Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, signed an order for 10 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners and two Boeing 777 Freighters. Valued at a combined $2.8bn at current list prices, this order will make Etihad the world’s largest airline customer of the 787-9. Etihad has a total of 41 787s on order. The […]
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Flying Colours, a global aviation service company, delivered its fourth Chinese registered aircraft – a Bombardier Challenger 850 business jet, Serial No. 8098 – to Shenyang based air charter company Lily Jet last month. The aircraft left Flying Colours’ Peterborough, Canada facility and arrived at the Lily Jet base on November 29th. The aircraft is
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EADS EFW in Dresden re-delivered one A300-605RP2F to RUS Aviation/Global Jet and another converted A300-622R freighter to European Air Transport/DHL on subsequent days. MSN 643 ‘Darina’ of customer RUS Aviation/Global Jet was officially released to service by EFW in November, now returned from the paint shop in its shiny new livery for its final re-certification before entering
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The International Bureau of Aviation, IBA Group, has been exclusively mandated by Israel-based Global Knafaim Leasing limited, to remarket one Boeing B757-200 passenger aircraft. Built in 1990, the aircraft’s serial number is 24543 and it has Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4 engines. Formerly operated by Astraeus Airlines, the Boeing B757-200 is on the UK register.
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Weststar Aviation Services of Malaysia has signed a contract for 10 AgustaWestland helicopters comprising, five AW139s configured for offshore transport, one AW139 for VIP transport, two AW169s and two AW189s. The contract was signed at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA) exhibition. The contract is valued at approximately $150m (RM 470m). Weststar will be the
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Boeing has established two world records with the 787 Dreamliner, setting new marks for both speed and distance for the airplane’s weight class. The sixth 787, ZA006, powered by General Electric GEnx engines, departed from Boeing Field in Seattle at 11:02 a.m. on Dec. 6 and set the distance record for its class (440,000-550,000 lbs.) with
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Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has finalized an order for four 787-9 Dreamliners. ALC also exercised options for four Next-Generation 737-800s. The order, with a list-price value of more than $1.2bn, marks the completion of an agreement announced during the Paris Air Show in June. The airplanes join the 74 Next-Generation 737-800s and five 777-300ER (Extended Range)
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Rolls-Royce has received approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for an enhanced “Package B” version of the Trent 1000 engine which powers the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The Package B version of the Trent 1000, which is certified to 70,000lb take-off thrust, will enter service with All Nippon Airways (ANA) shortly.
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Cobham Aviation Services Australia has extended leases with Falko on an Avro RJ100 and a BAe 146-300QT. The Avro RJ100 (E3331) is used to support a number of resource industry contracts principally in Western Australia, while the BAe 146-300QT (Quiet Trader) freighter, bearing manufacturer’s serial number E3126, is used in support of overnight scheduled air
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Macquarie AirFinance, a global aircraft leasing company based in Dublin, Ireland, has delivered a Boeing 757-200 aircraft MSN 27971 to Kazakhstan operator Air Astana. Air Astana currently has two A320-200s on lease from Macquarie AirFinance. Air Astana will integrate the aircraft into its network including flights from its Almaty base to Beijing, Seoul, Bangkok and
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