Aircraft & Engines

Taking the next step forward in creating a more modern, fuel-efficient fleet, American Airlines welcomes its first Airbus A319 aircraft, the first of 260 planned Airbus narrowbody deliveries. American and Airbus celebrated this important milestone with a special delivery ceremony at the Airbus manufacturing facility in Hamburg, Germany.

GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), announced delivery of a leased Airbus A321 to Turkish airline Atlasjet Havacilik A.S. to help expand the carrier’s fleet. Atlasjet operates a fleet of 15 aircraft to some 20 domestic and international destinations.

Airstream International Group has arranged, in collaboration with a large US based Lessor, the dry lease of one DHC-8-Q300 on lease to Island Aviation Services of the Maldives. MSN499 is currently undergoing pre delivery maintenance in Calgary, Canada and is expected to enter service later this year.

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, reported that the Armed Forces of Malta has signed a contract for one intermediate twin AW139 helicopter plus two options, to perform maritime border patrol and SAR missions. The plan foresees the acquisition of a total of three aircrafts by 2015 including an Integrated Logistic Support package and the training of

Boeing and Turkish Airlines have announced an order for five 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplanes, valued at $1.6bn at list prices. The Turkish flag-carrier has exercised options on five 777-300ERs that were first announced in December 2012 as part of a previous firm order for 15 777-300ERs. Turkish Airlines now has 20 777-300ERs currently an order

Arik Air, West Africa and Central Africa’s leading airline, has expanded its international fleet with the acquisition of the new A330-200 twin-engine aircraft. The new aircraft will service the airlines bilateral air services agreement (BASA) long haul routes, which includes London Heathrow, New York John F Kennedy and Johannesburg Oliver Tambo Airports. The introduction of

Airbus has celebrated the delivery of the 1,000th A330. The aircraft, an A330-300 powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines, was handed over to Cathay Pacific Airways at special ceremony in Toulouse on July 19th. Cathay Pacific together with its sister airline Dragonair is the world’s largest operator of the A330, with a total of 56

UTair, one of Russia’s leading carriers, took delivery of its first Airbus aircraft. The brand-new A321 was handed over at a ceremony held at Airbus in Hamburg, Germany. The aircraft is part of a firm order for 20 A321s signed by UTair in July 2012, which is today the largest single order for this type

Air Lease Corporation announced long term lease agreements with Jet Time (Denmark) for one Boeing 737-700 aircraft scheduled for delivery in November 2013, and two new ATR 72-600s scheduled for delivery in April and May 2014. Jet Time A/S is a Danish Airline. The company was certified by the Danish aviation authorities and began operating

Embraer and International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) have signed the final agreement for 50 firm E-Jets E2 orders: 25 E190-E2s and 25 E195-E2s. The firm order has an estimated value of US$2.85bn at current list prices. The contract, announced as a Letter of Intent (LOI) at the Paris Air Show, in June, also contains options