Aircraft & Engines

Acting on behalf of Air Vend

Boeing continued to make steady progress toward the first flight of the 787 Dreamliner, completing the first engine runs on the all-new airplane. The occasion marks the first all-electric start of a commercial jetliner engine on a commercial jetliner; the engines had been started electronically in test facilities earlier. During initial engine runs, the engines

Hawker Beechcraft Corporation announced an order from Jordan-based RayaJet and Ayla Aviation Academy for a Premier II business jet. RayaJet is an executive jet charter enterprise headquartered in Amman, Jordan, providing clients with an array of services including aircraft management, aircraft handling and medical evacuation. Based in Aqaba, Jordan, Ayla Aviation Academy provides an advanced,

Boeing announced the delivery of the first 777 Freighter to Deucalion Capital and its customer AeroLogic GmbH on May 12. AeroLogic, formed in 2007 and based in Leipzig, Germany, is a new cargo company joint venture between Lufthansa Cargo and DHL Express and will operate a fleet exclusively comprising the new 777 Freighter. Deucalion Capital

Bombardier Aerospace has delivered the first Q400 NextGen high-speed turboprop airliner. Norwegian regional carrier Wider

The first A320 aircraft assembled outside Europe in the Airbus Final Assembly Line China (FALC) successfully completed its first flight on May 18th. The four hour and fourteen minute test flight was jointly captained by Harry Nelson, Vice President Production Flight Tests and by Experimental Test Pilot Philippe Pellerin. This first aircraft will be delivered

Embraer delivered the first EMBRAER 190 jet to Austria

Skyways Aviation have been selected by Ernst and Young, acting as receivers of Macair Airlines of Australia, to be their exclusive agent for the re-marketing of one 1998-build ATR 42-500. The operator was placed into administration earlier this year and the aircraft is available for sale with immediate effect.

The second half of 2009 will be filled with significant certification testing milestones for the GE Honda Aero Engines’ HF120 engine. A total of 13 HF120 development engines will take part in the certification testing at seven locations in the U.S., Canada and Japan. Tests will include altitude fan blade out, crosswind, stress and endurance

A US Airways V2500 engine has set a new time on wing record, completing 30,520 flying hours on its first run, IAE International Aero Engines announced. This is the third time a US Airways engine has surpassed 30,000 hours before being removed for its first scheduled overhaul, and breaks the previous IAE time on wing