Aircraft & Engines

Air Transat to add permanent and seasonal Boeing B737 aircraft to fleet

Air Transat will add Boeing B737 narrow-body jets to Air Transat’s fleet, which currently comprises Airbus A310 and A330 wide-body aircraft, beginning in 2014. In so doing, the company will internalize its medium-haul operations outbound from Canada to sun destinations in Mexico, the Caribbean and Florida, for which it has relied on a third-party partner

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Air Moldova leases ex-Air Caraibes EMB 190

Skyworld Aviation delivered one ex-Air Caraibes EMB 190-100 aircraft to Air Moldova. Skyworld Aviation was exclusively appointed to market serial number 19000130 on behalf of Groupe Dubreuil of France. The aircraft now bears the registration ER-ECC and will enter service with its new operator during April on a long term lease. Air Moldova already operates

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Sberbank of Russia and Boeing sign order for 12 Next-Generation 737-800s

Sberbank of Russia and its wholly owned subsidiary, Sberbank Leasing, have reached an agreement on an order for 12 Next-Generation 737-800s. The airplanes are intended for operational leasing under Sberbank’s contract with Transaero, one of Sberbank’s key corporate customers. Valued at more than $1bn at current list prices, the deal will help lay the groundwork

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Embraer Executive Jets delivers first made-in-USA Phenom 300 to customer

Embraer Executive Jets handed over the first made-in-the-USA Phenom 300 to be delivered to a customer on March 29, 2013. The aircraft was delivered to an undisclosed customer who will use it to connect his business network in the U.S.. “This is a major milestone for Embraer Executive Jets and proves the maturity of our

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Atlas Air Worldwide takes delivery of eighth Boeing 747-8 Freighter

Atlas Air has taken delivery of its eighth Boeing 747-8 Freighter. Pursuant to a letter of intent with an undisclosed customer, the new aircraft is expected to enter ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance) service during the first half of the second quarter of 2013, which will allow the customer time to integrate the capacity

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Columbia Helicopters receives first three of ten former Swedish helicopters

Columbia Helicopters has taken delivery of the first three of ten heavy lift helicopters purchased from the Swedish Department of Defense. The total order includes six Boeing Vertol 107-II and four Kawasaki Vertol 107-II models. The price was not disclosed. According to Columbia Helicopter’s Public Relations Manager Dan Sweet, the three Boeing Vertol 107-II helicopters

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Boeing delivers 1,000th airplane to China

Boeing and China Eastern Airlines celebrated the delivery of the 1,000th Boeing airplane for China, one of the world’s most dynamic markets for commercial airplanes. Boeing forecasts that China will need 5,260 new airplanes, valued at $670bn, in the next 20 years. The 1,000th airplane, a Next-Generation 737-800 with the Boeing Sky Interior painted in

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