Aircraft & Engines

Embraer has signed a contract with Al Jaber Aviation (AJA), a subsidiary of the Al Jaber Group, of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), for four Legacy 450 and four Legacy 500 executive jets. The total value of the agreement, at list price, is $134.6 million, based on January 2008 economic conditions. This order is […]

Kuwait-based charter operator ASAIG Aviation signed an order for two Legacy 500 jets. The total value of the contract, at list price, comes to $36.8 million, based on January 2008 economic conditions, and the first delivery is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2013. This order is already included in Embraer

Falcon Aviation Services (FAS), of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), signed a contract with Embraer to buy two Legacy 500 jets. The total value of the deal, at list price, comes to $36.8 million and first delivery is scheduled for the second quarter of 2014. This order is already included in Embraer

Boeing announced an adjusted schedule for production and delivery of the 747-8 Freighter and Intercontinental airplanes. The revised schedule is based on a production and flight-test plan developed in conjunction with the company’s suppliers that provides additional time for addressing issues that have slowed the program’s progress. Those issues include supply chain delays driven by

Hawaiian Airlines has acquired another new wide-body Airbus A330-200 aircraft, which joins two other A330s announced two weeks ago. The company has also negotiated delivery of two of the new aircraft in the second quarter of 2010 — beginning Hawaiian’s transition to a new long-range fleet two years earlier than originally planned. The three new

CFM International has awarded the TRUEngine designation to 77 CFM56-3 engines used for Malaysia Airlines’ fleet of Boeing 737-400 aircraft. The CFM56-3 engines in the MAS fleet were awarded TRUEngine status following a comprehensive review of the airline’s fleet operational data and maintenance records. These records validated that maintenance of all of the engines is

Air Arabia has signed a firm contract for 10 additional A320 aircraft. The contract follows one for 34 Airbus A320s signed at the end of 2007. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Mohammed Al Thani, Chairman, Air Arabia said, “Following Air Arabia’s expansion plans and the new hub in Morocco expected to operate next year, expanding the fleet

Cabot Aviation has been appointed by DVB Aviation Asset Management to work alongside its team to remarket six B747-400 freighter aircraft. The aircraft are being acquired as passenger aircraft from May 2009 through the first quarter of 2011 and will be converted to freighters at the IAI/Bedek facility in Tel Aviv. The first aircraft is

Cabot Aviation has arranged the purchase of four B767-200ER aircraft together with a spare GE CF6-80C2B2 Engine on behalf of Aircraft Solutions from VGS Aircraft Holding (Ireland) Limited. The aircraft are msn

AWAS has concluded a lease transaction for a second Boeing 767-300ER to S7 Airlines of Russia. This is the second 767-300ER which AWAS have leased to S7 this year. S7 Airlines is currently implementing a fleet modernisation strategy which involves replacing their domestically-produced aircraft with more fuel-efficient western aircraft.