Aircraft & Engines

Gulfstream Aerospace announced that the fourth Gulfstream G500 test aircraft, T4, has completed its first flight and officially joined the G500 flight-test program. The aircraft climbed to a maximum altitude of 51,000 feet/15,545 meters and reached a maximum airspeed of 340 KCAS/Mach 0.925. During the 3-hour and 17-minute flight, the crew exercised all primary flight […]

Go2Sky of Slovakia has agreed to lease one Boeing 737-800 aircraft, MSN 29925, from a Dublin-based lessor. The aircraft was manufactured in 2000 and is equipped with 189 economy leather seats. It will be delivered in March and will be flown on ACMI services in the EMEA region. The lease was arranged by ISIS Aviation

This year’s Singapore Airshow proved a major success for MTU Aero Engines: the engine manufacturer secured orders worth over €500m (some US$570m), scoring high especially with PurePower PW1000G-family geared turbofan (GTF) engines. “In the commercial engine business, the GTF programs for single-aisle aircraft are key to how MTU’s future is defined,” commented MTU CEO Reiner

Boeing and Air Niugini announced at the Singapore Airshow an order for four 737 MAX 8 airplanes. The previously unidentified order adds to the national carrier’s current fleet of Next-Generation 737s and 767-300ERs (extended range) airplanes.

VAS Aero Services, a global leader in aviation logistics and aftermarket services, signed an exclusive agreement with HOP!-BRITAIR, part of HOP!, an Air France subsidiary, under which VAS’ parent company will acquire two Bombardier CRJ700 aircraft and GE engines being retired from the airline’s fleet for disassembly and resale. The agreement includes the Bombardier aircraft

China Aircraft Leasing Group has signed a definitive agreement for the V2500 engine to power 8 firm plus 15 option A320ceo family aircraft of the aircraft that CALC have on order. This deal was originally announced as a Memorandum of Understanding at the 2015 Paris Air Show. Deliveries occur in 2016 and 2017.

Cabot Aviation, a division of Air Partner and a leading aircraft remarketing agent, reported that the first former Kenya Airways B777-200ER has been delivered to Omni Air International, a US based airline providing global passenger ACMI, wet lease and charter programs. The aircraft was originally delivered to Kenya Airways in 2007 and was operated by

Vietjet has signed a Definitive Agreement for the PurePower Geared Turbofan (GTF) engine to power their order of 63 Airbus A320neo and A321neo family of aircraft. Deliveries are expected to begin in 2017. The PurePower Geared Turbofan engine family has about 7,000 orders, including options, with more than 70 customers from more than 30 countries.

Air Canada has entered into a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Bombardier for the acquisition of up to 75 Bombardier CS300 aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1500G engines as part of its narrowbody fleet renewal plan. The LOI contemplates 45 firm orders plus options to purchase up to an additional 30 aircraft and