Aircraft & Engines

Final assembly has begun on the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner destined for delivery to launch customer ANA (All Nippon Airways) of Japan. ANA and Boeing launched the 787 program with a firm order for 50 of the all-new composite jetliner. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2010.

Boeing and MC Aviation Partners (MCAP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corp., have finalized an order for two Next-Generation 737-800s valued at $153 million at list prices. The order represents MCAP’s first direct purchase of airplanes from Boeing. The Tokyo-based MCAP, which holds the largest aircraft lease assets in Japan, owns 60 airplanes worth

China Southern Airlines has selected Pratt & Whitney’s PW4170 Advantage70 engine to power 10 Airbus A330 aircraft. The contract is valued at $590 million, including a 10-year Fleet Management Plan for engine maintenance. China Southern’s selection marks the first Pratt & Whitney-powered Airbus A330 aircraft to enter service in China.

Air Austral has selected Engine Alliance GP7200 engines to power its two Airbus A380 aircraft. Air Austral has also selected the Engine Alliance as its service provider to maintain, repair and overhaul the engines with a 10-year Fleet Management Agreement. The total value of the deal is worth $240 million at list prices.

Air China’s Boeing 777 fleet powered by PW4000 engines has surpassed 550,000 hours, or the entire operational span of the Air China Boeing 777 fleet, without an in-flight shut-down setting a new standard for operational excellence for the carrier’s PW4000 112″ engines. As a whole, PW4000-112″ engines have accumulated more than 10 million hours of

This week, the 1000th overhauled CFM56 engine will roll out of the Engine Maintenance Centre of SR Technics. In line with its long-term strategy, SR Technics is developing new competencies and innovative solutions to meet the current needs of its clients and to create real added value. Thanks to continuous performance-enhancing measures, SR Technics is

DAE Capital, the aircraft leasing financial business arm of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), handed over the second Boeing 777 Freighter to Emirates SkyCargo last week. Six more Boeing 777 Freighters are expected to be delivered to DAE between 2009 and 2014. DAE has also secured a US$450 million Guaranteed Loan Facility from Citibank, N.A. to

Aeroflot Russian Airlines has achieved TRUEngine status for 102 of the CFM56-5B engines. Aeroflot has been a CFM customer since 1998 and currently operates more than 50 CFM56-5B-powered A320 family aircraft.

On the occasion of the Paris Air Show, Nigerian carrier Afrijet Airlines and ATR signed a contract for the purchase of 4 ATR 72-500 aircraft. The deal is valued $80 million, and follows a HoA (Heads of Agreement) inked last month on the occasion of the official visit to Nigeria of the French Prime Minister,

After analyzing more than 2,000 data points from more than 400 hours of testing, Pratt & Whitney confirmed that the PurePower PW1000G demonstration engine met all program objectives including performance, efficiency, acoustics and overall operational characteristics. The PW1000G engine, with Pratt & Whitney’s patented Geared Turbofan technology, targets double-digit reductions in fuel burn, environmental emissions,