Aircraft & Engines

The second and the third Boeing 747-8 Freighter, RC 522 and RC 521, successfully completed their first flight on March 14th and March 18th respectively. The 747-8 Freighter flight-test program calls for all three airplanes to perform approximately 3,700 hours of testing both on the ground and in the air. The first 747-8 Freighter delivery […]

Embraer delivered the first EMBRAER 190 jet to British Airways this month. The aircraft will be operated by BA CityFlyer, British Airways

AWAS has delivered an Airbus A330-300 to IBERWORLD AIRLINES. IBERWORLD AIRLINES, part of the group ORIZONIA CORPORACION, is a new customer for AWAS. The AWAS A330-300 will join the existing IBERWORLD Airbus fleet which operates holiday charter flights across Europe, Africa and the Americas.

AWAS has delivered its fifth Airbus A330-300 aircraft to Singapore Airlines. This aircraft will join the fleet of A330-300s which Singapore Airlines will operate on selected routes serving the Middle East, West Asia and North Asia. From March this year, these routes will include services to Abu Dhabi, Jeddah and Kuwait, as well as Male.

Air Berlin has agreed with Boeing to streamline its order book to account for a change in market conditions and in order to meet Air Berlin

A second Boeing 747-8 Freighter, RC 522, successfully completed its first flight on March 14th. The airplane took off from Paine Field in Everett, Wash., for a two-and-a-half-hour flight and landed at Boeing Field in Seattle. The airplane reached an altitude of 27,000 feet (8,230 m) and an airspeed of 240 knots, or about 276

Boeing has added the fourth 787 Dreamliner to its flight-test fleet with the completion of the first flight of ZA003. Captains Ray Craig and Mike Bryan piloted the airplane on its three-hour-and-six-minute flight. ZA003 is the final 787 with Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines to enter the flight-test program.

Boeing has completed initial airworthiness testing on the 747-8 Freighter. This milestone enables test engineers to be on board during future flights and allows the remaining two 747-8 Freighter test airplanes to begin flight test. Since the first flight in early February, the program has conducted 13 flights, achieving several key accomplishments. Pilots have taken

Nextant Aerospace announced the first flight of a fully equipped Phase 1 400NEXT aircraft. The flight took place Thursday February 25th and completed the transition from experimental to production aircraft.

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