Aircraft & Engines

Aircastle Limited announced that one of its subsidiaries has taken delivery of a new Airbus A330-200 aircraft on long-term lease to Aerovias del Continente Americano (“Avianca”). Avianca is the flag carrier of Colombia and one of the largest airlines in Latin America. This aircraft purchase is partially funded by a term loan from Citibank International […]

Embraer delivered the 1,100th aircraft of the ERJ 145 jet family, last week, in S

Emirates and the Engine Alliance signed a Fleet Management Agreement for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of the Emirates GP7200 engines that power its A380 fleet. The Fleet Management Agreement is valued at more than $3 billion over the life of the contract and formalizes the letter of agreement that was first announced in November

Air Transport Services Group said that its subsidiary ABX Air has completed an agreement with its principal customer, DHL, concerning leases of certain ABX Air aircraft. The agreement, which is further to a memorandum of understanding that DHL and ABX Air executed in March 2009, grants DHL options to lease from ABX Air, or an

Pratt & Whitney (P&W) has not found any thrust limitations to its geared turbofan engine architecture, and believes its design is capable of powering the next generation of widebody aircraft, including Boeing’s replacement for the 777 if such an aircraft is pursued. The manufacturer’s PW1000G has already been selected by Bombardier to power the 110/130-seat

Hamilton Sundstrand variable frequency starter generators successfully started the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The engine start occurred May 21 on Boeing’s ZA001 development aircraft at Boeing’s Everett, Wash., facility. There are six starter generators on each Boeing 787: two auxiliary starter generators on the Hamilton Sundstrand-supplied Auxiliary Power Unit (APU),

The GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team has launched its flight clearance certification review, a process that will prepare the F136 engine for flight testing over the next several months. Following flight certification, the first F136-powered F-35 Lightning II will take to the air in early 2011, in alignment with Lockheed Martin

Ryan Stone, CEO of air taxi operator Jetpool, LLC, announced that they have taken delivery of their first Embraer Phenom 100 jet. In conjunction with this milestone, the company has launched

The Engine Alliance (EA) shipped the first GP7200 propulsor to Emirates on May 21. The delivery marks the first time the Engine Alliance and member company Pratt & Whitney have delivered a propulsor, rather than a full engine, to any airline. “Shipping a propulsor is an innovative way to supply spare engines,” EA chief engineer

Astra Airlines of Greece has acquired a BAe 146-300 from BAE Systems Asset Management to add to its existing Series 300 that it has had in service since July 2008, when it commenced operations. The second aircraft (msn E3193) was delivered in the third week of May and is configured in a 99-seat all economy