Aircraft & Engines

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

AWAS became a new CFM International CFM56-5B customer when it announced it has selected the engine to power 45 firm and up to 55 option A320 family aircraft announced by Airbus earlier this year. The firm engine order is valued at more than $600 million at list price and deliveries are scheduled between 2011 and

GMT Global Republic Aviation (GMT Global) has acquired four Airbus A320-200 aircraft with a market value of $68 million, from Aercap Holdings N.V. The aircraft are currently on lease until 2012 to TAM – LInhas Aereas, S.A. based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The addition of the four single-aisles further diversifies GMT Global’s portfolio to a

Embraer signed a contract with Aeromexico to incorporate 12 EMBRAER 190 jets into its fleet as part of the airline’s modernization plan. The new aircraft will be flown by its Aeromexico Connect subsidiary, which already operates 28 ERJ 145 jets, and has taken operating leases on four EMBRAER 190 jets from GE Commercial Aviation Services

The Pratt & Whitney F100 engine family — which includes the PW-100, -200, -220 and -229 engine models — recently surpassed 22 million operational flight hours. The F100 engine powers the F-16 and F-15 military fighter jets operated by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and air forces in 22 nations. Morocco will become the

Boeing and Dubai’s recently launched low-cost airline FlyDubai announced an order for 50 Next-Generation 737-800s at the Farnborough Air Show. Valued at approximately $3.74 billion at current list prices, the order will be added to Boeing’s Orders & Deliveries Web site at the next regularly scheduled update. FlyDubai has substitution rights to convert its 737-800

Babcock & Brown Air Limited leased and delivered two Boeing 757-200 aircraft to Ethiopian Airlines. Both aircraft had previously been leased to ATA Airlines in the United States. The new lease agreements are for terms of five years at market rates higher than those of the previous contracts.

Babcock & Brown Aircraft Management (“BBAM”) has signed a letter of intent to lease four new Boeing 737-800s to FlyDubai, a new low-cost carrier established by the Government of the Emirate of Dubai. These four Boeing 737-800 aircraft were allocated by BBAM and its long- term partner in the Japanese operating lease market, Nomura Babcock