Aircraft & Engines

IAE International Aero Engines has achieved Federal Aviation Administration certification of the V2500-E5 engine for Embraer’s KC-390 aircraft. The KC-390’s launch customer is the Brazilian Air Force. The V2500-E5 engine, rated at 31,330 pounds of thrust, was selected in July 2011 by Embraer Defense & Security and the Brazilian Air Force, which established the KC-390

AerCap has delivered a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner on lease to Royal Jordanian. This is the first Dreamliner in the airline’s fleet. AerCap will deliver two more 787-8s on lease to Royal Jordanian later this year.

The GE9X engine for the Boeing 777X aircraft will feature fewer and thinner composite fan blades than any GE widebody engine in service. To do this, GE is designing a new composite fan blade using next-generation carbon fiber composite material. “It has been a decade since GE designed a new composite fan blade for the

BOC Aviation agreed to purchase two GE90-115B-powered Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. The engine order is valued at close to $140m list price. Snecma of France and IHI Corporation of Japan are revenue-sharing participants in the GE90 program. The GE90-115B engine is part of GE’s “ecomagination” product portfolio — GE’s commitment to implementing innovative, cost-effective technologies that

White Stag Aircraft Leasing announced the placement of one Airbus A-320 Aircraft, with a second delivery scheduled during fourth quarter 2014. Both units shall operate long term lease contracts in agreement with the same domestic operator.

GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing arm of GE, announced delivery of a leased Airbus A320 aircraft to its new airline customer VietJet Air. VietJet Air, a private, low-cost carrier, operates a fleet of 15 aircraft to destinations in Vietnam as well as Singapore, South Korea and Thailand.

BOC Aviation announced an order for a total of 80 Boeing 737 series aircraft for delivery from 2016 to 2021, as the company builds on its pipeline for the next seven years. The order comprises 50 737 MAX 8, powered by LEAP -1B engines and 30 Next Generation 737-800 aircraft, powered by CFM56-7BE engines. The

VAS Aero Services, a global leader in aviation logistics and aftermarket services, received a 747-400 with PW 4056 engines on consignment for teardown from Boeing. The 747 is the 32nd teardown VAS has managed for Boeing since 1992 in a contract that extends through 2020.

SAS has secured financing of four Airbus A330-300 Enhanced through the signing of a sale and leaseback agreement with the Chinese bank Bocomm. The aircraft will be delivered during the latter part of 2015 and the beginning of 2016. The agreement means that SAS, at the time of delivery for respective aircraft, will sell the