Aircraft & Engines

Bombardier Aerospace reported the delivery of the 200th Challenger 300 aircraft to VistaJet, a privately owned business aviation solutions company headquartered in Switzerland. The milestone aircraft is one of a trio of Challenger aircraft delivered to VistaJet in July, including a Challenger 605 and Challenger 850 business jets. The aircraft will enter service with VistaJet

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Following GE’s acquisition of certain assets of Walter Engines, GE Aviation is launching a new turboprop derivative engine, the M601H-80, for the utility, agriculture and retrofit aircraft segments. The new derivative engine will be offered to customers starting at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2008.

Through rapid engine prototyping, GE Honda Aero Engines has built and tested eight HF120 engine cores and eight full turbofan engine configurations to prepare for formal certification testing later this year. It represents an aggressive test program for a new jet engine prior to official FAA certification testing. “We’re optimizing the engine configuration before certification

ACTS and GE signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), announcing that the ACTS Engine Maintenance Centre (EMC) is a GE fulfillment center for CFM Small Fleet Operators located in the Americas. ACTS will serve as the fulfillment center for engine repair, overhauls, and on wing and diagnostic services for select operators of the CFM56-2/-3/-5 located

The Turbine 340, a new Rolls-Royce Model 250-powered executive transport aircraft, was unveiled on July 27th by O&N Aircraft Modifications, Inc. at the Rolls-Royce exhibit at EAA AirVenture. The aircraft is a twin-engine Cessna 340 converted from its AvGas piston engine configuration to incorporate Model 250 B-17 series turboprops. The Turbine 340 made its successful

Cabot Aviation, an independent aircraft remarketing company based in the UK, has arranged the sale of one Boeing 737-500 aircraft on behalf of 735 Leasing Limited. The aircraft has been sold to MAT Macedonian Airlines and is Serial Number 25249 which was delivered on 24th July 2008. MAT Macedonian Airlines is based in Skopje, and

The first aircraft sections for the new Airbus single-aisle assembly line in Tianjin arrived at the A320 Final Assembly Line (FAL) site in the early morning of 25th July. Six jigs loaded with parts for an A320, coming from the Airbus production sites in Europe, departed from Hamburg on a container ship on 24th June.

Dubai based Emirates Airline has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) for 30 Airbus A350XWB plus 30 A330-300s. The agreement was signed between Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive Emirates Airline and Group and Tom Enders, Airbus President and CEO on the occasion of their first A380 delivery in Hamburg, Germany.

Boeing delivered to Cargolux Airlines International S.A. its 16th and last 747-400 Freighter. This year celebrates the 30th anniversary of Cargolux taking delivery of its first Boeing 747 Freighter. Cargolux is the launch customer for the 747-8, and will take delivery of the first of its 13 Boeing 747-8 Freighters in 2009.