Aircraft & Engines

GA Telesis has acquired one Boeing 737-300 (MSN 23252) aircraft from Boeing Capital Corporation. The aircraft, last operated by Southwest Airlines, will enter the GA Telesis disassembly production line in Miami, Florida, and the disassembly and remarketing will be led by the GA Telesis Aircraft Systems Group (

Skyways Aviation has arranged the ACMI lease of a Saab 340A freighter for Loganair of the UK. Serial number 037 (LY-NSC) is under contract from Avion Express of Lithuania and began flying in Scotland last week. The aircraft is based at Inverness and is flying to Stornoway and Benbecula on freight services for the Royal

Blue1 of Finland agreed to dry lease two Avro RJ85s from Cityjet of Eire. The first aircraft, serial number E2349 (reg. EI-RJL), was delivered on Friday 6th March and the second aircraft (E2350, reg. EI-RJM) is due to follow in April.

Pratt & Whitney will provide exclusive power for up to 60 new Bombardier CSeries aircraft ordered by Lufthansa Group as part of a contract announced on March 11th. This agreement, which includes 30 firm and 30 option aircraft, follows a Letter of Interest that was announced at the Farnborough Air Show in July 2008. The

Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the launch customer for the Bombardier CSeries aircraft program, has signed a firm purchase agreement for 30 CSeries model CS100 (formerly C110) single-aisle aircraft. These aircraft will be operated by Lufthansa

MexicanaLink, a regional subsidiary of Grupo Mexicana, will operate 13 previously owned CRJ200 aircraft acquired from a third party. Based in Guadalajara, the airline will start service on March 16 with two CRJ200 aircraft. MexicanaLink will initially operate several routes from Guadalajara.

Boeing and Mexicana Group announced a lease agreement for 25 Boeing 717-200 airplanes to be used by its MexicanaClick operation. Under a multi-year arrangement, MexicanaClick will begin receiving the 717s from Boeing Capital Corporation in March, making Mexicana the first North American 717 operator outside the U.S. In addition to the airplanes, Boeing through its

Cargo Aircraft Management, (CAM), has signed an agreement to lease one of its widebody freighters to Bradley Air Services Limited, which operates throughout Canada as First Air. Under the three-year agreement, First Air will dry lease a Boeing 767-223 freighter from CAM. Under a contract with Delta TechOps, CAM will also provide engine maintenance services

Delta AirElite Business Jets announced the addition of a Citation X, further expanding its charter fleet. Based at the DuPage County Airport (DPA) outside of Chicago, the Citation X joins the Delta AirElite fleet through an aircraft management agreement. Delta AirElite Business Jets is a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, providing aircraft charter,

Guernsey-based carrier Aurigny Air Services took delivery of its first new ATR 72-500, in accordance with a deal for two ATR 72-500s inked in summer 2007 and valued at some $37 million. With its new ATR 72-500s, configured with 72-seats and equipped with the