Finnair signed a new firm order for three more EMBRAER 190s. The total value of the agreement, at list price, is $112.5 million. The aircraft will be configured with 100 seats in a comfortable dual-class layout, and first delivery is scheduled for 2010. Embraer and Finnair initially signed for 12 EMBRAER 170 jets in 2004,
Boeing delivered the first widebody 777-200LR (longer range) airplane for a U.S. carrier to Delta Air Lines. The airplane was revealed and then dedicated by the airline’s management in honor of Delta employees. The airplane is the first of eight Boeing 777-200LRs ordered by Delta Air Lines, enhancing the airline’s ability to connect customers and
BOC Aviation has delivered the first of five new Boeing 737-800s to Shenzhen Airlines. The remaining four aircraft will be delivered from March to October this year. The delivery marks the first cooperation between BOC Aviation and Shenzhen Airlines.
Tanzania’s Precision Air Services accepted delivery of its first ATR 72-500. This first delivery follows a deal inked in 2006, for the purchase of 6 new
Boeing delivered its 1,400th 747, a 747-400 Freighter to GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS) for lease to AirBridgeCargo Airlines, a subsidiary of the Volga-Dnepr Group. This is the seventh 747 freighter in the AirBridgeCargo Airlines fleet, joining five 747-200/-300 Freighters and a 747-400 Freighter. The Volga-Dnepr Group also has ordered five of Boeing’s new 747-8
Cessna Aircraft Company completed a successful visit to the Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition Forum 2008 on Feb. 14 in Hong Kong and the Singapore Airshow Feb. 19-24 by wrapping up orders for 74 aircraft, with an estimated value of more than $219 million. Cessna announced several agreements that were finalized in time for
The first Challenger 890 corporate shuttle has entered service with Calgary based Suncor Energy, a major North American developer of oil sands. The aircraft will join Suncor
Aer Lingus Group reported that it has exercised its rights under an agreement entered into with Airbus SAS (‘Airbus’) in 2003, regarding the acquisition of four A320-200 aircraft. The four A320-200 aircraft are scheduled for delivery on dates between late 2010 and early 2011. Aer Lingus will seek to implement one or more of a
Uzbekistan Airways, the national carrier of Uzbekistan, has become CFM International newest customer with an order for CFM56-5B engines to power six new Airbus A320 aircraft scheduled to begin delivery in 2011. The order is valued at more than $80 million at list price.
International Aero Engines reported that the new build standard of the V2500
