Aircraft & Engines

Eurocopter’s EC135 will perform medical airlift duties throughout Turkey with a fleet of 17 helicopters to be flown by the Turkish Aeronautical Association’s THK Gökçen Aviation commercial arm, marking the latest major contract win for this twin-engine rotorcraft in the international emergency medical services (EMS) marketplace. Operations are to begin this August with an initial […]

Air Astana, Kazakhstan’s flag carrier, has taken delivery of its first A320 aircraft equipped with Airbus’ Sharklet fuel saving wing tip devices. The airline becomes the first in the region to benefit from the new wing-tip devices. Air Astana’s A320, powered by IAE V2500 engines, features a comfortable two class cabin, seating 148 passengers with

Avinco, the aircraft remarketing and management specialists based in Dublin and Monaco, advised a group of investors on the acquisition and lease of 8 new ATR72-600s. The first aircraft (MSN1083) was delivered in Toulouse on May 3rd and placed on long term lease with Aer Arann, Ireland. The remaining seven aircraft are being delivered from

AJW Capital Partners Limited, part of the AJW Group of companies, purchased two new A340-500 aircraft from Airbus SAS at the end of November 2012. These aircraft are now poised to enter commercial service with Azerbaijan Airlines after extensive repainting and cabin configuration co-ordinated by AJW’s in-house technical team.

CFM International has completed design freeze for the advanced LEAP-1B engine, the exclusive powerplant for the Boeing 737 MAX, paving the way for the first full engine to test in mid-2014. This milestone is effectively the point at which the engine configuration is set, or frozen. This now allows CFM to finalize and release detailed

GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has delivered two new Airbus A320 aircraft to Jetstar Japan as part of a purchase-and-leaseback transaction. Jetstar Japan inaugurated its low-fare domestic service in 2012 and currently operates a fleet of nine Airbus A320 aircraft to five destinations.

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, a leading global provider of outsourced aircraft and aviation operating solutions, confirmed the placement of its eighth Boeing 747-8 Freighter into ACMI service. The aircraft will fly on behalf of Etihad Cargo, the cargo arm of Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates, pursuant to a multiyear aircraft,

Air Lease Corporation (AL) announced long term lease agreements with Korean Air for two new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, which are scheduled for delivery in November 2014 and May 2015.

MTU Aero Engines is adding a new chapter to the success story of the turbine center frame for the GEnx engine: In the past four years, Germany’s leading engine manufacturer has moved from one milestone to the next in quick succession, and has now shipped the 200th module. “We’ve accomplished this milestone in record time,”

The holiday charter company Small Planet Airlines is replacing its old Boeing 737-300s with newer Airbus A320 aircraft. Small Planet Airlines redelivered two old Boeing 737-300 aircraft to the leasing company at the end of last year and will return the remaining two after this summer season. From then on, the company will operate an