On December 17, Spirit Airline revealed its new A320neo aircraft at its Detroit hangar, with redesigned cabin interiors featuring the Series 6LC Economy Class seat by Acro. Spirit is the launch customer for this next-generation seat which has been designed to fulfil the product requirements of low-cost carrier airlines who want to achieve a robust
Lockheed Martin has delivered the 134 F-35 aircraft in 2019, exceeding the joint government and industry 2019 delivery goal of 131 aircraft. One hundred and thirty-four deliveries represent a 47% increase from 2018 and a near 200 percent production increase from 2016. Next year, Lockheed Martin plans to deliver 141 F-35s and is prepared to
Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has delivered one new Embraer E190, MSN 19000771, to Air France Hop on lease. This is the sixth aircraft to deliver as part of a seven-aircraft lease agreement. The airline, headquartered at Nantes Atlantique Airport, Bouguenais, France, operates flights to 50 destinations throughout France and Europe.
The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) has announced that its sixth C919 AC106 prototype has successfully undergone its first test flight which lasted just over two hours after the jet took off from Shanghai on Friday, December 12. The C919 is China’s solution to the Airbus-Boeing duopoly involving the A320- and 737-family jets respectively
Air Canada has taken delivery of its first A220-300, designed, built and delivered from the Mirabel A220 programme facilities in Canada. The first aircraft out of an order of 45 will enter service in January 2020, making Air Canada the first airline to operate the A220-300 in North America. The A220 will enable the Montreal-based
Boeing and the U.S. Army have finalized orders from three nations to provide their armed forces with the new, more capable AH-64E Apache model. The contracts are for the re-manufacture of 47 existing AH-64D Apaches. The total combined value of the orders is more than US$560 million. Sixteen countries currently field the Apache. AH-64 Apaches
Following the 737 MAX disaster, Boeing confirmed that Dennis A. Muilenburg has resigned from his positions as Chief Executive Officer and Board director effective immediately. Boeing Chief Financial Officer Greg Smith will serve as interim CEO during the brief transition period, while Mr. Calhoun exits his non-Boeing commitments. Boeing released that its Board of Directors
MIAT Mongolian Airlines (Mongolyn Irgenii Agaaryn Teever) will soon welcome the first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner to its fleet, as the airline looks to connect its home base in Ulaanbaatar with major European and North American cities beginning in 2021. The 787-9 – the longest-range version of Boeing’s Dreamliner widebody airplane – will join MIAT’s fleet
Avion Express has reached an agreement to wet-lease four Airbus A320 aircraft to the Polish National Airline LOT. Under the ACMI agreement, signed until May 31, 2020, two Airbus A320 aircraft will start flying for LOT Polish Airlines from January 14, 2020 and the other two will commence flight operations on February 1, 2020. All
AeroGround Flughafen München GmbH, Munich Airport’s subsidiary responsible for aircraft and baggage handling, has been awarded one of the two licenses to provide ground handling services at Hamburg Airport. As a result, AeroGround can begin providing ramp-side ground handling services at Hamburg Airport starting in August 2020. The license has been granted for a seven-year
