft Solutions has finalized an agreement to sell a second 737-200 aircraft to Pamir Airways for a fixed price of $2,350,000, of which $2,100,000 has been received, including a previously announced non-refundable deposit of $500,000. This aircraft will be delivered with over $700,000 in new maintenance services, including fresh paint, a fresh heavy maintenance
Cessna Aircraft Company completed the first flight of the first production Citation CJ4 on August 19th, just more than three months after the CJ4 prototype initially flew on May 5th. The 41-minute flight departed McConnell Air Force Base in east Wichita and completed numerous systems evaluations. The first production aircraft, Serial 0001, will primarily be
TAM received, directly from the manufacturing plant in Seattle, the first of eight 777-300ER aircraft acquired from Boeing. The aircraft is slated for use in the company’s daily flights between Sao Paulo and Frankfurt, Germany and Sao Paulo and London. Initially, the new aircraft will be used on the Sao Paulo – Santiago, Chile route
Bombardier Aerospace announced that Synergy Aerospace Corp. has recently placed a firm order for a Learjet 85 aircraft. Based in Panama, Synergy Aerospace Corp. is a sub-holding of Synergy Group and owner of OceanAir T
Embraer and the Chilean Air Force (FACH) signed a contract for the sale of 12 Super Tucano aircraft. This is the end result of a public bid held by FACH, which chose the airplane manufactured by Embraer as the best solution for the tactical training of its pilots. The first Super Tucano should be delivered
Embraer is steadily moving forward with the development of its recently launched midlight Legacy 450 and midsize Legacy 500 executive jets, with the conclusion of the preliminary aircraft design. The joint definition phase (JDP) formally began in July, and more than 20 suppliers of key systems have already been selected. During this new phase, Embraer
