Aircraft & Engines

Waypoint Leasing (Ireland), the independent global helicopter leasing company, has placed two new Sikorsky S-92s on lease with a global helicopter operator. Waypoint also announced that it has successfully re-leased 16 aircraft with legacy operators, further demonstrating continued global demand for certain medium and heavy aircraft. Clark McGinn, Waypoint’s Senior Vice President of Sales & […]

SkyQuest International, LLC is pleased to announce the sale and delivery of one 1978 Fairchild Metro II SA226-TC aircraft (Serial Number: TC-274, Registration: N274FS) to SkyCare Air Ambulance in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada. The Metro has become one of the more popular 19 seat commuter aircraft, evolving from the original Swearingen Merlin I and manufactured

AWAS, the Dublin-based global aircraft leasing company, has announced an order for an additional 15 A320 Family aircraft, comprising 12 A320ceo and three A321ceo aircraft. Dave Siegel, AWAS CEO remarked on the deal, “AWAS is pleased to continue our long-term relationship with Airbus in reaching this deal for the order of 15 A320 CEO Family

The world’s newest airliner, the Airbus A350XWB, will make its first demo tour of China between June 25th and July 2nd. During the eight day trip, A350 XWB test aircraft MSN2, will fly to Beijing (PEK), Shanghai (SHA), Guangzhou (CAN), Haikou (HAK) and Chengdu (CTU). The tour follows the A350’s endorsement by China Eastern Airlines

Bombardier confirmed that an unidentified customer has signed a firm purchase agreement for 10 CRJ900 aircraft. Based on the list price of the CRJ900 aircraft, the firm agreement is valued at approximately US$472 million. Since its launch, the CRJ Series family of regional jets has stimulated the regional jet market. In North America alone, it

GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing arm of GE, has delivered a new leased Boeing 737-800 aircraft powered by CFM engines to Air China. Earlier this year, GECAS delivered another leased Boeing 737-800 to Air China. Both were part of GECAS’ existing order book with Boeing.

BOC Aviation has sold its final four owned aircraft acquired prior to 2007, with no aircraft in the owned fleet now older than 10 years. The four aircraft sold included three Airbus A320 family aircraft and one Boeing 747 freighter. Commenting on the sale, Robert Martin, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of BOC Aviation,

Bombardier’s CS100 aircraft has been awarded Type Validation by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) following a comprehensive testing program. The EASA and FAA validations follow the CS100 aircraft Type Certification awarded by Transport Canada in December 2015. EASA’s validation paves the way for the delivery of the first

Nextant Aerospace, which makes the 400XTi – the world’s only remanufactured business jet, announced that PlaneSense has taken delivery of their 3rd Nextant 400XTi aircraft. “It has been just over a year since our companies announced the initial order and today we are pleased to take one more step forward with the delivery of the

A Chinese consortium made up of China Aviation Supplies Holding Company (CAS), Qingdao United General Aviation Industrial Development Company (Qingdao United) and CITIC Offshore Helicopter (COHC) has ordered 100 H135 light-twin helicopters, becoming China’s first customer to form an industrial partnership to launch a H135 final assembly line (FAL) in Qingdao, Shandong province. This is