Aircraft & Engines

Boeing and Lufthansa celebrated the delivery of the German airline’s 75th 747 on April 30th. Lufthansa is the launch customer for the 747-8 Intercontinental jetliner and took delivery of the first one in April 2012. The airplane delivered Wednesday is Lufthansa’s 13th 747-8 Intercontinental. The airline currently flies the 747 to 22 destinations in 10 […]

Atlas Air Worldwide reported the placement of two Boeing 747-8 Freighters into ACMI service for DHL Express. The two aircraft will be operated by Atlas Air, in Polar Air Cargo Worldwide’s transpacific express network under an ACMI arrangement for the benefit of DHL Express and Polar’s other customers. The aircraft replace two Boeing 747-400 Freighters

Boeing and Ryanair have finalized an order for five additional Next-Generation 737s, valued at $452m at list prices. This latest announcement brings the total number of unfilled Next-Generation 737 orders for the Ireland-based ultra-low-cost carrier to 180 airplanes.

AAR (NYSE: AIR) has signed a five-year exclusive contract with Air Canada to support its fleet of 89 Airbus 319, 320 and 321 narrow-body aircraft. The scheduled heavy maintenance will be performed at AAR’s maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility at Duluth International Airport. The five-year deal formally extends service that began under a letter

flydubai and CFM International celebrated the airline’s achievement of 500,000 engine flight hours with its fleet of CFM56-7B engines. flydubai has been a CFM customer since it launched operations in mid-2009 and currently operates a fleet of 36 CFM56-7B-powered Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft. In November, the airline announced an order for up to 200 LEAP-1B

Critical-care airlift services from Turkey’s THK Gökçen Aviation are now at their full-up capability following completion of Airbus Helicopters’ delivery of EC135 to this commercial arm of the Turkish Aeronautical Association. Handover of the milestone EC135 occurred at Airbus Helicopters’ Donauwörth, Germany production facility, where the twin-engine rotorcraft is assembled. The EC135 already has demonstrated

Avinco, the aircraft trading and portfolio management company, has arranged the sale of a second A321-200 on behalf of Nouvelair Tunisia this year. The aircraft, bearing MSN 995, was delivered to Apollo Aviation Group on the April 28th, and will be leased to Germania. This is the second of two aircraft; the first bearing MSN

Boeing and Turkish Airlines celebrated the Turkish flag-carrier’s 75th direct delivery of a Next-Generation 737 airplane. The 737-800 arrived at Turkish Airlines’ base at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport on April 26th and is the latest addition to the Southern European carrier’s growing fleet of more than 100 Boeing airplanes.

GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS delivered a new leased Boeing 737-800 aircraft to China’s Okay Airways Company. The aircraft comes from GECAS’ existing order book with Boeing. It is the first of two scheduled for lease to Okay Airways in 2014 to expand the carrier’s fleet. Okay Airways operates a fleet of 24 aircraft

Air Lease Corporation announced lease agreements with China Airlines for three new Boeing 737-800 aircraft, which are scheduled for delivery in 2015 and 2016. These aircraft are from ALC’s order book from Boeing.