Aircraft & Engines

ATR and the Singapore-based commercial aircraft lessor Avation announced an agreement for the purchase of five new ATR 72-600 aircraft. At list prices the acquisition is valued at about US$130m and brings to 35 the total number of firm ATR 72s ordered by Avation since their first ATR purchase in 2011. As of today, Avation […]

AerFin reported the delivery of one Airbus A340-300, MSN 142, from Cathay Pacific Airlines during February. MSN 142 is the fifth aircraft to be delivered to AerFin as part of the end-of-life solution for Cathay Pacific’s fleet of 11 A340-300 aircraft. This aircraft will be disassembled for spare parts recovery, with serviceable inventory stored at

AWAS has delivered on lease one 737-800 passenger aircraft with Sriwijaya Air, a privately held scheduled service and charter airline serving Indonesia, Malaysia, China and the Philippines. This aircraft comes from AWAS’ existing portfolio.

Cirrus Aircraft reported that new aircraft shipments in 2015 exceeded 300 for the second year in a row.  New unit deliveries for 2015 totaled 301 while the global Cirrus fleet surpassed 6,200 total SR aircraft and amassed over seven million flight hours. In addition to new SR series deliveries, the revolutionary Vision Jet program continued

Final assembly is underway on the first full GE9X engine that will test in the first half of 2016, four years before the GE9X engine enters service on a Boeing 777X aircraft. The first engine to test (FETT) wraps up the extensive technology maturation program for the GE9X engine program, which began almost five years

The first A321neo equipped with CFM International LEAP-1A engines completed its maiden flight on February 9th from Hamburg, Germany. The flight lasted five hours and 29 minutes during which tests were performed on the engine speed variation (low/high), systems behaviour and to validate the aircraft’s flight envelope. The A321neo will join the NEO flight test

The new LEAP engine from CFM International, the 50/50 joint company between Snecma (Safran) and GE, has passed the milestone of 10,000 orders and commitments. The LEAP engine has already been selected by the world’s leading planemakers for their new-generation single-aisle commercial jets: the LEAP-1A for the Airbus A320neo, the LEAP-1B for the Boeing 737

Airbus Helicopters has handed over the first H145 Mercedes Benz Style to Körfez Aviation in Turkey. This is the first of two helicopters acquired by Körfez Aviation to expand its fleet dedicated to business and private aviation, as well as charter flights in the region. The second H145 Mercedes Benz Style is expected to be

Gulfstream G500 has completed flutter testing, achieving another milestone in the new aircraft’s flight-test program. The first G500 test aircraft, T1, performed the tests over the course of more than 50 flights. As T1 performed flutter testing, the second test article, T2, finished climatic chamber testing at the McKinley Climatic Laboratory, Eglin Air Force Base,

The first A350-900 for Singapore Airlines completed its maiden flight on February 2nd, over the skies of South West France. The aircraft, featuring the airline’s iconic livery, will now enter the final phase of production, including further ground checks and test flights, before being prepared for delivery in the coming weeks. The all-new A350 XWB