Aircraft & Engines

Crystal Luxury Air to take to the skies with Boeing 777

Crystal Cruises, the luxury cruise line, is once again pioneering new fronts in the luxury travel industry with the purchase of a Boeing Business Jet B777-200LR, offering an array of global itineraries for its expanded brand extension Crystal Luxury Air. The announcement comes on the heels of Crystal’s groundbreaking news in July of an extensive […]

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Embraer Executive Jets increases Legacy 450 range to 2,900nm

Embraer Executive Jets will extend the range of the Legacy 450, its new mid-light business jet, to 2,900 nm (5,371 km). This represents an increase of 325 nm (602 km) over the range of the recently certified aircraft. The extended range will enable nonstop flights from San Francisco to Hawaii, New York to Los Angeles,

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Embraer releases 10-year market outlook for business aviation

Embraer Executive Jets released its 10-year market outlook for business aviation at the National Business Aviation Association Convention and Exhibition in Las Vegas, NV. The Company forecasts a global demand of 9,100 new business jets, worth US$259bn. This is the total market opportunity to be serviced by all manufacturers and represents a Compound Annual Growth

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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines takes delivery of first 787 Dreamliner

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines took delivery of the airline’s first 787-9 Dreamliner on November 14th. Over the coming years the 787 will play a key role in the Dutch flag carrier’s fleet renewal and expansion. KLM acquired this airplane through leasing company AerCap. In addition to the latest delivery, the Air France-KLM Group has 19

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Airbus efficient aircraft shaping TAP Portugal’s future

TAP Portugal has signed a firm order with Airbus for 53 Widebody and single aisle aircraft including 14 A330-900neo, and 39 A320neo Family aircraft (15 A320neos and 24 A321neos). The aircraft will join TAP Portugal’s fleet as part of its fleet renewal announced by the airline’s new majority owner Atlantic Gateway. As part of the

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GE Aviation launches new turboprop engine

GE Aviation unveiled its all-new turboprop engine on November 16th, which has been selected by Textron Aviation, a Textron company, to power its single engine turboprop (SETP). Textron Aviation and GE announced the aircraft-engine pairing at the National Business Aviation Association’s annual tradeshow. The 1,300 shaft horse power (SHP)-rated turboprop engine is the first entry

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Air Lease Corporation delivers first of four new 777-300ERs on long term lease to EVA Air

Air Lease Corporation reported the delivery of the first of four new B777-300ER widebody aircraft on long term lease with EVA Air (Taiwan). The additional three aircraft are scheduled for delivery in 2016 and 2017, and all four are from ALC’s order book with Boeing.

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