High-speed wind tunnel tests have started for the Boeing 777X. Testing began last week at Boeing’s Transonic Wind Tunnel in Seattle. Last month, engineers started wind tunnel tests at QinetiQ’s facility in Farnborough, U.K., where testing of the low-speed performance of the airplane continues. Subsequent rounds of low-speed and high-speed testing will provide further design
Air Lease Corporation announced a long term lease agreement with Air France for one new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft from ALC’s order book, which is scheduled for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2015.
Embraer released that it delivered 32 commercial and 53 business jets during the fourth quarter of 2013, thus closing out the year with 90 airplanes delivered to the airline market and 119 to executive aviation, that is, 90 light and 29 large jets. Therefore, Embraer met the estimated aircraft delivery guidance proposed for 2013, for
Boeing and Alaska Airlines completed Boeing’s first firm airplane order of 2014 for two additional 737-900ER (Extended Range) airplanes. The agreement, worth $192m at current list prices, coincides with the direct delivery of the 100th next-Generation 737 airplane to Alaska Airlines.
Aeronautical Engineers reported that Vx Capital Partners have selected AEI to provide their first B737-400SF passenger to freighter conversion. The aircraft is a standard gross weight B737-400 (MSN 25109) built in 1994 and will undergo freighter modification at AEI’s Authorized Conversion Center, Commercial Jet, in Miami Florida.
Wheels Up, the revolutionary membership-based private aviation company, has chosen ARGUS International’s AVMOSYS software to manage customers’ flight-related activity. Wheels Up offers a member experience in a high-tech and high-touch manner that would only be possible by pairing the industry’s most attentive member services team with AVMOSYS’ enterprise management software. AVMOSYS was designed and built
Dean Baldwin Painting reported that the construction to upgrade the Roswell facility is underway. Plans to improve and upgrade the facility were a year in the making and included erecting six walls of steel and girder construction to replace the curtain dividers, new air handling and heating equipment in the B767 bay and a new
AviaAM Leasing, a WSE listed global aviation holding company, signed an aircraft leasing agreement with Belavia, the flag carrier of Belarus. Under the agreement, AviaAM Leasing has already delivered the first Boeing 737-300 aircraft to the carrier’s base at Minsk National Airport. Prior to delivering the aircraft to Belavia, AviaAM Leasing has conducted comprehensive maintenance
PEMCO World Air Services announced a new Boeing 737 freighter conversion partnership with COOPESA (Cooperativa Autogestionaria de Servicios Aeroindustriales R.L.) in San Jose, Costa Rica. PEMCO’s expansion into Central America provides additional freighter conversion capacity to meet extraordinary demand for PEMCO’s market-leading B737-300 & -400 freighters – the only 737 freighter designed, built, certified and
Global Air Fleet reported the sale of two B737-400F and lease purchase of one B737-400F to Swiftair in Spain. The cargo conversion door chosen was the PEMCO STC. First delivery of the B737-400F is February 10th, 2014. Global Air Fleet sold one B737-400F to Rio Air Cargo in Brazil. The cargo conversion door chosen was
