Babcock & Brown Air announced that it will acquire three aircraft, increasing its portfolio to 62. The new aircraft are: one Airbus A320-200 on lease to Virgin America (U.S.), one Boeing 737-800 on lease to Sky Airlines (Turkey) and one Boeing 757-200SF on lease to Icelandair (Iceland). The three aircraft will cost approximately $103 million. […]
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Embraer has bolstered its executive jet order book in the Middle East with the signing of orders for two Legacy 600 jets, one Phenom 300, and one Phenom 100. The deal also includes a letter of intent for two Legacy 500 and one Legacy 450 jets, Embraer MSJ and Embraer MLJ aircraft. ASAIG Aviation, a
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Rolls-Royce predicted continued growth in business jet deliveries through the remainder of the decade and forecast an engine market worth $110 billion over the next 20 years, with medium and large business jets dominating in terms of aircraft and engine value. Rolls-Royce forecasts that 79,000 engines, valued at $110 billion, are needed over the next
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Pratt & Whitney Canada will open two new parts distribution centres (PDC) in Australia and Brazil as part of a continuing drive to provide rapid parts deliveries to P&WC customers around the world. The new PDCs will offer a large inventory of new parts, exchange accessories and line-replaceable units for all P&WC engine models in
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The first 777 Freighter was moved from the Everett, Wash. paint facility to Everett field on May 19th, bringing the airplane one step closer to its world debut. On May 21, Boeing will debut the 777 Freighter at employee celebration events in the Everett factory where the airplane is built on the same production lines
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Pratt & Whitney Canada Customer Service Centre Europe GmbH has signed a Fleet Management Program agreement with Russia
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Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) launched the new Beechcraft Premier II light business jet. Evolving from the successful Premier IA, the Premier II will feature higher cruise speeds, a 20 percent longer range with four passengers and an increased payload. The Premier II will be a twin turbofan, swept wing, light jet aircraft featuring a high-strength,
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Boeing has begun work on the first Boeing Business Jet 3 (BBJ 3). The BBJ 3 is a new, larger business jet based on the Boeing Next-Generation 737-900ER, which entered commercial service and was certified by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration in April 2007. Certification by the European Aviation Safety Agency occurred in April 2008.
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DC Aviation released that it will be operating four Airbus Corporate Jets from Airbus Industrie. With its fleet of 28 jets, the branch’s major player, which originated from what used to be DaimlerChrysler Aviation and Cirrus Aviation, will thus become the largest operator of this type of aircraft in the German business aviation market. The
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