Aircraft & Engines

AerFin (UK) announces the acquisition of Airbus A320-214 MSN 925 from Intertrade – a Rockwell Collins company and delivery of the fourth Airbus A340-300 MSN 136 from Cathay Pacific Airways during September. Both aircraft will be disassembled for spare parts recovery, with serviceable inventory stored at AerFin’s 24/7 distribution facility, located at London Gatwick Airport […]

SAS begins collaboration with Cityjet on regional jet services. As part of this collaboration, Cityjet is also acquiring 100% of the shares in SAS subsidiary Blue1. SAS’s strategy is to offer frequent travelers a broad network with frequent flights to, from and within Scandinavia. To adapt the size of the production to traffic flows SAS

Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower Geared Turbofan (GTF) engine was cited as an Aviation Climate Solution by the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) at the Global Sustainable Aviation Summit in Geneva, Switzerland. The GTF’s engine technology reduces commercial aircraft fuel burn and carbon dioxide emissions by more than 16%, reduces regulated emissions by more than 50%

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced that Okinawa-based Ryukyu Air Commuter (RAC) is the unidentified airline that had signed a firm purchase agreement for five Q400 turboprop airliners previously announced in July 2014. RAC, which is a part of the Japan Airlines Group, is also the launch customer of the Q400 cargo-combi variant announced at the Farnborough

GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of GE, announced a purchase-and-leaseback transaction with Malindo Airways for six new Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Four of the aircraft have delivered to Malindo Air. The remaining two are scheduled for delivery in October. Malindo Air, headquartered in Malaysia, currently operates a fleet of

Air Lease Corporation announced the placement of one new ATR 72-600 aircraft on long term lease with Antigua-based LIAT (Leeward Islands Air Transport). The aircraft is from ALC’s order book with ATR and is scheduled to deliver in the third quarter of 2016.

Boeing and Cathay Pacific Airways celebrated a significant achievement on September 29th, with the delivery of the airline’s 70th 777 aircraft – also the last and 53rd 777-300ER (Extended Range) of its confirmed orders – that has made Cathay Asia’s largest operator of the 777 fleet. With this latest delivery, Cathay Pacific’s 777 aircraft fleet

Dallas-based Flexjet, a provider of fractional jet ownership services, received its first Legacy 500 business jet. Flexjet’s fractional program already features the Embraer Phenom 300 light jet. Since certification by Brazil’s ANAC (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil) in August 2014, the Legacy 500 has been certified by another five aviation authorities in the U.S., Mexico,