Progress continues on the first Boeing 777 Freighter as the company’s newest cargo airplane was towed out of its factory in Everett, Wash. and onto the flight line on April 29th. Work will continue on the 777 Freighter to prepare for flight test this summer and to paint the airplane in the Boeing livery. Boeing
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft has signed lease agreements with Indonesian carrier P.T. Riau Airlines for two Avro RJ100s. Due for delivery in August, the two aircraft (msn E3243 and E3265) will be the airline
The Embraer Phenom 300, a standard-setter for the light jet category, successfully took to the air on its maiden flight on April 29th, from the Company
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
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
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.
