Aircraft & Engines

The GEnx-1B engine has completed its first flight on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which flew on June 16th at Paine Field in Everett, Washington. “The GEnx engine program has been designing, developing and testing the engine for five years so today’s events are a testament to the team’s extraordinary efforts,” said Tom Brisken, general manager […]

Bombardier Aerospace has delivered its first Challenger 605 and Global 5000 jets to customers based in Argentina on April 1 and April 20, 2010, respectively.

Turkish Airlines has placed a firm order for an additional A330-200 aircraft. The purchase joins existing orders for 10 A330-300s, two A330-200 freighters and 24 A320 family aircraft signed in 2009.? The newly ordered aircraft will be powered by Rolls Royce engines and will be delivered in 2011?.

Hong Kong Airlines became a new Airbus operator with the delivery of its first A330-200 aircraft. Featuring the carrier’s new two class long haul cabin product, the aircraft will be used to launch services to Europe at the end of this month, initially flying non-stop to Moscow. The A330-200 is the first of 53 aircraft

Aircastle has purchased one Boeing Model 737-800 new generation aircraft and placed it on lease to Travel Service Airline of the Czech Republic. Travel Service Airline is the largest Czech private carrier and one of the fastest growing charter airline companies in Central Europe.

S.A.T., the holding company of Berlin based airline Germania, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for five Airbus A319s. Germania will thus become a new Airbus operator and plans to start a complete fleet rollover to eco-efficient Airbus A319s. Deliveries of the aircraft will commence from April 2011 onwards. Germania will fly the A319s to

Finnair has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for five Airbus A321s equipped with the new fuel-saving Sharklet wing tip devices, becoming the first airline to commit to the A321 with Sharklets. The increased eco-efficiency of the A321 with Sharklets will offer Finnair a 4% fuel saving on specific Finnair routes compared to today

Lufthansa Technik formally handed over the second Airbus A319 CJ to the Bundeswehr (German armed forces). Two aircraft of this type had been ordered for the Special Air Mission Wing of the German Ministry of Defence (BMVg). Like the first A319 CJ, which was handed over in March, the second aircraft has also been fitted

Aeronautical Engineers (AEI), has been selected by Transmile Air Services of Malaysia to provide one B737-200SF 8 Pallet Configuration, Passenger to Freighter Conversion. The aircraft, a B737-200, MSN 23796, 9M-PMZ was built in 1987 and will be their second AEI converted freighter. Transmiles first AEI Freighter Conversion, a B737-209SF, MSN 24197, 9M-PMW was completed by

Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline, placed an order with Airbus for an additional 32 A380 aircraft taking the total firm order to 90 super-jumbos. The order for the additional aircraft has a list price of $ 11.5 billion. The agreement was signed on June 8th during a ceremony at the Berlin Air Show by His