Aircraft & Engines

Embraer has signed a new order with K2 SmartJets, of Greece, for two more Legacy 600 aircraft. The value of the deal, at list price, is $53.86 million, based on January 2009 economic conditions, and the first delivery is scheduled for 2009.

Embraer and Royal Jet, the latter representing the Al Habtoor Group conglomerate, from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), signed a contract to purchase one Lineage 1000 executive jet, which will be operated for private use. The Al Habtoor Group selected Royal Jet — the international luxury flight services company, chaired by H.E. Sheikh Hamdan bin

Russian flag carrier Aeroflot has signed a contract with Airbus for the purchase of five A321 aircraft to add to its growing medium haul fleet. The contract was signed at the 46th Farnborough International Airshow. Powered by CFM International CFM56-5 engines, Aeroflot

DAE Capital, the aircraft leasing and financing division of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), has signed a firm contract for the purchase of 30 Airbus A350-900 and 70 Airbus A320 aircraft. The contract follows a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed at the Dubai air show in November 2007.

United States based lessor Aviation Capital Group (ACG) has signed a firm contract for the purchase of 23 Airbus A320 Family aircraft. With this contract, the wholly owned subsidiary of Pacific LifeCorp will have ordered 68 A320 Family aircraft since March 2007 and will have 148 A320 Family aircraft in its portfolio.

North African airline Tunisair has signed a firm contract with Airbus for the acquisition of three A350-800s, three A330-200s and ten A320s, as part of an important fleet development plan that will modernise and expand the fleet of this growing airline. With this acquisition, that follows an initial agreement announced last April, Tunisair is the

Qatar Airways, the national airline of Qatar has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the purchase of four Airbus A321 aircraft. The agreement was signed at a ceremony at the 46th Farnborough International Airshow.

Amerer Air, Austria

CFM International (CFM) has inked a series of agreements with Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd. (ST Aerospace) in support of ST Aerospace

The first Boeing 777 Freighter successfully took to the sky for the first time on July 14th and completed an initial series of tests during a flight lasting more than three-and-a-half hours. The airplane performed well. “The 777 Freighter completed the scheduled three-hour inaugural flight with no airplane performance-related issues,” said Dennis O’Donoghue, vice president