Aircraft & Engines

Airstream arranges wet lease of one CRJ200 from Voyageur Airways to Backbone Aviation

Airstream International Group have arranged the long term wet lease of one CRJ200 aircraft from Voyageur Airways (Canada) to Backbone Aviation (Denmark). It is an exciting time for Backbone with expansion in the charter market. The aircraft will be available for short to long term charter and ACMI contracts.

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Bombardier delivers 3,000th Learjet aircraft manufactured

Bombardier Business Aircraft and Leggett & Platt, Incorporated of Carthage, Missouri celebrated the delivery of the 3,000th Bombardier Learjet business jet manufactured. The aircraft is also the 100th Learjet 75 jet to be delivered, and the second to join Leggett & Platt’s fleet. Learjet aircraft are renowned worldwide for their sleek ramp appeal and are

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NAC delivers two Bombardier Dash 8-Q400s on lease to SpiceJet

Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) has confirmed that it has delivered two Bombardier Dash 8-Q400s, MSNs 4340 and 4345, on lease to SpiceJet. This brings to six the total number of aircraft that NAC currently has on lease to the airline. SpiceJet is a low-cost airline headquartered in Gurgaon, India. The airline connects its network with

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airBaltic takes delivery of additional CS300 aircraft

Bombardier has delivered another CS300 aircraft to airBaltic, less than a week after SWISS’ first CS300 delivery milestone. airBaltic’s new CS300 aircraft will be showcased at the 2017 International Paris Air Show. airBaltic is planning to open at least 13 new routes with the CS300 in 2017. The airline currently operate the CS300 aircraft on

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AerFin completes teardown of Airbus A319-100

AerFin (UK) has completed the teardown of Airbus A319-100 MSN 3077. The 2007 narrow-body aircraft was acquired from a Mexican financial Institition, Sociedad Financiera Inbursa, S.A. de C.V, SOFOM, E.R., Grupo Financiero Inbursa, in November 2016. The tear-down marks the youngest ever A319 AerFinhas dismantled. The complete commonality of the A319-100 with the entire Airbus

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Airbus demonstrates regular customer delivery flights with sustainable jet fuel

Showing its strong commitment towards eco-efficiency, Airbus becomes the first aircraft manufacturer to offer its customers the option of delivering new jets using a blend of sustainable jet fuel. The 15th A350-900 for Cathay Pacific departed Toulouse on June 1st, bound for Hong Kong, with a 10% blend of sustainable jet fuel in its tanks.

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Vistara begins CFM LEAP-1A engine operations

Delhi-based Vistara Airlines has become the newest operator of CFM International’s advanced LEAP-1A engine, powering its first A320neo flight from Delhi to Bengaluru on Sunday, May 28. The airline took delivery of the first of seven leased LEAP-1A-powered Airbus A320neo aircraft from BOC Aviation on May 24, 2017. The engine from BOC Aviation was previously

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Pratt & Whitney PurePower Geared Turbofan engine for Mitsubishi Regional Jet acquires type certification

Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower Geared Turbofan PW1200G engine has successfully acquired type certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States. This comes on the heels of the fourth Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) Flight Test Aircraft arriving in the Moses Lake Flight Test Center supporting a busy 2017 of testing and milestones, including

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