LCAL has agreed to purchase GEnx engines to power up to 13 of its Boeing 787 aircraft. The engines are valued at more than $350 million list price. The Dubai-based aircraft leasing company was established in 2005 with its business based exclusively with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Royal Jordanian will lease three of LCAL’s GEnx-powered
Bombardier Flexjet, the fractional business jet ownership program of Bombardier Aerospace, has announced the induction of Bombardier’s new Challenger 605 jets into the Flexjet fractional fleet. The Challenger 605 jets are among 24 new aircraft scheduled to enter service with Flexjet in 2008. The additional new arrivals will include the best-selling, super-midsize Challenger 300 and
Jakarta-based Lion Air took delivery of the airline’s 10th Next-Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range) airplane. The airplane will be used by the airline to expand its service with new destinations throughout South and Southeast Asia. The airline’s 737-900ERs are equipped with performance-enhancing Blended Winglets. Lion Air, which operates an all-Boeing fleet and is the largest low-fare
Mesa Air Group reported the arrival of the sixth of 14 Bombardier CRJ-900 Next Generation aircraft operated for Delta Connection by its wholly owned subsidiary, Freedom Airlines. The operation of these new aircraft was first announced in March 2007 and at that time represented an expansion of the agreement that was already in place between
Rolls-Royce has successfully completed the first run of its BR725 engine at its facility in Dahlewitz, Germany. The selection of the engine to power the new Gulfstream G650 aircraft was announced last month. The 16,100lb thrust BR725 is the most advanced member of the BR700 engine series and the sixth new powerplant added to the
Delta AirElite Business Jets has added another Gulfstream G550 to its operating certificate. The new factory-delivered aircraft joins the Delta AirElite fleet through an aircraft management agreement and is based in Southern California.
North African airline Tunisair has signed a letter of acceptance of the Airbus proposal for the acquisition of three A350-800s, three A330-200s and ten A320s, as part of an important fleet development plan that will modernise and expand the fleet of this growing airline. With this acquisition, Tunisair is the third African airline to order
The EMBRAER 190 jet received ETOPS (Extended Operations) certification for 120 minutes, this month, from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This third member of the E-Jets family, seating up to 114 passengers, had already obtained the same certification from Brazil
Singapore Airlines took delivery of its fourth A380 at the Airbus Delivery Centre in Toulouse, France. The addition of this fourth aircraft into its fleet will allow Singapore Airlines to commence daily A380 flights to Tokyo Narita on Tuesday 20 May 2008. Tokyo is the Airline
Cessna Aircraft Company celebrated the roll out of the first production Citation XLS+ on April 25th at the company’s primary design and manufacturing facilities in Wichita. The XLS+ is the latest version of the business jet model. The first production unit now will go to paint and interiors, while two flight test aircraft continue to
