Aircraft & Engines

The world’s latest generation commercial airliner, the A350-900, received Type Certification on November 12th from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) at FAA headquarters in Washington D.C. The certified aircraft is powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines. This milestone follows the A350-900 Type Certification awarded by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on September 30th. […]

Condor Airlines stays on course and continues to grow in its long-haul sector. In summer 2015, another Boeing 767-300ER will enter service with the leisure carrier. This aircraft increases the Condor Boeing 767 fleet to a total of 13 planes of the same type, and will carry the registration code D-ABUS. The aircraft was built

GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing arm of GE, delivered three new Boeing 777-300ERs to China Airlines to expand the airline’s fleet. A fourth aircraft is scheduled for delivery in January 2015. All four are part of GECAS’ existing order book with Boeing.

AMAC Aerospace has been appointed by Pilatus as the exclusive Sales Distributor for the all-new PC-24 light jet in the Middle East. The new appointment, formally signed on October 30th extends AMAC’s existing exclusive agreement with Pilatus as a fully Authorised Service Centre and Sales Distributor for the PC-12NG in the region which it has

FLY Leasing, a global lessor of modern commercial jet aircraft, has agreed to sell eight of the 11 Boeing 757 aircraft in its fleet. The sales are expected to close by the end of 2015. “The sale of these eight older B757 aircraft, averaging 15.7 years of age, will lower the average age of our

Rolls-Royce and Jiangsu A-Star have signed a new, long-term agreement for M250 turboprop engines as the Chinese company prepares its production line for the manufacture of Extra EA 500 aircraft. The agreement includes orders for Rolls-Royce M250-B17F engines, with hundreds of engines expected to be delivered over coming years, primarily in aircraft for the fast-growing

Airstream has arranged the placement of an ATR42-320 with RJM Aviation on behalf of Regourd Aviation, France. The aircraft, serial number 093 and registration F-GVZJ, has departed Toulouse Blagnac airport en route to Ndjamena, Chad where it will undertake operations related to the oil and gas industries. This is the eighth ATR that Airstream has

China’s Zhejiang Loong Airlines signed an agreement with CFM International to purchase LEAP-1A engines to power nine Airbus A320neo aircraft. CFM values the engine order at US$260m at list price, including spare engines. Zhejiang Loong Airlines, based in Hangzhou in Eastern China, began commercial operations in December 2013 with two CFM56-5B-powered Airbus A320 aircraft and

China’s sole specialized regional airline, China Express Airlines (China Express), is the previously announced unidentified customer that had placed a firm order for 16 CRJ900 NextGen regional jets and had taken options for eight additional airliners of the same type. This purchase agreement was initially announced on June 30th, 2014. As previously announced by Bombardier,

AgustaWestland signed contracts for three AW139 intermediate twin helicopters with various Indonesian operators. These aircraft which will be used to support the offshore oil and gas industry in Indonesia will be delivered in 2015 and 2016. The AW139 has become the helicopter of choice in its weights class for the transport of oil & gas