Aircraft & Engines

World Airways has signed a contract with Air France to operate one MD-11F on a full-time basis for service from France to a variety of destinations in North Africa and a weekly flight to Brazil. World Airways began operating the aircraft for Air France on Aug. 31, 2008. This is the second consecutive year that […]

Saga, the Istanbul-based airline, has ordered two Boeing 737-800s with Blended Winglets. Saga Airlines has also secured two purchase rights for the same model. This order is valued at $149 million at current list prices. Saga Airlines, which is the sister company of Saga Tours and Istanbul Petrol A.S commenced operations in April 2004. The

Hamilton Sundstrand has signed a long-term agreement with Tiger Airways to install its APS 3200 Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) on Tiger’s new fleet of up to 60 Airbus A320 aircraft. Tiger Airways currently operates a fleet of 12 APS 3200-equipped A320s from its Singapore and Melbourne bases. The APS 3200 APU has accumulated more than

CIT Group has signed a firm contract with Airbus for a further ten A320 Family aircraft. With this order, the total number of aircraft in the Airbus order book for the CIT Group now stands at 199 aircraft, comprising 157 A320 Family aircraft, 30 A330s, seven A350s and five A319s for executive & private use.

CIT Aerospace, a unit of CIT, has reached a milestone of financing 100 total aircraft, mostly in increments of 1/16th and 1/8th shares, through its fractional lease and finance program with long-time commercial partner NetJets. NetJets is the pioneer and worldwide leader in fractional aircraft ownership. With this milestone, CIT is approaching $1.5 billion in

Porter Airlines is exercising existing options for two Bombardier Aerospace Q400 aircraft. The order represents aircraft 15 and 16 in the Porter fleet, scheduled for delivery in 2009. Porter

Embraer delivered the first EMBRAER 190 to TACA Airlines, from El Salvador. The deal was announced last October, and the aircraft will be used on several routes in the Caribbean and Central America. TACA has a total of 11 firm orders for the EMBRAER 190, with options to purchase another 15.

Grupo Marsans, Spain’s largest tourism and transport group, has taken delivery of its first directly purchased Airbus A330-200 aircraft for its subsidiary Air Comet. The delivery is the first aircraft from an agreement for a total of 17 A330-200 ordered in December 2006. The aircraft, powered by Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines, has 283 seats

Malaysia Airlines’ subsidiaries MASwings and Firefly took delivery of the first ATR 72-500s of MASwings and the second ATR 72-500 of Firefly. Firefly took delivery earlier in August of its first ATR aircraft, which made its inaugural flight on August 19th. The MASwings and Firefly aircraft are the first ATRs to operate in Malaysia.

Brazil’s Varig Airlines took delivery of two new Boeing 737-800 aicraft. The 737-800s are equipped with Blended Winglets and Boeing’s special short-field performance package designed for short runways such as Santos Dumont in Rio de Janeiro. A third Varig 737-800 is now undergoing pre-delivery flight tests.