Aircraft & Engines

Pratt & Whitney’s PW4000 Advantage70 engine successfully completed its first flight aboard an Air Comet A330-200 in Toulouse, France, this week. The first Advantage70 flight marks the beginning of a flight test program that will continue through early April. The first PW4000-100″ engines with the Advantage70 technology upgrade, each of which deliver 70,000 pounds of […]

Ryanair took delivery of its 200th brand new Boeing 737-800 Next Generation aircraft. This year Ryanair

Embraer delivered the first Phenom 100 jet to Pakistan

China’s Chongqing Airlines has taken delivery of the first of three Airbus A319s it has agreed to lease from ILFC. The aircraft will be able to accommodate 122 passengers in a two-class configuration, with eight first class seats. The company, which is located in Chongqing, the centre of China’s most populated Southwest region, plans to

Embraer confirms signing the Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE) for the sale of 24 Super Tucano turboprop aircraft, through a contract that was finalized last year. The tandem seat airplanes will be used on border patrol missions and for pilot training. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in late 2009.

IAE International Aero Engines has delivered the first ship set of V2500 engines to the Airbus A320 Final Assembly Line China (FALC) in Tianjin, the first Airbus final assembly line outside Europe. Of the first 10 aircraft to be assembled by FALC, IAE

National-flag carrier Air Botswana took delivery of its first new ATR 72-500, in accordance with a deal for two ATR 72-500s inked last year and valued at some $37 million. With its new ATR 72-500s, configured with 68-seats and equipped with the

The sixth and final Boeing 787 Dreamliner designated for flight test is now undergoing final assembly in Everett, Wash. The airplane, designated ZA006, will be powered with General Electric GEnx engines. Progress continues on the fleet. The first flight test airplane, ZA001, is getting its paint touched up this week before finishing factory testing. Power

Armenia flag carrier Armavia has taken delivery of its first new A319. The aircraft was handed over to Armavia’s President, Mikhail Bagdasarov, at a ceremony held at the Airbus factory in Hamburg, Germany. Operated under a lease agreement with ILFC, the new A319 will increase the airline’s Airbus fleet to five aircraft.

Airstream International Group has been mandated by Jeju Airlines of South Korea to remarket four 2006 Bombardier DHC8Q-400 aircraft together with a large spares package including engines. These aircraft are available throughout 2009. Their availability has arisen because of the airline