Air Lease Corporation announced long term lease agreements with Volaris the ultra-low-cost airline serving Mexico and the United States, for two new Airbus A321-200 aircraft with Sharklets powered by IAE V2533-A5 engines. Both aircraft are from ALC’s order book with Airbus and scheduled for delivery in spring 2015.
Air Transport Services Group released that its Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM) subsidiary has completed a new six-year lease of a Boeing 767-300 freighter to Cargojet of Canada. This freighter is in addition to four other Boeing 767 freighters that CAM has leased to Cargojet, including two added in 2014. Together with agreements with DHL for
American Airlines has signed a firm order for 24 CRJ900 NextGen regional jets. This order was announced on December 30th, 2014 and followed American exercising 24 of 40 previously booked CRJ900 NextGen aircraft options. The options were originally acquired as part of American’s large regional jet order announced in December 2013. As previously announced by
It is no secret that Lufthansa has some of the highest running costs in the airline business and, consequently, has become vulnerable to low-cost competitors such as Ryanair and easyject. Average yields fell by more than 3% in 2014 and any cost cuts performed recently within the group have been far from sufficient to compensate
Nepal’s national flag carrier, Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has taken delivery of the first Airbus A320 aircraft sporting a new striking company livery and equipped with Sharklet fuel saving wing tip devices as the airline moves to an all Airbus jet fleet. With its home base in Kathmandu, the A320 was chosen for NAC’s single
Dassault Aviation’s new flagship, the ultra-long range Falcon 8X, successfully completed its first flight a little more than one month after rollout. Aircraft 8X s/n 01 lifted off from Dassault Aviation’s Mérignac plant near Bordeaux at 2:00 PM. The aircraft leveled off at 5,000 ft (1,500 m) and raised its landing gear before beginning flight
LMI Aerospace, a leading supplier of structural assemblies, kits and components and provider of design engineering services to the aerospace and defense industries, has signed an agreement with Spirit AeroSystems to become a strategically aligned partner. The agreement supports a longer relationship for the two companies. “It’s exciting to extend our partnering relationship with LMI.
AAR, the global aerospace and defense contractor that provides products and services to commercial and military fleets, announces it now offers accelerated reliability testing and engineering services for mission-critical products developed for aerospace/aeronautics, automotive, energy, transit/rail, industrial and medical devices at its facility in Goldsboro. Using specialized equipment, AAR performs Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT)
Rolls-Royce has been awarded three contracts totalling up to US$442m to produce and support LiftSystems for F-35B Lightning II aircraft, including price reductions from prior contracts. The new contracts cover Low Rate Initial Production of 17 LiftSystems for F-35B aircraft, plus support, for two contract periods (LRIP 7-8), and were agreed between Rolls-Royce and Pratt
A CRJ 700 currently in C&L’s hangar for heavy checks, modifications and painting marks the company’s next phase of growth into the larger aircraft market. Already known throughout the aviation industry for its service to Saab 340s, Dash 8s, and, more recently, CRJ 200s, C&L’s US$5m expansion last year has allowed the company to apply
