Aircraft & Engines

Airbus has unveiled the A350 XWB’s development cabin interior installed on board flight-test aircraft ‘MSN002’ at the Airbus site in Hamburg. MSN002, which made its first flight on February 26th, 2014, is the first of two test aircraft fitted with a passenger interior and is part of the growing A350 XWB development fleet. Intensive cabin […]

FLY Leasing, a global lessor of modern commercial jet aircraft, has added four more aircraft to its fleet, including one Airbus A319 manufactured in 2004 and three Boeing 737-800s, one manufactured in 2008 and the other two in 2010. The aircraft are leased to leading airlines in Europe and Asia with a remaining weighted average

Deutsche Lufthansa announced a firm order for CFM International’s advanced LEAP-1A engine to power 15 Airbus A320neo and 25 A321neo aircraft. The firm engine order is valued at more than $1.0bn at list price. In addition, the airline has also selected the LEAP-1A engines to power incremental A320neo family aircraft orders. Lufthansa, which is part

Tailwind Capital has successfully sold two aircraft to an undisclosed buyer as part of its exclusive remarketing mandate with Goldman Sachs (New York). The transaction included two Boeing 717-200 jet aircraft, which are currently operated by US operator AirTran Airways. These aircraft were originally acquired by Goldman Sachs as part of a larger portfolio purchase.

Air Canada has committed to operate a CFM56-5A engine managed by TrueAero. The engine is part of multi aircraft, A320 “End of Life” consignment program that was recently awarded to TrueAero.

GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) announced delivery of a new leased Boeing 737-800 aircraft to Japan’s Solaseed Air to expand the carrier’s fleet. The leased aircraft comes from GECAS’ existing order book with Boeing and is the first of three scheduled for delivery to the airline in 2014.

Boeing reported the launch of the Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) MAX family of airplanes after receiving the first order from an undisclosed customer. The order is for a BBJ MAX 8, which is based on the 737 MAX 8 and the newest business jet to join the BBJ family. The BBJ MAX 8 will have

Canadian flag carrier Air Canada has finalized its order for 122 LEAP-1B engines to power 61 Boeing 737 MAX airplanes. The value of the firm engine order is $1.6bn at list price. The airline, which has been a CFM operator since 1990 and currently operates a fleet of 89 CFM56-powered aircraft, also has options and

GA-Finance has successfully placed two CRJ200LR aircraft with Cimber A/S, serial numbers 7622 (OY-RJK) and 7591 (OY-RJM). The aircraft were previously operated by Air Nostrum and will continue to be managed by GA-Finance. The successful placement of these aircraft in a challenging environment demonstrates that the aircraft type is still in demand for a specific

Embraer delivered the first E175 jet to United Airlines. This aircraft is part of the contract signed between the two companies in April of 2013 for a firm order of 30 E175 jets. The E175s will be operated by Mesa Airlines of Phoenix, AZ, under the United Express brand and are configured in a 76-seat