Aircraft & Engines

AWAS has delivered another Airbus A330-300 aircraft to Singapore Airlines. AWAS took delivery of the aircraft from Airbus in Toulouse on February 5th and from there it was flown to Singapore. The A330-300 is the fourth of six that Singapore Airlines is leasing from AWAS, out of a total of 19 A330-300s that the airline […]

Four GEnx-2B engines powered the maiden flight for Boeing’s new 747-8 Freighter aircraft, which flew at Paine Field in Everett, Washington. “The first flight of the GEnx-powered Boeing 747-8 aircraft is the culmination of about five years of engine design, development and testing at GE,” said Tom Brisken, general manager of the GEnx program. “GE

Skynet Asia Airways (SNA) of Japan announced an order for its first Boeing Next-Generation 737-800. The aircraft will be leased from Dublin-based AWAS and go into service with SNA from summer of 2011, as the start of the airline

BAE Systems Asset Management has achieved a fully contracted fleet position across its turboprop portfolio with the placement of its final four ATPs at the end of 2009. This followed the achievement of a fully contracted fleet across the Jetstream portfolios in 2008. Three of the ATPs have been acquired by European Turboprop Management AB

Amentum Capital a global aircraft leasing company based in Dublin, Ireland, has delivered an Airbus A330-200 aircraft (MSN 1002) powered by Pratt & Whitney PW 4168A engines to Arik Air Ltd. of Nigeria. The aircraft is owned by HSH Nordbank.

Boeing completed taxi tests on the first 747-8 Freighter. With Chief Pilot Mark Feuerstein at the controls, the airplane reached a top seed of approximately 90 knots (103.5 mph, 166.6 kph). This was the last functional test planned before first flight on Monday February 8th.

For MTU Aero Engines, the 2010 Singapore Airshow proved a profitable event: Just a few days before the event officially opened, the German engine manufacturer had already benefited from a major V2500 engine order placed with International Aero Engines (IAE); now the engine consortium has announced more contracts it received over the course of the

Iberia took delivery of a new A-319 from the Airbus plant in Hamburg, Germany, on February 5th. It is the first aircraft to join the fleet since deliveries were suspended more than a year ago as the company reduced capacity to cope with the global economic slump. Configured to carry up to 141 passengers, it

Hong Kong Airlines has selected Pratt & Whitney’s PW4170 Advantage70 engine to power six new Airbus A330 aircraft. The memorandum of understanding, valued at approximately $470 million at list prices, includes two spare engines and a fleet management program.

Airbus delivered to Sichuan Airlines the very first widebody aircraft, an A330-200, to add capacity to its existing all-Airbus Single Aisle fleet. The A330 is the first of three brand new Airbus A330-200s that Sichuan Airlines has leased from the Netherland