Air Lease Corporation (ALC) took delivery of their first ATR 72-600 turboprop aircraft. ALC has agreed in 2010 and 2011 to purchase 12 ATR 72-600s, with options for 8 additional ATR 72-600s. Brazil’s TRIP Linhas Aéreas will operate this and the next five ATR 72-600s delivered to ALC.
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Airstream International Group has arranged the sale of an MD82 Aircraft on behalf of The UK Civil Aviation Authority. The aircraft, serial number 49215, has been sold to Thameside Aero Spares Limited for partout. The aircraft was previously operated by ItAli Airlines.
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On November 1st, the completion of the technical acceptance procedure, JSC SCA and Aeroflot signed the Acceptance Act for the third deliverable Sukhoi Superjet 100 SN 95011. The document states that the aircraft is technically sound, fully meets the performance criteria without any operational limitations. On November 7th the aircraft will arrive in Moscow and start commercial operation on Aeroflot’s
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Turbomeca (Safran group) reported the delivery of its 10,000th Arriel production engine, which will power a United States Army UH-72A Lakota helicopter. During a ceremony at the Turbomeca USA site, Olivier Andriès, Turbomeca Chairman & CEO and Russ Spray, Turbomeca USA President & CEO, presented the United States Army a commemorative plaque to mark this event. EADS North America
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Boeing has delivered a 747-8 Freighter to Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways, making it the second freight operator worldwide to take delivery of Boeing’s newest freighter. With this new addition to its fleet, Cathay Pacific also becomes the first carrier in Asia Pacific to operate the 747-8. The new airplane is the first of 10
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Skytech-AIC have been appointed by Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) to act as Lease Managers for seven Bombardier Q400 aircraft recently acquired from Flybe by RMB and leased to South African Express Airways (SA Express). Skytech-AIC and RMB have worked together on a number of aviation transactions over some 15 years and Skytech-AIC already manage five
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Titan Airways, the London Stansted-based VIP charter specialist, is bolstering its fleet with the introduction of two additional Boeing 757s, taking the total number of 757s in the fleet to three. Scheduled for delivery in spring 2012, the 757s will be painted in Titan Airways distinctive livery and the interiors finished to Titan’s high standard. It
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Transaero Airlines, Russia’s second largest airline, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airbus for four A380 aircraft. The agreement was signed by Olga Pleshakova, Transaero Airlines CEO and Christopher Buckley, Airbus’ Executive Vice President Europe, Asia and the Pacific. Transaero will become the launch customer for the A380 in Russia, the CIS and Eastern
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JetBlue Airways has finalized its firm order for 40 A320neo (new engine option) aircraft previously announced at the Paris Air Show in June. The airline has not yet announced its engine selection for the A320neo order. With this contract, JetBlue also converts 30 of its pre-existing orders for A320s to the larger A321 model with
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Bombardier Aerospace released that a Chinese airline, which has requested to remain unidentified at the present time, has signed a conditional purchase agreement for six CRJ900 NextGen aircraft. The transaction, which is the first for CRJ900 aircraft in China, includes options on an additional five CRJ900 NextGen aircraft. Based on the list price for the CRJ900
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