Aircraft & Engines

Lufthansa took delivery of its first Airbus A380 on May 19th. Airbus President and CEO Thomas Enders handed over the aircraft to Lufthansa CEO and Chairman Wolfgang Mayrhuber at an official ceremony at the Airbus plant in Hamburg-Finkenwerder. The brand new Lufthansa A380 took off from Hamburg at midday on its ferry flight to Frankfurt […]

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, announced that the first AW139 medium twin helicopter equipped with the Full Ice Protection System (FIPS) has been delivered to London Air Services (LAS) of Canada. The delivery of this aircraft follows the recent award of TCAA Certification for the FIPS system, with EASA and FAA Certification already achieved. The AW139

Copa Airlines, subsidiary of Copa Holdings S.A., has recently taken delivery of two new Boeing 737-800 aircraft as part of its ongoing fleet and network expansion. With these two deliveries, Copa has now received five of the eight aircraft it expects to take delivery of in 2010. Currently, Copa Holdings operates one of the youngest

Pratt & Whitney has completed more than 100 hours of testing on its full-scale PurePower engine core, successfully validating performance goals of its new generation of commercial jet engines and demonstrating excellent starting and operability characteristics. The PurePower family of engines is designed to power the next generation of passenger aircraft, including narrow-body jets, regional

Saudi Arabian Airlines, Saudi Arabia

The first General Electric GEnx engines on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner came to life Monday with initial engine starts. Customers can choose between the GEnx engines and the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines to power their 787s. Following engine testing, ZA005, the fifth 787 to be built, will undergo a series of ground tests similar to

Nordic Aviation Capital A/S (NAC) confirmed that it has completed the purchase of Airbus A320-212 MSN0445 from AeroTurbine for lease to Eastok Avia.

Aviall Services has entered into an exclusive worldwide aftermarket distribution agreement with Rolls-Royce for unique spare parts of the RB211-524 aircraft engines. Aviall will assume these spare part distribution responsibilities to RB211-524 customers in the fourth quarter of 2010. The agreement extends for the life of the engine. The RB211-524 engines power the Boeing 747

Jazz Air is expanding its charter fleet with the addition of a CRJ-200 regional jet (‘CRJ’). The addition of the CRJ to the Charter fleet will bring to five the number of aircraft that Jazz has available for ad hoc private charter work. In addition to the CRJ-200 jet, Jazz has four Dash 8 aircraft

Embraer has signed a contract with LOT Polish Airlines to convert four EMBRAER 175 firm orders to the EMBRAER 195 model. In the fourth quarter of 2007, the Polish airline placed an additional firm order for 12 EMBRAER 175 jets (at that time, the company operated six EMBRAER 170s and four EMBRAER 175s). Four aircraft