Iberia has signed agreements with the Spanish airline Air Comet to maintain its aircraft and engines at the Iberia Maintenance facilities in Madrid. The two contracts have a three-year term. The first covers maintenance, inspection, and repair of the CFM56-5C engines used on Air Comet
TAM incorporated a new Airbus A320 to its fleet, brought directly from the factory at Toulouse, France. With this aircraft, TAM now has 103 Airbus models – 15 A319s, 71 A320s, 3 A321s, 12 A330s and 2 A340s. The arrival of the new airplane reinforces TAM’s policy of operating a fleet with a low average
China Eastern Airlines took delivery of the third of its three Airbus A300-600Fs at EADS EFW
Singapore Airlines has selected the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 to power a follow-on order for nine firm additional Airbus A380s. The contract also includes a TotalCare long-term services agreement. The airline previously selected the Trent 900 to power its initial fleet of 10 A380s, of which two have entered commercial service. These engines are also covered
Final assembly started on February 15th on the second flight-test airplane for the all-new Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Loaded snugly into the first position of the 787 production system, workers in the Everett, Wash.-based factory can now begin joining together the fuselage sections and wings. All major joins take place in this position. While this is
Mohammed Abu Ghazaleh, chairman of Arab Wings, has placed a firm order for a high-speed Global 5000 jet, with the Global Vision cockpit, making him the Middle East launch customer for the all-new flight deck. Scheduled for delivery in 2011, the aircraft will be operated by Arab Wings and available for charter from its Amman,
Pratt & Whitney has successfully completed Phase I sea-level performance and acoustic testing on the full-scale Geared Turbofan demonstrator engine ahead of schedule. The engine will now be configured with the flight nacelle system for Phase II ground testing beginning in April in preparation for flight testing on Pratt & Whitney
Air Atlanta Icelandic has extended a wet lease agreement with MASkargo in Malaysia, by two additional years! Air Atlanta Icelandic will therefore continue to operate 4 x Boeing 747-200 freighters on MASkargo behalf until May 2010, and the dry lease extensions for the aircraft are now being finalized. MASkargo is a subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines.
bmi is to lease two Boeing 757-200 aircraft to further expand its mid haul strategy from Heathrow. The aircraft will be used to increase capacity and to significantly improve schedules to the existing destinations of Almaty and Freetown. In addition, the airline
Air Transat, Canada’s holiday travel airline, has taken delivery of an additional Airbus A310-300 aircraft, bringing the number of wide-body jets in its fleet to 17. Together with Transat Holidays and its European partners, the airline will be offering this summer a total of 63 direct city-pair routes between Canada and Europe and flying travellers
